Wellness-Focused Brand Blended Champions Body Care As A Self-Care Practice

Erica Patterson intends for her newly relaunched brand, Blended, to stand out in an increasingly crowded body care category. “I wanted to create the most advanced version of these products featuring new ingredients such as shea nilotica,...

Sephora Accelerate Participant And Facial Oil Specialist Katini Skin Heightens Luxury Retail Presence

Katini Skin, a participant in Sephora’s Accelerate program this year, is growing its retail reach with launches at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. The brand, which is carried by Saks Fifth Avenue and Thirteen Lune as well,...

Textured Haircare Brands Return To Tried-And-True Distribution At Beauty Supply Stores As Challenges Increase In Other Channels

With 30 years experience as a retail broker for brands like Mielle Organics, Curls Dynasty and Taliah Waajid, Germaine Bolds-Leftridge remembers the days when barbershops and beauty supply stores were the first retail stop for Black-owned...

The Lip Bar Launches Grant Program Bawse Ventures

The Lip Bar is launching grant program Bawse Ventures to support the next generation of BIPOC entrepreneurs. BIPOC founders with brands across consumer packaged goods categories can apply to receive grants of up to $25,000 in funding...

Where Beauty Brand Founders Think DEI Initiatives Stand Today In The Wake Of The Lawsuit Against Fearless Fund

Fearless Fund, the Black women-owned venture capital firm backing early-stage businesses owned by women of...

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...