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Amanda is the Editor of CosmeticsBusiness.com and sister title Pure Beauty magazine, covering the latest news, trends and hot topics. She sits on the British Beauty Council's Media Advisory Board, helping to shape the future of the UK beauty industry.

Amanda May

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Amanda May specialises in writing and editing for B2B publications in the beauty, spa and wellness industries. As Editor of CosmeticsBusiness.com, as well as sister publication Pure Beauty magazine, she is the main editorial contact for all industry news, launches, interviews and hot topics. She is also the key editorial contact for The Pure Beauty Awards.

Amanda also sits on the British Beauty Council Media Advisory Board, helping to shape the future of the UK beauty industry, and was previously Deputy Editor at leading salon-focused publication, Professional Beauty; the Associate Editor of World Spa & Wellness magazine; and has also written for Aesthetic Medicine.

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Colour Cosmetics
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The beauty brand by Amy Liu is hosting beach-themed pop-up, Sensitive Club, in Venice, California, this month, claiming to be a ‘love letter’ to its fans and ‘an exercise in community-building’
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Body Care
E.l.f. breaks into fragrance and body care with ‘sensorial’ own-brand e.l.f. POP

E.l.f. breaks into fragrance and body care with ‘sensorial’ own-brand e.l.f. POP

The parent company of e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. Skin and e.l.f. Hair is expanding its beauty empire with e.l.f. POP – an own-brand fragrance and body care line inspired by holiday destinations – following the success of its perfume collaboration with H&M
Colour Cosmetics
Coty appoints Kara Langan General Manager of Consumer Beauty US to ‘strengthen’ the business

Coty appoints Kara Langan General Manager of Consumer Beauty US to ‘strengthen’ the business

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Ingredients
Tate McRae debuts first fragrance Tate 01 in partnership with Scent Beauty

Tate McRae debuts first fragrance Tate 01 in partnership with Scent Beauty

The ‘Greedy’ singer has partnered with Scent Beauty, an e-commerce platform for bespoke fragrances, to develop her second-skin scent, Tate 01. The aim is to create a ‘fragrance brand designed to leave a lasting cultural mark’
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Ingredients
Exclusive: Dragons’ Den’s Touker Suleyman enters beauty with lip-only brand Lipstick London

Exclusive: Dragons’ Den’s Touker Suleyman enters beauty with lip-only brand Lipstick London

The fashion retail entrepreneur and reality television personality is breaking into beauty with his very own brand, Lipstick London, aiming to be a one-stop-shop for lips that spans 13 categories and 99 shades. But can former Dragons’ Den star Touker Suleyman become ‘the authority’ on lips? CB gets the lowdown…
Colour Cosmetics
Charlotte Tilbury taps Christina Aguilera to front 2026 Christmas campaign

Charlotte Tilbury taps Christina Aguilera to front 2026 Christmas campaign

The 45-year-old Grammy Award-winning artist is the face of the Puig-owned make-up brand’s 2026 holiday campaign, which pays homage to the showgirl glamour featured in Christina Aguilera’s 2001 hit song Lady Marmalade
Colour Cosmetics
Louis Vuitton marks first anniversary of La Beauté with £2,490 Dame Pat McGrath figurine

Louis Vuitton marks first anniversary of La Beauté with £2,490 Dame Pat McGrath figurine

The luxury house is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its make-up collection La Beauté with a special edition of its house mascot Vivienne, which pays tribute to the line’s Creative Cosmetics Director, Dame Pat McGrath
Finance
Sephora partners with M&S to launch new UK beauty destination, Sephora at M&S

Sephora partners with M&S to launch new UK beauty destination, Sephora at M&S

The LVMH-owned beauty retailer is teaming up with the British supermarket chain to open a new beauty destination, Sephora at M&S, in 2027, which will merge Sephora’s expertise and brand relationships with Marks & Spencer's (M&S) national presence and omnichannel platform
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Skin Care
Caroline Hirons’ masterplan to make Skin Rocks a household beauty brand

Caroline Hirons’ masterplan to make Skin Rocks a household beauty brand

As Skin Rocks nears its fourth birthday, founder and British beauty authority Caroline Hirons shares her expansion plans for the skin care brand, whose D2C sales are up +55% year-to-date. Breaking into Europe and advancing the pro side of the business are all on the cards for 2026/2027
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Colour Cosmetics
Laura Geller Beauty to host bakery-themed London pop-up to expand UK reach

Laura Geller Beauty to host bakery-themed London pop-up to expand UK reach

The make-up brand is hosting a three-day Beauty of Baked pop-up in London’s Covent Garden this month to highlight the Italian craftsmanship used in the formulation of its hero make-up collection, Baked
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Research & Development
L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty’s new ‘landmark’ study highlights inequalities in access to dermatological care

L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty’s new ‘landmark’ study highlights inequalities in access to dermatological care

The beauty giant’s Dermatological Beauty arm has partnered with the International League of Dermatological Societies on The Global Access to Skin Health Observatory Study, which canvassed 158 countries to gain data on the distribution of dermatologists and the barriers to accessing dermatological care worldwide
Hair Care
Beyoncé’s hair care brand Cécred confirms UK launch via Space NK

Beyoncé’s hair care brand Cécred confirms UK launch via Space NK

The Grammy Award-winning artist’s hair care range Cécred, which is formulated with keratin recovery technology, will launch exclusively into British retail chain Space NK this month