Has The Beauty Industry Finally Reached Peak Celebrity Brand?  

Coty Inc. is spending $600 million for a majority stake in Kylie Cosmetics, a brand that’s facing a much different beauty landscape today than it did when it launched four years ago. Partially due to its rise, celebrities...

At Manhattan Nail Studio Sundays, Menicure Mondays Promote Self-Care For Male Clients

Amy Ling Lin, founder of nail studio Sundays, has never been afraid to experiment. She pioneered pairing meditation with manicures and celebrates the oft-overlooked nail artists behind services in her blog. Now, Lin is democratizing her...

PCOS Sufferer Nicole Hawthorne’s Endocrine Disruptor-Free Brand NHCO Botanical Lands At Soft Surroundings

NHCO Botanical Bodycare was born out of and created in tribute to its founder’s personal tragedy. In 2016, after undergoing many rounds of fertility treatments that didn’t work, Nicole Hawthorne got pregnant naturally, but she ultimately miscarried....

Wunder Workshop Doesn’t Think Sustainable Packaging Should Be A Point Of Difference. For The Functional Food Brand, It’s Table Stakes.

Growing up, Zoe Lind van’t Hof was her naturopath mother’s travel companion during trips to Sri Lanka to study plants and Ayurveda. Those experiences were so formative that they drove her to create Wunder Workshop, a five-year-old...

Quip, Oral-B And Boka Sell Replaceable Toothbrush Heads. Now, Beautiac Is Bringing The Refill Concept To Makeup Brushes.

After a particularly bad bout of breakouts three years ago, a friend told Drea Gunness-Groeschel that her dirty makeup brushes could be to blame. Like most friends, Gunness-Groeschel’s was right, and she pledged to wash the brushes regularly...

Pantry Products Proves That Clean Beauty Isn’t Only For The 1%

After Bikram yoga classes, Michelle Czarka’s yoga mat was dirty, but she couldn’t find a product that cleaned off the grime without giving her a face full of chemicals while she rested in Child’s Pose. Frustrated, she took...