Italian regulator probes Sephora and Benefit over ‘cosmeticorexia’ claims
Promotion of beauty products to young girls may fuel compulsive habits and potential health risks, says watchdog
SM, Robinsons, Ayala, Megaworld cut mall hours in response to energy emergency
Over 190 malls throughout the country will have operating hours shorter by at least an hour or two starting Monday, March 30
Hair compost, sugar waxes and refillable shampoo: inside a California low-waste salon
Scisters Salon & Apothecary in the San Diego area is committed to sustainable beauty and going low-waste
Esther Perel provided couples therapy for a man and his AI ‘girlfriend’ and now I fear for the human race
The relationships therapist sat down with a lovestruck man and his chipmunk-voiced companion. But could the bot provide him with what he really craved?
Struggling to cope with the relentless and bleak news cycle? Go to bed early
When we can’t control what’s happening in the world, there is some solace in the predictability of a comforting routine and the safe landing of a warm bed
‘I’m deathly afraid’: what is digital spirituality leading us toward?
Where traditional religion once gathered people together, digital spirituality is now consumed in isolation, mediated by tech gods with opaque agendas
Estée Lauder in talks on merger with Jean Paul Gaultier owner Puig
Combination of US and Spanish companies would create $40bn fashion and beauty group
When your culture becomes a meme: the ‘jarring’ effect of Chinamaxxing
The TikTok trend may be fading, but people of Chinese heritage wonder if an appreciation for their culture will continue after the algorithm moves on
‘In 20 years most of the world could be racist dictatorships’: Ibram X Kendi on book bans and far-right fear-mongering
How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The American historian talks about the weaponising of divisiveness
Why are memorial benches so popular? Because they keep the dead part of the flow of everyday life
UK towns are overwhelmed with requests for more. And no wonder: inscribed on them are intimate flashes of the people we knew and loved, says life writing professor Anne Karpf
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