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Melissa Hibbert Joins BrainTrust Founders Studio As President To Support Diverse Beauty Brand Founders
Melissa Hibbert, a longtime marketer and beauty brand consultant, has joined BrainTrust Founders Studio as president to help scale and publicize Black-owned brands at a moment in which they face daunting challenges. Calling itself the largest...
Sabbatical Beauty’s Adeline Koh On Rooting A Brand In The Local Community
The beauty conversation has dramatically changed since Adeline Koh, a former race and gender studies professor, launched skincare brand Sabbatical Beauty almost a decade ago. Early on, the idea that someone scholarly like her would...
Gen Z Is Petrified Of Aging. Is The Beauty Industry To Blame?
In a recent New York Times essay, Alexandra D’Amour, writer and founder of storytelling website On Our Moon, explores how mothers’ insecurities fuel their daughters’ self-loathing and expresses fear about the disdain of aging that’s being conveyed...
Incubator Slate Brands Acquires Frontman To Grow Its Reach With Gen Z Guys
Slate Brands, a beauty incubator with men’s brand Insanely Clean in its portfolio, is increasing its presence in the men’s space with the purchase of men’s acne care brand Frontman. The...
How Incubator Magic Dusk Is Reinventing The Influencer Brand Model
Influencer and celebrity brands have a well-earned reputation for being fleeting cash grabs. Magic Dusk, the incubator led by founder and CEO Daniel Kiyoi, former creative director at Tarte, and partner and...
VC-Backed Makeup Brand Beauty Bakerie Closes
Beauty Bakerie, a venture capital-backed makeup brand sold in thousands of retail stores, has shuttered. Founder Cashmere Nicole announced the closure Friday via Beauty Bakerie’s social media accounts, its website and an email...
Kayo’s Christine Bullock On How Tough It Is For A Small Brand Up Against Competitors With Big Marketing Budgets
A longtime fitness authority, Christine Bullock realized over a decade ago that her clients, who were spending thousands on exercise and nutrition programs to improve and maintain their bodies, would pay a premium for beauty products...
