Can fast beauty ever be sustainable?

Published: 12-Oct-2021
Sustainability Marketing

With high street fashion labels reevaluating their impact on the environment, Cosmetics Business asks the experts whether their cosmetic counterparts are equally damaging to the environment – and the real price of beauty

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Can fast beauty ever be sustainable?

Veronica Zang, Product Manager for Shein's SheGlam

How many new products will SheGlam launch in a typical year?

As the SheGlam range is only a year old, it’s

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