EPISODE · Jul 23, 2026 · 4 MIN
L'Oréal's India Bid Draws Australian Scrutiny
from Beauty in Five
L'Oréal's Innovist stake purchase faces Australian review. L'Oréal's proposed majority stake in India's Innovist is under Australian regulatory review, a clearance step that could affect deal timing. (mlex.com) California designates nail product as priority under chemical program. California's DTSC has flagged nail products high in triphenyl phosphate as a priority product, a step that could prompt reformulation or reporting obligations. (Global Cosmetics News) Sephora names 2026 Accelerate cohort of emerging brands. Sephora has revealed its 2026 Accelerate cohort, a program offering emerging brands mentorship, grants and investor connections. (Cosmetics Business, Fashionista) Amorepacific plans sale of inner-beauty manufacturing plant. Amorepacific is seeking to sell its Anseong supplement plant, a move it frames as improving capital efficiency to refocus on core beauty. (Global Cosmetics News) Also moving today: Kylie Cosmetics teases new ‘Mood Stone’ fragrance trio launch (Cosmetics Business) AI beauty recommendations trust media coverage, not brand content (https://www.personalcareinsights.com) Givaudan partners with Microcaps to strengthen its encapsulation capabilities (Premium Beauty News) MCoBeauty revives original All Nighter Setting Spray formula with Skindinavia after Urban Decay axe (Cosmetics Business, Cosmetics Business) Sephora to Olive Young: Beauty’s big retailers are partying their way into new markets (Cosmetics Business) Allan Mottus, Pioneering Beauty Editor and Consultant, Dies at 81 (WWD Beauty) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com
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Australia's competition regulator has opened L'Oréal's proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Innovist to public feedback through July 29, according to MLex, while California's Department of Toxic Substances Control designated nail products high in triphenyl phosphate as a priority product, per Global Cosmetics News. Sephora named twelve founders to the tenth class of its Accelerate program, and Amorepacific is seeking a buyer for its Anseong supplements plant as part of a broader restructuring. Also today, Kylie Cosmetics teased a Mood Stone fragrance line, Givaudan plans a stake in Microcaps, and WWD reported the death of longtime beauty editor Allan Mottus at 81.
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