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Carson Life Joins A Select Group Of Latina-Founded Startups That Have Surpassed $10M In Funding
Sonia Guzman, founder of Carson Life, has entered a select group of Latina founders who’ve raised in excess of $10 million in funding. Her Miami-based beauty and wellness brand has secured $2 million in bridge funding following...
Brand Founders Get Real About Bootstrapping In An Uncertain And Crowded Beauty Market
Murphy Bishop, co-founder of The Better Skin Co., believes it’s incredibly tough to be a bootstrapped beauty brand today. Not only are bootstrapped brands competing against well-funded players, they’re trying to navigate a beauty industry...
Is The Beauty Industry Suffering From A Product Quality Crisis?
Lorne Lucree, chief innovation officer at contract manufacturer Voyant Beauty and head of its business unit Atelier by Voyant Beauty, believes the beauty industry is suffering from a product quality crisis. He points to mold,...
From Ouai’s Former Product Development Director, Goop-Approved Brand Contemplation Tackles Sustainability From Multiple Angles
At the beginning of the pandemic, Ariane Noji, then director of product development at Ouai, desperately needed a reset. Glued to her computer churning out product releases, she was practically caged in her Los Angeles home...
With $10M In New Funding, Mad Rabbit Is Primed To Spearhead Tattoo Aftercare At Big-Box Retail
Target’s average shopper is a millennial mom and, out of all young Americans, according to millennial and gen Z insights firm YPulse, millennial parents are the most likely to have tattoos. So, it’s a...
Youthforia Secures Seed Funding From True Beauty Ventures And Willow Growth Partners
Fiona Co Chan, founder and CEO of Youthforia, a brand known for makeup formulated to be good enough to sleep in, can sleep easier now. Youthforia has closed a seed funding round led by
The Scalp Microbiome Isn’t A Well-Studied Area. K18 And HelloBiome Are Partnering To Change That.
K18 and HelloBiome have struck a multiyear partnership to unlock secrets of the scalp microbiome with the goal of creating scalp and haircare products and services effective for it. The partnership demonstrates...
