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Liz Flora

Liz Flora is a Beauty Correspondent at The Business of Fashion (BoF). Based in Los Angeles, she has also reported from New York and Beijing. Previously, she was the West Coast Correspondent at Glossy and host of the Glossy Beauty Podcast. Her work has also appeared in Women’s Wear Daily, CNN Style, Artnet, Slate and The Atlantic. She holds a master’s degree from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago.

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    Can Beauty’s Giants Turn AI Hype Into Sales?

    As L’Oréal announces an AI-assisted product development partnership with Nvidia, beauty conglomerates are struggling to quantify the technology’s return on investment.

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    Can Beauty’s Giants Turn AI Hype Into Sales?

    As L’Oréal announces an AI-assisted product development partnership with Nvidia, beauty conglomerates are struggling to quantify the technology’s return on investment.

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    Ulta Beauty Joins TikTok Shop

    Ulta Beauty becomes the first US specialty beauty retailer to launch on TikTok Shop, making the case for partnership rather than competition with the platform’s beauty e-commerce business.

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    Ulta Beauty Joins TikTok Shop

    Ulta Beauty becomes the first US specialty beauty retailer to launch on TikTok Shop, making the case for partnership rather than competition with the platform’s beauty e-commerce business.

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    How Biohacking Became the New Anti-Ageing

    From NAD+ to peptides, luxury skincare is increasingly taking a page from the wellness podcaster playbook.

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    How Biohacking Became the New Anti-Ageing

    From NAD+ to peptides, luxury skincare is increasingly taking a page from the wellness podcaster playbook.

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    The Beauty Brands ChatGPT Tells People to Buy

    Keywords are just one part of the equation when it comes to showing up in consumers’ highly detailed requests for beauty advice on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

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    The Beauty Brands ChatGPT Tells People to Buy

    Keywords are just one part of the equation when it comes to showing up in consumers’ highly detailed requests for beauty advice on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

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    Summer Fridays Struck Gold With Lip Balm. Can It Do the Same With Fragrance?

    With its Lip Butter Balm still a top hero product, Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Ireland’s Summer Fridays expands as it evolves into a multi-category beauty brand.

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    Summer Fridays Struck Gold With Lip Balm. Can It Do the Same With Fragrance?

    With its Lip Butter Balm still a top hero product, Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Ireland’s Summer Fridays expands as it evolves into a multi-category beauty brand.

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    How Fake AI Influencers Generate Real Cash

    From deepfakes to affiliate links, producers of AI influencers are finding ways to make money even if brands aren’t interested in working with them.

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    How Fake AI Influencers Generate Real Cash

    From deepfakes to affiliate links, producers of AI influencers are finding ways to make money even if brands aren’t interested in working with them.

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    What Is ‘Ski Care’ and Why Are Beauty Brands Obsessed With it?

    Beauty has joined the winter sports rush, pitching skincare and sunscreen as equipment every bit as essential as goggles and poles.

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    What Is ‘Ski Care’ and Why Are Beauty Brands Obsessed With it?

    Beauty has joined the winter sports rush, pitching skincare and sunscreen as equipment every bit as essential as goggles and poles.

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    How Dubai Became a Hotbed for Fragrance Dupes

    A global luxury fragrance capital, Dubai has become an expert hub for affordably priced fragrances that are among the top sellers on TikTok.

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    How Dubai Became a Hotbed for Fragrance Dupes

    A global luxury fragrance capital, Dubai has become an expert hub for affordably priced fragrances that are among the top sellers on TikTok.

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    The Anti-AI Aesthetic Taking Over Social Media

    Products strewn across the sink, half-empty or in cluttered piles have replaced picture-perfect shelfies as brands and influencers find luxury in mess.

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    The Anti-AI Aesthetic Taking Over Social Media

    Products strewn across the sink, half-empty or in cluttered piles have replaced picture-perfect shelfies as brands and influencers find luxury in mess.

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    The Top Trends That Will Define Beauty in 2026

    From global K-beauty category expansion to at-home medspa alternatives, beauty is becoming even more expert-led, targeted and internationally influenced in 2026.

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    The Top Trends That Will Define Beauty in 2026

    From global K-beauty category expansion to at-home medspa alternatives, beauty is becoming even more expert-led, targeted and internationally influenced in 2026.

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    What’s Next for Moon Juice

    The wellness brand shuttered its last standalone store in Los Angeles’ Venice neighbourhood and is leaving Sephora, but founder Amanda Chantal Bacon is seeking growth in other channels.

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    What’s Next for Moon Juice

    The wellness brand shuttered its last standalone store in Los Angeles’ Venice neighbourhood and is leaving Sephora, but founder Amanda Chantal Bacon is seeking growth in other channels.

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    How Salt & Stone Made Fancy Deodorant Into a $140 Million Business

    With a hero speed stick that became a top seller at both Amazon and Sephora, Salt & Stone has leveraged fragrance, design and a pricing sweet spot to ride the body-care boom — however long it lasts.

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    How Salt & Stone Made Fancy Deodorant Into a $140 Million Business

    With a hero speed stick that became a top seller at both Amazon and Sephora, Salt & Stone has leveraged fragrance, design and a pricing sweet spot to ride the body-care boom — however long it lasts.