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Founded By A Vietnamese Immigrant, House Of M Beauty Raises $2M From The Vietnamese American Community
For its first external funding, House of M Beauty has turned to its community. Launched by Vietnamese immigrant Anne Nguyen Oliver in 2019, the prestige skincare brand based in Tustin, Calif., has drawn $2 million from Vietnamese...
Celebrity Dermatologists Launch Platform Aire Health To Transform How Dermatologists Recommend And Sell Skincare
Although dermatologist Dhaval Bhanusali has helped formulate skincare for Hailey Bieber’s Rhode and Martha Stewart’s forthcoming beauty brand, he doesn’t carry products in his Manhattan practice. “I don’t like the stress of having things there...
Luc-Henry Rousselle Joins Investment Bank DC Advisory To Lead Beauty And Personal Care Practice
Luc-Henry Rousselle, a long-time beauty industry dealmaker who’s helped guide transactions involving Beekman 1802, InstaNatural, Sky Organics and many more brands, has joined DC Advisory as managing director in the United States to lead the...
Beauty Product Premiumization: Problematic Or Pivotal To Level The Playing Field For Emerging Brands?
A recent article in The New York Times headlined “Is the Entire Economy Gentrifying?” delved into the “premiumization” of everything from Krispy Kreme donuts to WD-40. The beauty industry is no exception. “Premiumization” has...
Mario Badescu’s Distribution Epitomizes The Blurred Lines Between Prestige And Mass Beauty Retail
In 1998, Mario Badescu launched at the Henri Bendel store on Fifth Avenue in New York to make a statement that it was ready to build its wholesale business. “They were trendsetters, and all of...
How Caliray Founder Wende Zomnir Is Reinterpreting Urban Decay Classics For Today’s Clean Beauty Shoppers
Today, Caliray, the clean and eco-conscious beauty brand from Urban Decay founding partner Wende Zomnir and Jenna Dover, who previously worked in global business and growth strategy at Urban Decay and Frost & Sullivan, is...
With Traditional PR Tough, What Awareness Strategies Are Indie Beauty Brands Pursuing?
The idea for the latest edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty comes from Margarita Arriagada, founder of the luxury beauty brand Valdé and former chief merchant at Sephora. As she’s...
