Product launches, restrictions on ingredients, contamination recalls and regulator decisions in cosmetics, with the substance and the exposure explained.
Ulta Beauty closed fiscal 2025 with net sales up 11.8% to about $3.9 billion and comparable sales up 5.8% — but a softer profit picture and cautious 2026 guidance suggest the beauty boom is maturing rather than stalling.
Backed by L Catterton, which agreed in January to buy Eurazeo's minority stake, Paris niche house Ex Nihilo is targeting 200 US points of sale by 2028 and three American flagship boutiques — details come from the brand and its investors.
As of January 1, 2026, Washington retailers may no longer sell cosmetics containing chemicals restricted under the state's Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, closing the sell-through window that began when the ban took effect in 2025.
Henkel voluntarily recalled 25 lots of Schwarzkopf Professional Osis Grip Extra Strong Mousse nationwide because pressurized cans can leak or burst — a recall that shows how cosmetic safety problems often arrive through packaging, not formula.
The clean-beauty retailer Credo has rolled out Credo Qualified, a certification program for contract manufacturers, and a Clean Beauty Council to guide its standards — a move that reaches further up the supply chain than any shelf label.
A California law that took effect January 1 folds basic labor-standards information directly into cosmetology license applications and renewals, a small paperwork change with real weight for the state's salon workforce.