Private Equity Firm West Lane Capital Partners Acquires Mented Cosmetics

West Lane Capital Partners is diving deeper into beauty by acquiring Mented Cosmetics. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It marks West Lane’s second beauty transaction this year. Earlier this month, the...

British Nail Salon Chain Townhouse Plots Major US Expansion

Townhouse is setting up shop in the United States in a big way. The British nail chain is set to open its first stateside salon off of Rodeo Drive in Beverly...

Topicals Enters Sephora UK With Newly Reformulated Products

Gen Z-favorite Topicals disclosed in 2022 that it was the fastest-growing skincare brand at Sephora in the United States, and now it hopes to repeat its success at the beauty specialty retailer’s stores in the United Kingdom. Topicals...

Color Camp Founder Lauren Polino Says Consumers Aren’t Willing To Pay For Better Nail Salons

On Monday last week, The Nail Tech Org staged a campaign in which thousands of nail technicians across the United Kingdom raised their nail service prices to demand higher wages. The British nail service education...

Has Sustainability Become Table Stakes For Beauty Brands?

Ten to 15 years ago, a new wave of brands such as Josh Rosebrook, Indie Lee, Odacité, Tara Harper, RMS Beauty and W3ll People put clean beauty...