Claire McCormack
Sephora Introduces Sexual Wellness Selection With Sex Toys And More
If there were any remaining questions about sexual wellness going mainstream, Sephora is putting them to bed by venturing into the category on Feb. 1. The beauty specialty retailer’s sexual wellness selection debuting online will...
Athletic Greens Raises $115M In Funding At A Valuation Surpassing $1B
Supplement brand Athletic Greens has raised $115 million in a round led by Alpha Wave Ventures that pushes its valuation past the $1 billion mark. The investors joining Alibaba and Atai Life Sciences...
Founder Dr. Shannon Klingman Plans To Keep Lume Weird Post-Harry’s Acquisition
Sometimes an acquisition leads to the dilution or outright erasure of the acquired brand’s DNA. Shannon Klingman, the OB-GYN founder of Lume, wants consumers not to worry about that happening to the direct-to-consumer all-over deodorant...
Doctor-Led Ingestible Brand Armra Is Betting On Colostrum As The Next Big Wellness Ingredient
“Why isn’t everybody taking this? There’s so much research. It’s been around forever, and yet it’s this undiscovered superfood,” says Dr. Sarah Rahal, MD, a pediatric neurologist with expertise in functional medicine. She’s talking...
The Candle Care Business Heats Up For Candle Brands
Blowing out the candles on birthday cakes has fallen out of favor amid the pandemic, but did you know that the pricey Diptyque Baies collection candle shouldn’t be blown out either, albeit for a different reason?...
Nette, Nopalera And Youthforia Selected For Inaugural True Beauty Ventures Bridge Mentorship Cohort
Nette, Nopalera and Youthforia have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the True Beauty Ventures Bridge Mentorship. The luxury candle maker founded by Carol Pyle, bath and body care specialist...
Alpyn Beauty’s President Nance Hastings Is Using Strategies She Learned At Estée Lauder To Grow The Indie Brand
Once beauty brand founders reach a certain scale, there’ll come a time when they need to shore up executive leadership, perhaps for the first time in their brands’ history. That time arrived...
