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Can Design Be the Flex It Once Was in Beauty?

In an increasingly competitive category, premium cosmetics labels like Merit and Sarah Creal Beauty are embracing more complex, distinctive — and costly — visual and sensorial touches to their products.
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Sarah Creal Beauty makes design table stakes. (Courtesy)

For makeup brand Merit, creative direction isn’t a luxury but a must-have.

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