Full coverage: Beauty

As Aimee Connolly approaches ten years in business, the hands-on founder talks colour matching, course correcting, and trend forecasting years in advance.

Each March, the population of Bologna in Italy swells by over a quarter of a million visitors who make their way to the BolognaFiere exhibition centre for Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna. Ruth O’Connor visited the show and spoke to the Irish contingent there.

Entrepreneur Liz Dwyer shares the lessons she has learned running one of Ireland’s biggest beauty and health showcases and explains how she is targeting the male market.

Dragons' Den contestant Noelle O’Connor is breaking into the American beauty market with a range of products that are ultra green and guilt-free.

From Monaghan to London to New York, the fashion graduate and magazine editor has blazed a trail in the crowded international make-up market.

The Smooth Company is known for its trademarked hair styling wand and viral TikToks. It has just launched a legal action against Primark.

The co-founders of Sisu believe the aesthetic clinic group will become a multi-billion dollar public company. Pat Phelan and Brian and James Cotter talk about US expansion, why it has reignited plans to enter the UK, and the economics of "face-as-a-service".

After weeks of underground haircuts and lobbying, the beauty industry is officially going back to work on June 29. However, many within the sector say it will take years to recover.