The beauty industry’s magnetic pull has resulted in countless celebrity and influencer brands, and now the sector’s appeal has caught the eye of professional athletes.
Tennis icon Serena Williams is among the new wave of sports stars-turned-entrepreneurs to enter the cosmetics industry in 2024, which comes amid a tenniscore boom dominating fashion and beauty.
Elsewhere, US basketball player LeBron James and former wrestler Dwayne Johnson have also entered the arena with their own skin care lines.
But the trio are part of a growing movement of athletes exploring the beauty space. Maria Sharapova invested in sun care line Supergoop in 2014 and Naomi Osaka launched Kinlò in 2021, a skin care line designed for melanin-rich skin.
Retired Italian swimmer Federica Pelligrini launched skin care brand, Fit.Fe by Fede, in 2022 and the late basketball star Kobe Bryant was an early adopter to cosmetics by launching his own male grooming line, Art of Sport, in 2018.
So, what is driving sports stars to now compete in beauty?
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