Rachel Brown
Haircare Trends Dominating—And Declining—In 2025
Haircare has been having a growth spurt of late. After the category’s sales increased 14% in prestige and 6% in mass in 2023, according to market research firm Circana, they were up 9% in prestige and 2%...
New Thirteen Lune Owner SNR Capital Vows To Mend Brand Relationships
SNR Capital has taken over Thirteen Lune in an insolvency process that’s left brands owed money by the inclusive retailer without compensation, although the financing and fulfillment firm has committed to repair fractured relationships...
Inclusive Beauty Brands Share Their Vision For Thirteen Lune’s Post-Acquisition Future
Thirteen Lune, the retailer launched in 2020 by Nyakio Grieco and Patrick Herning to showcase minority-owned beauty brands, has been acquired by SNR Capital, a financing and fulfillment firm associated with The PCA Companies,...
Product Developer Julie Pefferman’s Top 8 Indie Beauty Predictions For 2025
The first time Beauty Independent asked cosmetic chemist Julie Pefferman for her annual beauty industry predictions in 2019, she offered several that resonated for years, including a greater emphasis on customer retention and brand acquisitions at earlier...
Inclusive Sun Care Trailblazer Unsun Cosmetics Is Closing
Unsun Cosmetics, which raised awareness about sunscreen for people of color and rolled out to over 10,000 retail doors, is closing. In a social media announcement Monday, the brand attributed its closure to...
As Mora Cosmetics Closes, Its Co-Founders Discuss The Perils Of A Small Brand At A Big Retailer
Minara El-Rahman launched halal-certified Mora Cosmetics in 2020 as a love letter to her Muslim community. Even though the bootstrapped makeup brand announced via email on Monday that its business is ending on Jan. 31, preternaturally optimistic...
Skincare Trends Soaring—And Sinking—In 2025
In the first three quarters of last year, data from market research firm Circana shows skincare registered the slowest growth among prestige beauty categories in American department and beauty specialty stores, up 3% in dollars. In the...
