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Isla Beauty Wants To Be The Most Transparent Brand In The Beauty Industry
There’s an inordinate number of beauty experts on TikTok, from dermatologists to cosmetic scientists, deciphering the beauty industry for armchair enthusiasts. Despite the chatter on social media, when Tracy Dubb, co-founder of nearly 6-year-old early-stage investment firm
How Cannuka Strategized For An Exit And Is Broadening Out From CBD
To chronicle Cannuka is to get a glance at the short, eventful history of CBD in the beauty industry. The skincare brand pairing CBD with Manuka honey launched in 2018, the same year the federal Farm Bill legalized...
The Beauty Industry Needs To Do More To Confront Anti-Asian Racism
A year ago, after a wave of racist assaults targeting elderly Asian Americans, we touched base with Asian American and Asian beauty entrepreneurs and executives about what the beauty industry should be doing to show support for...
KraveBeauty Founder Liah Yoo’s New Venture Fund Wants To Change Beauty Investing For The Better
KraveBeauty founder Liah Yoo has launched the fund Press Reset Ventures with $1 million and a mission that’s much broader than achieving a good return on beauty investments. Yoo believes the traditional venture capital model is...
The Inkey List Launches Hair And Scalp Treatments At Sephora As “Hairtellectuals” Emerge As A Key Consumer Group
Will “hairtellectuals” be the next major consumer force in the beauty industry? The Inkey List and Sephora think they could be. Two years ago, the brand beloved by “skintellectuals” extended from skincare to haircare on its website...
How Derm To Door Is Changing People’s Relationship With Dermatology And Informing Their Skincare Choices
Dermatologist Lily Talakoub’s office, McLean Dermatology & Skincare, is in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, but she wants to be everywhere—and she’s getting there. Through Derm to Door, which she started in 2020 as an e-commerce platform delivering...
How Can Emerging Beauty Brands Avoid Glossier’s Stumbles?
Last week, Modern Retail broke the news that Glossier laid off over 80 employees, about a third of its workforce. The one-time millennial “it girl” brand, which raised $80 million series E funding in 2021 at a...
