Emma Sandler
Beautycounter Alums Revamp Climate-Focused Atmosphera With Hybrid Direct-Sales Model
Atmosphera, the revamped Canadian climate-adaptive skincare brand, has launched in the United States with Beautycounter veterans Katya Johnson, Christi Hucks and Mia Davis at the helm as they seek to reinvent direct selling through a modern affiliate...
Lyma’s Luxury At-Home Laser Devices Power A $48M Business
The beauty device market is notoriously tough, with high upfront development costs, tricky margin profiles and the reality that many products end up unused in a customer’s bottom drawer or are returned. Lyma, which started with...
Peter Thomas Roth Faces Growing Backlash After New Epstein Emails Are Released
The backlash facing Peter Thomas Roth is intensifying as influencers and consumers publicly distance themselves from the skincare brand following renewed scrutiny of emails in which the company’s namesake founder corresponds with deceased convicted sex...
Eos Spotlights Body Mists In Super Bowl Ad, Gopuff Partnership With Edible Cake Versions
The relationship between food and beauty is perennial, but it has kicked into a new gear in recent years, with brands like E.l.f. Cosmetics, Tarte, Rhode, Winky Lux and Glamlite collaborating with Chipotle, Krispy Kreme, Dunkin’, Applebee’s, Hershey’s...
Indie Brands Break Into Conglomerate-Dominated Professional Beauty Channel
For every brand that makes it on the shelf of a coveted retailer, there are hundreds vying for its spot, and in a fiercely competitive market, where failure at a retailer can cause permanent damage and...
Can Mass Makeup Make A Comeback—And Recover Its CoverGirl Status?
The lipstick index isn’t paying dividends for mass-market color cosmetics, a slumping category that Coty Inc. and Bain Capital-backed beauty incubator Maesa are retreating from, leaving huge question marks about the fates of some of...
