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Tuesday, January 14

Beauty

How Your Favorite Content Creators Are Preparing for a Potential TikTok Ban

As the clash between U.S. lawmakers and TikTok over the video-sharing app’s ownership comes to a head, a proposed ban of the platform is set to take effect on Sunday unless it sells to a U.S. owner.

With Chinese parent company ByteDance making it clear it has no plans to change hands, though, the app’s 170 million-plus U.S. users — and the creators whose careers it helped propel — are bracing for what life without the app could look like.

As uncertainty over the app’s fate heightens, WWD's Beauty Reporter Noor Lobad and Wellness Reporter Emily Burns asked 10 creators how they’re bracing for a potential ban. European Beauty Editor Jennifer Weil also takes a look at which social media platforms — big or small — might beauty brands and content creators migrate to if the U.S. TikTok ban goes through on Jan. 19? 

Also in today's WWD, Jennifer Weil covers Sisley's move into the dermocosmetics sensitive skin segment and see the latest executive moves. — Kathryn Hopkins, Senior Beauty Editor, WWD and Beauty Inc

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