Taylor Bryant
Aditya Madiraju On Brand Deal Red Flags, AI Content Creators And Influence That Endures
Content creator Aditya Madiraju’s love of makeup dates back to when he was 6 years old admiring his mother’s red lipstick, but it wasn’t until he moved from India to the United States in 2010 to study business...
The Internet Thinks Shay Mitchell’s Toddler Skincare Brand Rini Is A Bad Idea. Does The Beauty Industry Agree?
Actress Shay Mitchell, alongside her boyfriend Matte Babel and close friend Esther Song, launched Rini, a skincare brand directed at children 4 to 12 years old, but designed for them starting as young as 2 years...
Following The Acquisitions Of Medik8 And Wild, These British Brands Could Be Next
With British companies like Wild, Space NK, Medik8 and Byoma being snapped up, mergers and acquisitions in the beauty industry are looking increasingly English, and there are many brimming brands in the United...
Plantmade Changes Ownership After The British Haircare Brand Racks Up Over $2M 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...
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...
