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January 07, 2026

Beauty

Inside Sabrina Carpenter’s plan for global fragrance domination

Scent Beauty launched Sabrina Carpenter’s first perfume, Sweet Tooth by Sabrina Carpenter, in 2022. Since then, Carpenter has not only launched more scents, she has also gone from ex-Disney child star to one of pop’s leading voices. Her fragrances have grown, as well, with sales topping $100 million in 2025. And for 2026, the brand, like Carpenter herself, is looking to expand its global footprint.

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Wellness Briefing: L’Oréal bets on LED, Amorepacific launches a smart mirror, and more from CES

This week, I checked in with L’Oréal tech leader Guive Balooch to learn about the company's new LED masks debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. L’Oréal is betting on longevity with its new LED tech. Amorepacific, meanwhile, debuted a smart mirror amid an influx of health-tracking devices.

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Glossy+ Research: The marketer’s guide to AI applications, agentic AI, AI search and GEO/AEO in 2026

AI adoption among marketers has almost doubled in the last three years, but optimized workflow integration has lagged behind. Marketers still struggle with technical integrations of agents and AI search strategies, and AI search is reducing referral traffic through zero-click. Glossy’s annual AI report looks at different strategies to overcome future AI obstacles.

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Fashion

Inside Favorite Daughter’s plan to reach $150 million in retail sales this year

Out of all their recent accomplishments, Erin and Sara Foster seem to regard the success of Favorite Daughter as the most unexpected — in part, because they’re “not fashion girls,” according to Sara. Indeed, regardless of founder or fashion savvy, the brand’s growth has been extraordinary: Its e-commerce sales grew 60% in 2025, and the company is projecting $150 million in retail sales in 2026.

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Is professional quality the future of clean personal care?

A recent survey found that shoppers prefer that personal care and beauty products come from people with scientific and medical expertise. That's why Coslus sees professional-grade products as the future of oral care.

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Beauty Briefing: Paula’s Choice makes a bet on longevity and sports with its first campaign of 2026

The longevity trend in beauty and wellness is likely to stick around — or at least that’s what Paula’s Choice is betting with its first campaign of 2026. On Tuesday, the Unilever-owned skin-care brand opened up the new year with “The Long Game,” a campaign for its CellularYouth Longevity Serum that ties into many of beauty’s biggest trends in recent months: longevity, sports and the 40-plus consumer base.

Fashion

The new luxury bag is indie

Rising costs for luxury bags, along with consumers' logo fatigue and boredom with the sameness of conglomerate-owned luxury brands, are opening the floodgates for a new wave of younger brands with lower, though still upscale, price points.

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The beauty brand's playbook for responsible use of generative AI

Beauty brands need to adopt some form of generative AI to stay relevant, but they need to do so responsibly. The key is to push creativity forward using AI without undermining authenticity and trust.

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Glossy+ Research: Top TikTok Shop brands on the investment needed to win on the platform

This month, Glossy brought together a group of leaders from brands investing in TikTok Shop to discuss the time, money and content required to make TikTok Shop worth it.

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