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Pat McGrath makeup
Rachel Strugatz July 3, 2024
Six years after an eye-popping $1 billion valuation, Pat McGrath Labs is still trying to translate its brilliant but media-shy founder’s magic into commercial potential.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Rachel Strugatz June 19, 2024
Gwyneth Paltrow created, and perfected, the very concept of the celebrity lifestyle brand. Does the actress-entrepreneur-executive have what it takes to pull Goop out of a midlife funk?
estee lauder Fabrizio Freda, William Lauder, Leonard Lauder
Rachel Strugatz June 12, 2024
News and notes on the very drawn out succession planning at Estée and the quasi-Shakespearean dynamic underpinning it all.
Fabrizio Freda
Rachel Strugatz June 5, 2024
News and notes on the most pressing murmurs in the beauty industry: Estée Lauder’s consummation of the Deciem deal, Freda’s decision to go mass, and an unlikely turnaround play at Olaplex.


Heela Yang Sol de Janeiro
Rachel Strugatz May 29, 2024
News and notes on the latest intrigue consuming beauty insiders: Sol de Janeiro leapfrogging Rare Beauty at Sephora and Glossier’s Balm Dotcom pivot.
hailey bieber v selena gomez
Rachel Strugatz May 22, 2024
News and notes on Hailey Bieber’s entrance into the blush wars, and her new foe: Selena Gomez.
bella hadid Orebella
Rachel Strugatz May 15, 2024
News and notes on the surprising or unsurprising promise of Bella Hadid’s new line, Ôrəbella.
Fabrizio Freda
Rachel Strugatz May 8, 2024
A post-post-pandemic comeback for The Estée Lauder Companies hasn’t erased doubts about C.E.O. Fabrizio Freda, his turnaround plan, and another round of layoffs. Could M&A be the answer to get Lauder back in business?


Vennette Ho
Rachel Strugatz May 1, 2024
Vennette Ho, the Aryeh of beauty (Google it), is helping Sarah Gibson Tuttle’s nail brand, Olive & June, explore an exit. It’s the latest sign of a dynamic (and maybe even frothy) market and an ascendant banker pulling the strings.
Gregg Renfrew
Rachel Strugatz April 24, 2024
How Gregg Renfrew wrestled her company back from the supple palms of private equity.
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