The fall season has seen the introduction of a host of beauty industry collaboration with entertainment properties, including some based on new films and series, and others on properties of an older vintage.

For example, singer Lady Gaga’s recent star turn as Patrizia Reggiani in MGM’s House of Gucci film that was released Nov. 24 in the U.S., was marked by Haus Laboratories introducing a “Casa Gaga Italian Glam Capsule Collection.” The 11-piece assortment of lipsticks, blushes and eyeliners was inspired by 50 different looks from the film as well as Lady Gaga’s Italian roots and the shooting of the film in Italy. There’s also a coral lipstick named after actress Sophia Loren and a “value” package containing all of the items that’s priced at $198.

Money Heist
And there’s L’Oréal’s NYX Professional Makeup’s “Money Heist collection” with nine items available online including Tokyo and Nairobi lipsticks ($10) named after two of the show’s characters and an already out-of-stock Dali mask mirror ($22) and a complete $90 “Money Heist Vault.” Netflix is releasing the fifth season of Money Heist this Friday (Dec. 3).

Many of these collections are limited editions largely sold online, but brick-and-mortar retailers also are dedicating shelf space to them.  For example, retailer Ulta Beauty launched a Pixar-inspired line in late October ranging from a Monsters Inc.-inspired beauty sponge set for applying concealer to a 12-color palette Finding Nemo. There’s also a Toy Story cosmetics bag embroidered with the title of Randy Newman’s 1995 song “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.”

‘Everyday fans looking for novelty’
“For the beauty industry this a way to engage that enthusiast audience in the category,” says Stephanie Wissink, Managing Director at Jefferies. “It’s also a reflection of brands being willing to do something that is maybe less core. Now you are seeing the brands recognize that fans are not only super fans willing to engage in cosplay, but [also] everyday fans looking for novelty. Novelty sells, and always has in cosmetics.”

Among other developments:

• Disney for the first time worked with a Latinex-owned firm to develop a cosmetics line for Encanto, which was released Nov. 24. Alamar Cosmetics released the 13-piece assortment (complexion and eyeshadow brushes, highlighters and lip liner and glosses) – all inspired directly by the film’s colors – on its web site on Nov. 18.

“The house that the characters live in is a really big part of the movie. We would pull up pictures of that, put them into Photoshop and then, with a dropper tool, pick out the specific colors we wanted to see represented,” Alamar Founder Gabriela Trujillo said.

• In addition to the Encanto collaboration, Disney also has had other character-inspired collections scattered throughout the year. These include Morphe’s “Mickey & Friends The Truth Be Bold” limited edition that launched in late October featuring Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck and Daisy on the packaging. And there’s Mac Cosmetic’s line tied to the release of Disney’s Cruella film earlier this year that includes eyeshadow palette designed to match that worn by actress Emma Stone.
• Colourpop introduced a My Little Pony-inspired collection tied to the Sept. 22 release of Hasbro’s My Little Pony: A New Generation. The seven-piece line includes a pressed powder eyeshadow palette featuring the names of a dozen My Little Pony characters.
• UK beauty brand Revolution Beauty launched the first beauty collection tied to the Warner Bros’ 2003 film Elf. The Elf I Heart Revolution line contains 20 pieces including illuminating highlighter and makeup brushes named after one of the film’s characters, Mr. Narwhal. And there’s a Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins (a Buddy the Elf catch phrase) Eyeshadow Palette that features 25 pans of matte and metallic shades, ranging from bright yellow to cool blue.
• And latching on to the nostalgia trend that’s been prevalent this year, HipDot Cosmetics introduced a makeup collection tied to the 25th anniversary of the 1995 cult classic film Clueless, a reboot of which is under development by CBSViacom for the Peacock streaming service.