The Courage To Care: Zein And Samar Obagi, The Partnership That Helped Shape Modern Skin Health
History has a way of smoothing disruption. What looks inevitable in hindsight rarely felt that way in real time, especially to the people doing the disrupting. Long before “skin health” became a category, before physician-dispensed skincare was...
Jay-Z’s MarcyPen Capital Partners Emerges As Strong Contender For Fenty Beauty
MarcyPen Capital Partners, an investment firm backed by Jay-Z, has emerged as a leading contender to acquire luxury goods conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy’s 50% stake in Fenty Beauty, according...
Oliviaumma Expands At Sephora After Going Viral With A Single SKU
Sephora Accelerate participant Oliviaumma launched into 268 Sephora doors nationwide this March with just one product: its Milky Resurfacing Brightening Toner Pads. Three weeks later, the product went viral, sending shoppers racing from store to store in search...
How Hello Klean Became Brita’s First Beauty Investment And What’s Next
Once considered a plumbing concern, water quality is increasingly being viewed as a beauty issue. An estimated 80% to 85% of Americans live with hard water, defined as water that contains high levels of dissolved...
Topicals Founder Olamide Olowe Grapples Publicly With Bread Beauty Supply’s Future
After building Topicals into one of beauty’s biggest skincare success stories, founder Olamide Olowe is learning that turning around an existing brand can be much harder than creating one from scratch. In a candid TikTok...
