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Latinas In Beauty Calls On The Beauty Industry To Pledge Support For Increasing Latina Representation And Impact
To boost the representation and influence of Latinas who over-index in beauty spending, the organization Latinas in Beauty is launching a petition calling on beauty industry executives and companies to amplify the presence of...
Founders On How They Arrived At The Difficult Decision To Close Their Brands
Supernal is the latest beauty business to announce it’s closing. Carried at Credo, the 5-year-old cult-favorite small-batch botanical skincare brand is known for its stunningly simple packaging and face oil. By way of an explanation,...
Luxe Botanics And Activist Beauty Founder Jene Roestorf On The Anguish Of Closing A Brand—And The Relief On The Other Side
Brand founders routinely ask Jene Roestorf what it feels like to have closed her eco-luxury botanical skincare brand, Luxe Botanics. “A huge weight has been lifted,” she tells them. “I think you expect that to happen,...
Coefficient Capital’s Anna Whiteman On The Biggest Trends Transforming Beauty And Wellness
Coefficient Capital, the consumer-focused venture capital firm, prides itself on investing in transformational consumer shifts, and partner Anna Whiteman is one of its chief identifiers of such shifts. Like most investors, she digs into the numbers...
Youthforia Hires Director Of Product Development After Creating The Role In The Wake Of Controversy Surrounding Its Foundation
Fulfilling a pledge it made in the wake of controversy over shade 600 of its Date Night Skin Tint Serum Foundation, which TikTok content creator Golloria George described as “literally jet black,” Youthforia has hired a...
Hair Growth Brand Scandinavian Biolabs Secures Nearly $4.5M In Series A Funding To Accelerate Growth
Scandinavian Biolabs has closed a nearly $4.5 million series A funding round to grow the reach of its hair growth products in European countries and the United States. The Copenhagen-based brand’s round was led by Auréa, the...
Beach House Group Names Former Urban Decay GM Malena Higuera CEO Of Fragrance Brand Noyz
Malena Higuera, former GM of L’Oréal brands Urban Decay and Dermablend, has been appointed CEO of Noyz, the upstart gen Z fragrance brand from incubator Beach House Group exclusive to Ulta Beauty in the United States. In...
