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Cosmetics Company Linked to Deadly Nazi Experiments

Weleda says it's committed to full transparency about its past

(Newser) - A new report commissioned by the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site alleges that Weleda, a Swiss natural cosmetics company, supplied a skin cream to Dachau in the 1940s—cream that, according to historian Anne Sudrow, was tested on prisoners in experiments that caused dozens of deaths. The study says...

Beauty Pioneer Who Pushed for Transparency Dies at 38

Uoma Beauty founder, diversity advocate Sharon Chuter was found dead on her patio on Aug. 14

(Newser) - Sharon Chuter, the visionary behind Uoma Beauty and a trailblazer for corporate transparency, has died at 38, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner. She was found dead on a patio on Aug. 14, with the death still under investigation, per People and USA Today . Chuter leaves a...

He Turned His Family's Cosmetics Firm Into a Giant

Leonard Lauder, son of Estee Lauder, dies at 92

(Newser) - Leonard A. Lauder, who helped transform his family's cosmetics business into a global powerhouse and went onto to become a major philanthropist, has died at age 92, reports the BBC . The son of company founders Estee and Joseph Lauder died at home in Manhattan on Saturday, per the...

Hailey Bieber Unloads Her Beauty Brand for $1B

She'll stay on board as rhode is acquired by e.l.f. Beauty

(Newser) - Hailey Bieber has a lot to celebrate. Not only did she land the cover of Vogue's Summer issue , but her skincare brand, rhode, is joining forces with e.l.f. Beauty in a $1 billion deal that signals a major shakeup in the affordable beauty market. The acquisition—...

Hegseth Comes Out Swinging Over Rumored Makeup Studio

Defense secretary slams 'totally fake story' about upgrade to greenroom at Defense Department

(Newser) - Pete Hegseth is getting a brief respite from Signalgate with a much more frivolous development that's making headlines. Sources tell CBS News that the defense secretary recently threw down an order to modify a room adjoining the Pentagon's press briefing area, and that those plans included a request...

CHP Raid Ends With More Than $1M Worth of Cosmetics Seized

Authorities say cosmetics were stolen from stores including Ulta, Sephora

(Newser) - A raid on a warehouse and a retail outlet in Los Angeles County last week resulted in more than $1 million worth of allegedly stolen cosmetics being seized by the California Highway Patrol. The CHP's Organized Retail Crime Task Force carried out the raid in response to the recent...

UK Quietly Does 180 on Animal Testing of Makeup

Government apparently reversed its stance in 2019, after decades-long ban

(Newser) - The UK government had banned the testing of makeup ingredients on animals for more than two decades when it quietly reversed its stance in 2019. It began issuing licenses for animal testing of cosmetic ingredients in line with European Union rules, which don't allow animal testing to determine whether...

Teen Brand Quits Social Media: 'Something Has to Change'

Lush will shutter IG, FB, TikTok, Snapchat on Black Friday, won't come back til user safety is improved

(Newser) - While most brands are revving up their social media for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the rest of the holiday shopping season, one teen favorite just made a shocking announcement: It's shuttering its social media entirely on the day after Thanksgiving. At least for now, says Lush Cosmetics—known...

New 'Karen' Stops Man on His Own Property

Lisa Alexander apologizes after video goes viral

(Newser) - The CEO of a cosmetics company issued an apology Sunday after a video was widely shared online showing her and her husband confronting a man and threatening to call police because he stenciled "Black Lives Matter" in chalk on his San Francisco property, the AP reports. The video, which...

Kylie Jenner's New Trademark Attempt Raises Eyebrows

Billionaire sees a business opportunity in 'rise and shine'

(Newser) - Kylie Jenner is trying to trademark the phrase "rise and shine" after singing it to her daughter in a viral video clip. The nine-second clip —taken from a YouTube video in which Jenner offered a tour of the Kylie Cosmetics offices—has been viewed 15 million times in...

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Woman in Coma After Using Face Cream

Sacramento woman bought skin-lightening cream in Mexico tainted with mercury

(Newser) - A 47-year-old woman from Sacramento, Calif., stumbled into the ER earlier this summer, slurring her speech and complaining of numbness in her face and hands. Soon after, she slipped into a semi-comatose state, which she's now been in for weeks, and health officials say they've traced the cause...

Cosmetics Hurt Young Children at Least 12 Times a Day: Study

Researcher suggests stashing or locking up products

(Newser) - Cosmetic products should be kept out of the reach of children, researchers say, just as medications are. The evidence for that is a new study that estimates that 12 children younger than 5 are taken to emergency rooms every day with chemical burns or poisoning from such products as nail...

Meet the World's Richest Female Musician and Her $600M

That would be Rihanna, per 'Forbes'

(Newser) - The world's richest female musician has a net worth of $600 million—and it's mainly not from her music. Forbes has bestowed the honor upon Rihanna, noting that the bulk of her fortune (about $570 million of it) comes from the Fenty Beauty cosmetics line she co-owns with...

Youngest Ever Self-Made Billionaire Is Crowned

Kylie Jenner takes the title at age 21, thanks to makeup brand

(Newser) - She's done it : Kylie Jenner is the youngest self-made billionaire ever at 21. Perhaps better known for her role in reality TV's Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Jenner is the sole owner of Kylie Cosmetics, which launched in 2016 and is now valued at $900 million. "Add...

Women Say Their Ulta Makeup Was Once Someone Else's

2 lawsuits allege cosmetics retailer resold used items

(Newser) - There's nothing like opening up a brand-new makeup kit and glamming it up—though that glamorous feeling may be lost if you find out you're applying makeup someone else already used. That's the gist of a complaint filed in Chicago last month by a California woman who...

French President Spent $31K on Makeup in 3 Months

As his approval rating drops due in part to ... budget cuts

(Newser) - President Emmanuel Macron's office has confirmed a report that the French leader spent $30,695 on makeup during his first three months in power, and it says it's trying to find a cheaper alternative. The report in Le Point news magazine prompted harsh criticism of the president from...

Report: Tween Retailer Has 'Deadly Poison' in Makeup

Justice says it's testing 'Just Shine Shimmer Powder' for asbestos after news team probe

(Newser) - Tween girls love a Justice store, but the latest news involving cosmetics sold at the national chain isn't exactly heartwarming. A WTVD I-Team probe claims that it sent samples of Justice's "Just Shine Shimmer Powder" out for testing to a North Carolina lab because it was curious...

Kylie Jenner's New Eyeshadow Apparently an Actual Headache

More than a dozen complaints about the smell

(Newser) - It's not every day that a new packet of makeup smells so bad it needs to be taken outside to air out. Such is the conundrum facing teen beauty mogul Kylie Jenner after her much-anticipated Royal Peach Eyeshadow Palette, which IOL reports sold out in nine minutes last month,...

Aloe Vera Gel at Big Drugstores Is Missing Key Ingredient

Lab tests find no trace of aloe vera

(Newser) - Tests conducted on the aloe vera gels sold by some of America's biggest retailers failed to detect any trace of the ingredient you would most expect to find in a product calling itself aloe vera gel. Bloomberg says the lab it hired to test aloe vera products from Walmart,...

Crayola: Don't Use Our Colored Pencils as Makeup

Company issues warning about softening pencils to use as eyeliner

(Newser) - "The dog ate my eyeliner" was apparently enough for YouTube's Rclbeauty101 to bust open a box of colored art pencils and improvise—in a video that's currently sitting at 1.6 million views—and she's not the only one. DIYers are posting online beauty tutorials subbing...

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