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Contract Manufacturer Voyant Beauty Forms Business Unit Designed For Emerging Brands

Contract manufacturer Voyant Beauty has established Atelier by Voyant Beauty, a formulation and manufacturing business unit designed for high-growth independent beauty brands.  The new unit is led by Voyant chief innovation partner Lorne...
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Veracity Selfcare Launches Supplement Collection And Online At Saks Fifth Avenue

Veracity Selfcare, which launched in February of last year with an at-home saliva test measuring hormone levels to offer relevant skincare recommendations, has introduced nine supplements designed to optimize hormone health.  The supplement...
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Sexual Wellness Brand Cake Raises $8M In Series A Funding

Cake has closed an $8 million series A round, bringing its total funding to over $16 million. Launched in June 2020, the sexual wellness brand previously raised $1.4 million in...
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With Sexual Wellness Continuing To Generate Heat, Dame Closes $7M Series A Round

Sexual wellness brand Dame has closed a $7 million series A round to bring its total funding to $13 million. The latest round was led by Amboy Street Ventures, with participation from...
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New Brand Herbar Puts Topical Adaptogen Products On Center Stage Starting With A Face Oil

Catarina Oliveira was living in Berlin, running marathons and teaching 10 to 15 fitness classes a week when her hormones went completely cattywampus and her body essentially shut down. For serious female athletes,...
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When Life Gave Her Lemons, Founder Holly Eve Kept Building Premium Body Care Brand Madame Lemy

Any beauty brand founder will tell you that entrepreneurship is full of ups and downs, but not many have experienced the dramatic peaks and valleys that Madame Lemy founder Holly Eve has. A...
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CEO Sharon Leite On The Vitamin Shoppe’s Reimagined Beauty Shopping Experience, The Power Of TikTok Trends And Indie Brand Incubation

If the first thing that comes to mind when you think of The Vitamin Shoppe is tubs of muscle-building powders for gym bros to guzzle for bulking up, think again. A visitor to...