Beauty
Nette Founder Carol Han Pyle On The Science Of Scent And The Sephora DM That Changed Everything
Most of us would be thrilled if Sephora slid into our DMs. For Carol Han Pyle, that message arrived just six months after launching Nette, the fragrance brand she founded in New York in 2021. Two years into the business, its scents were landing at the beauty retailer. But getting there involved rather more than…
Read More50 Beauty Tech Start-Ups To Have On Your Radar In 2026
From AI shade-matchers to manicure robots and lab-grown collagen, these are the 50 beauty tech start-ups to know in 2026 – all fact-checked this September.
Read MorePaiire Founder Alisia Ristevski On Building The “LinkedIn” Of Hair And Makeup Artists
After 22 years as a hair and makeup artist, Alisia Ristevski built Paiire: a commission-free network where beauty freelancers are found for their skills, not their follower count.
Read MoreThis £159 Device Says Fuller Hair Starts With Your Scalp
Hair thinning is one of those things nobody talks about until it happens to them. It is also, historically, expensive to address – clinic appointments, in-salon laser sessions, and a long wait to find out whether any of it worked. Beauty tech brand SENSSE has just launched a home device aimed squarely at that gap.…
Read MoreDyson Has Put A Camera In Your Toothbrush For A Very Good Reason
The Dyson CameraJet is a toothbrush with a 100k-pixel camera that spots the gaps between your teeth and jets mouthrinse into them while you brush. It lands 1 September at £419.99.
Read MoreBiohacking Beauty: Sarah Jossel On Her Oura Ring, Azelaic Acid & Why Face Oils Are Overrated
The Sunday Times Style Beauty Director on her Oura ring, the ingredient she wishes everyone knew about, and why her best beauty hack lives in the fridge.
Read MoreEstée Lauder Has Handed Foundation Shade Matching To Colour Scientists
Somewhere in your bathroom is a foundation that looked perfect in the shop. Estée Lauder has gone to the University of Leeds to work out why — and to fix foundation shade matching for good.
Read MoreSwiss Pristine Is La Prairie’s New Era Of Skin Barrier Science
Launched today, La Prairie’s Swiss Pristine is a three-product skin barrier collection that pairs micro-encapsulated glacial minerals with a patented biotech active. We’ve read the science so you don’t have to. There is a particular kind of tired that no amount of sleep fixes. La Prairie calls it “modern fatigue”: the cumulative toll of long-haul…
Read MoreWhat Is Beauty Tech? The Complete 2026 Guide To Beauty Technology
Your LED mask, your AI skin scan, the smart mirror that knows your face better than you do – welcome to beauty tech, the fastest-moving corner of the beauty industry. Here’s your complete 2026 guide: what beauty tech actually is, the devices worth your money and the innovations about to land on your shelfie. What…
Read MoreJo Malone London Just Put A Fragrance Inside Fortnite
The most tastefully wrapped brand in beauty has spent August inside a battle royale. Look past the novelty and it’s one of the sharpest bits of media buying of the year. There is a ritual to buying a Jo Malone London cologne. The cream box. The black grosgrain ribbon, hand-tied by someone who has clearly…
Read More