Rhode Beauty SOLD for $1 BILLION! + The Tower28 Sunscreen DEBACLE! What Happened? | Makeup News

This week in beauty news: Rhode Beauty has been sold to E.L.F. for $1 billion, Tower28 admits to misleading customers about their new sunscreen, Beautycounter is back from bankruptcy with a new name (but are they still an MLM?), and Dr. Squatch is selling Sydney Sweeney bathwater soap (yes, really). These stories and so many more are in this week’s show!

We’re breaking down the biggest headlines, analyzing the tea, and asking what the heck is going on in the beauty industry right now. Grab a drink and a snack because this week is WILD.

*Article Links*
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Sydney Sweeny bathwater soap https://tinyurl.com/3zkakbws https://tinyurl.com/3zkakbws
Bang Bang Skincare https://tinyurl.com/55jp8k6s
GodMode https://tinyurl.com/y29me49v
Lindsay Lohan Skincare https://tinyurl.com/yc2aexf7 https://tinyurl.com/mrx3tf3d
Glowissima https://tinyurl.com/2fvttna7
Mike’s Hot Honey x Burt’s Bees https://tinyurl.com/3j8ez4bw
Beautycounter is now Counter https://tinyurl.com/3byf6dph
Pride https://tinyurl.com/bdemd8r3 https://tinyurl.com/bdddhn6w https://tinyurl.com/ym6xjcxp https://tinyurl.com/bdx86wvu https://tinyurl.com/32xrzceh https://tinyurl.com/5yxxmm2d https://tinyurl.com/4schu4s5
ELF Prices Up https://tinyurl.com/y5kzkmfk

*Purchase Links*
Bang Bang’s Forever Care https://forevercare.plus/
Glowissima https://www.glowissima.com/
Burt’s Bees Mike’s Hot Honey https://rstyle.me/+btf0at5DxovLifpnr0Wi9w

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*Time Stamps*
0:00 Intro
1:26 Rhode Beauty SOLD for $1 BILLION!
15:07 Buy Sydney Sweeny’s bathwater in soap form. For real.
19:57 Celebrity tattoo artist, Bang Bang, launches skincare
23:59 Makeup for female gamers? GodMode is coming!
27:21 Real Housewives’ Cynthia Bailey launches skincare
29:19 Lindsay Lohan beauty brand on the way?
31:01 Another weird collab from Burt’s Bees
31:49 Beautycounter is BACK… but is it more of the same with a different name?
36:41 The Tower28 Sunscreen DEBACLE! What Happened?
53:27 Pride is…different this year 🙁
59:22 ELF talks tariffs and sends a surprise gift to someone who needed it
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