Beauty & Lifestyle

Our Beauty & Lifestyle expertise lie in working with leading high street, beauty and lifestyle brands within the Fashion, Living, Cosmetics and Food & Beverage sectors. We have built up our success and knowledge in placements within Styling/Design, Merchandise & Planning, VM, Marketing, HR, E-Commerce, Finance and IT functions, understanding the need to deliver a fast, innovative and bespoke service to our clients.

Recent Projects

Textiles Buyer – UK

Leading Interiors Company

Managing Director – UK

Leading Furniture Design Company

Head of HR – UK

Luxury Food Brand

Head of Marketing – EMEA

Lifestyle Apparel Brand

Sales Director – Global

Luxury Interiors Company

General Manager – Global

Luxury Health & Wellbeing Company

Merchandising Director – UK

Sports Brand

Retail Director – EMEA

Luxury Lifestyle Brand

Hospitality & Leisure

Scott Wakefield
Vice President Direct to Consumer EMEA

"ASICS made the decision to appoint BlackBook on two senior roles that are historically very challenging to recruit in the market place, we felt they were the right partner because they really take the time to understand the brand and the individual."

"ASICS made the decision to appoint BlackBook on two senior roles that are historically very challenging"
Human Resources Director

"BlackBook have an excellent understanding of the retail sector and approach any assignment ready to provide solutions without the need to explain the basics. They have a friendly, personable approach and are very genuine in their advice and feedback before even taking a brief. They help shape thinking about talent for a business and challenge perceived ideas which can be held by both line managers and HR. Trust them with your assignment, you won’t regret it."

"They have a friendly, personable approach and are very genuine in their advice and feedback before even taking a brief"
Hazel Caesari – HR Director

"Having successfully completed a number of key hires across multiple disciplines ranging from middle management to C-Suite level, BlackBook have become the first port of call for all of our strategic hires.

They act as a true business partner across all channels of the organisation by spending quality time with both our internal and external stakeholders, ensuring a focused approach, cultural fit and timely delivery of a well-balanced shortlist of talent to the business."

"BlackBook have become the first port of call for all of our strategic hires"
Annmarie Still – Director, Employee Relations

"Partnering with the BlackBook team to fill two very significant international positions has been a positive experience. The staff are personable, professional, and their screening and selection processes are thorough. BlackBook became an extension of Rea.deeming Beauty, Inc. and learned about our culture and process to ensure they selected the right hire and fit for our business. A job well done! Thank you!"

"BlackBook became an extension of Rea.deeming Beauty... A job well done! Thank you!"
Ambroise Bobtcheff
International Sales Director, EMEA & APAC

"I had the chance to work with BlackBook on two specific occasions, as a candidate for my current position, and as a hiring manager in this role too. In both situations, I enjoyed the great professionalism of the BlackBook team, they are very detail orientated and were able to fully understand the opportunities in their various dimensions. They succeeded in identifying rare talent with high potential whose skills and styles matched the organisation. I would recommend BlackBook for any organisation looking at recruiting high profile candidates in the luxury industry as well as other sectors."

"I would recommend BlackBook for any organisation looking at recruiting high profile candidates in the luxury industry as well as other sectors."

Beauty & Lifestyle News

Estée Lauder poised for growth in China thanks to focus on burgeoning millennial market

March 18, 2019- With millennials leading growth in China’s booming beauty industry, a recent report from data and analytics firm GlobalData highlights the steps taken by classic American cosmetics company Estée Lauder to appeal to the Middle Kingdom’s increasingly affluent youth. Despite the ongoing trade war between the US and China, Estée Lauder reported strong sales of $4.01 billion in the East Asian ...

Pat McGrath links with Selfridges for UK launch

March 18, 2019- Pat McGrath’s billion dollar beauty brand is coming to the UK with a bang, launching in partnership with Selfridges in a major campaign that includes taking over the Corner Shop and exclusive collaborations with Prada, Valentino and Versace. The brand is a beauty phenomenon, launching with a single product in 2015 – the same year that Kylie Jenner launched her ...

The Body Shop to move part of its operations to Germany

March 18, 2019- The extreme uncertainty surrounding Brexit and Britain’s future has prompted The Body Shop to relocate a part of its operations from Littlehampton, West Sussex to Frankfurt, Germany with the opening of a new distribution centre. The cosmetics company, owned by Brazil’s Natura since 2017, has headquarters in East Croydon and an office in Littlehampton. The move is expected to impact around ...

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