Taylor Bryant
This New Brand Wants To Make Ghee, Clarified Butter Common In South Asian Cooking, A Beauty Staple
As an adult, Ghlee co-founder Varun Sharma has learned a lesson many people learn at some point: Mothers tend to be right most of the time. Growing up, his mom would recommend he soothe his chapped lips...
Finding The Right Manufacturer For Your Brand
Many founders start their beauty brands in the kitchen. They whip up formulas from scratch, making products based on demand from friends and family. While that may be a noble beginning, there comes a point when...
New Brand Añuli Skin Marries African Botanicals, Luxury Positioning, Minimalism And Rigor
People with darker skin tones classified as four, five or six on the Fitzpatrick scale have often been excluded from skincare product testing, but Añuli Skin founders Kelechi Onyemelukwe and Rishea Casselle wanted to make sure that wasn’t...
Leading Beauty Investment Bankers On The Changing Landscape, Hot Categories And Top Deals: Part 1
Investment bankers are essential to dealmaking processes to bring on growth capital, sell companies or take a business public. Especially in today’s uncertain market in which beauty brands can be difficult to value, investment bankers act as liaisons...
At Educated Mess, Cosmetic Chemist Alex Padgett Creates Serious Skincare For Consumers Who Like To Have Fun
During her nearly four years working in the beauty manufacturing sector at Botanical Science and CBI Laboratories, cosmetic chemist Alex Padgett often complained to her friends that beauty brands rely on buzzwords for marketing and skimp on education....
Get To Know 5 Rising Indie Brands In Sephora UK’s Selection
Sephora UK’s website launch in October last year was greeted with disappointment. Customers complained about glitches and described the user experience as underwhelming. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-owned Sephora acquired British beauty e-tailer Feelunique ahead of the launch,...
Brown Girl Jane Pivots To Fragrance, Begins Fundraising
Brown Girl Jane, which launched in 2020 as a CBD skincare and sexual wellness brand offering tinctures, serums, candles and more, has decided to focus on clean fragrance. “Having been a lifestyle business that was...
