Taylor Bryant
How A PCOS Diagnosis Led Cherice Williams To Build Multimillion-Dollar Haircare Brand Blaq Luxury
When Blaq Luxury founder Cherice Williams immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in 2016, she dreamt of completing an accounting degree and getting a job in the financial sector. Two years later, she discovered she had...
Cool-Kid DTC Brand Dieux Skin Ventures Into Retail At Sephora
Dieux Skin, the direct-to-consumer skincare brand that’s ridden star products to a star turn on social media, is breaking into brick-and-mortar retail at Sephora. The brand launches today on the beauty specialty retailer’s website before rolling out...
Sephora Expands Body Care Offering With Soft Services Launch
Responding to consumer demand, Sephora is amplifying its body care presence by bringing on Soft Services. The brand launches online today and will roll out to 300 doors on Feb. 16. Its bestselling $28 Buffing Bar, $30...
Why Founders Think DTC Is Being Underestimated Today And Other Takeaways From Uplink Expo LA 2024
Beauty brand founders are deluged with advice. Go omnichannel, those doling it out insist. Don’t focus on an exit, they posit. But advice without real experience is generally less valuable than the time it took to spew it....
4 Tips For Founders Hoping To Sell Their Brands From Those Who’ve Done It
In 2022, founders Ju Rhyu of Hero Cosmetics and Michal Berski of Curlsmith sold their companies for $630 million and $150 million to Church & Dwight and Helen of Troy, respectively—and there’s already chatter...
Afro Unicorn’s Children’s Haircare Makes Retail Gains At Walmart, Target And CVS
Afro Unicorn, which has over 500 stockkeeping across more than 25 categories, including toys, apparel and books, is bringing its Magical Tresses children’s haircare collection to Target. The six-product collection contains Never a Knot Detangling Shampoo, 1-2-3...
CurlMix Enters Ulta Beauty And Initiates Crowdfunding Campaign To Support Retail Growth
Shortly after launching in 460 Ulta Beauty stores, CurlMix has initiated a crowdfunding campaign on WeFunder with the goal of raising $5 million to put toward driving product development, retail growth and profitability. Ulta’s courtship of CurlMix...
