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Givenchy Beauty taps Thom Walker as new creative director of makeup division

Givenchy Beauty has named English makeup artist Thom Walker as the new creative director of the luxury house’s makeup division. He will oversee the development of the brand’s new makeup collections as well as the creative direction of the communication campaigns, Givenchy Beauty announced in a LinkedIn post. The brand hailed Walker’s “...

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Business

B2 Fashions sued for using asbestos in its makeup products

Environmental Health Advocates (EHA) have a filed a lawsuit against B2 Fashions, Inc. for selling an eyeshadow and blush palette containing asbestos fibers. Filed in a California court, EHA alleges B2 Fashions has full awareness its products contain toxic asbestos fibers and knowingly and willfully exposes its customers to this known carcinogen....

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Copycat-eye? Copyright protection in the beauty industry

Over the past couple of years there have been several important conversations regarding intellectual property issues in the beauty industry. This industry faces a persistent issue of copycat beauty looks that are not credited to the original inspiration. For example, earlier this year Instagram account Diet Prada called out two editorial beauty...

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Fashion

Zara launches makeup line

Fast fashion giant Zara is launching a makeup line. Set to launch tomorrow, December 5, the collection includes three lip products: a high pigmented matte lipstick called “ultramatte”, which comes in 12 shades; liquid lipsticks available in eight colors; and a “trio set” including an ultramatte lipstick, a liquid lipstick and a lip pencil. The...