Taylor Bryant
Plantmade Changes Ownership After The British Haircare Brand Racks Up Over $2 Million In Debt
Crown Holdings, a company attached to investor and entrepreneur Toni Fola-Alade, has acquired Plantmade for under $40,000 after the British haircare brand fell into administration in June grappling with roughly $2.3 million in debt. According to an Instagram...
Fragrance’s New Modern Voice: Who Is Elijah Extends Global Reach With US Entrance Through Revolve
Who Is Elijah traces its roots to Coachella, where founder Raquel Bouris first fell in love with a fragrance oil that sparked her idea for the brand. It feels fitting, then, that seven years later, the Australian...
Gently Soap Gears Up For Walmart Launch After “Shark Tank” And “Oprah’s Favorite Things”
In just two years, Atlanta native Kristen Dunning has gone from making soaps in her dorm room to seeing her brand, Gently Soap, featured on “Shark Tank,” spotlighted on “Oprah’s Favorite Things” and now landing at Walmart....
Hair Color Startup Yuv Lands Biggest “Dragon’s Den” Deal Ever At $33M Valuation
When serial entrepreneur Francisco Gimenez asked for 250,000 pounds or about $333,000 in exchange for 1% equity of Yuv, his hair color technology company, on “Dragon’s Den,” the British version of “Shark Tank,” the investors initially...
Inkbox Co-Founders’ Next Act: Taking Car Fresheners Upmarket With New Brand Olauto
At their new brand Olauto, Inkbox co-founders and brothers Tyler and Braden Handley are swapping temporary tattoos for car fresheners, two categories more alike than people might think: both have historically been dominated by cheap, low-quality...
Quick Flick Dupes Itself With Lower-Priced Sister Brand Quick Faced
Dupes have plagued Australian beauty brand Quick Flick founder Iris Smit pretty much since she launched it in 2018. After battling them over the past seven years, she’s decided to join the dupe craze by...
The US May Finally Get A New Sunscreen Filter. Here’s What It Could Mean.
If the United States Food and Drug Administration moves forward on schedule, a new sunscreen filter may be approved as early as March next year. Bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine (BEMT), also known as bemotrizinol, tinosorb S or...
