Do gender divides still have a place in beauty?

Published: 2-Jun-2015
Male Grooming Retail

More brands and retailers are breaking down traditional gender divides in cosmetics. But to what result?

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In this week's What's Trending? column, we asked our experts what they thought of gender specific cosmetics and whether they could see a future for the trend for 'agender' products...

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