Taylor Bryant

Personal Care Brand Kankan Upgrades Refill System To Ease The Burden On Consumers
“A lot of the sustainable choices out there are asking a lot of the consumer,” says Kankan co-founder Eliza Flanagan. “You have to either go to a refill store or you have to decant things...

TikTok-Famous Brand Basma Beauty Launches At Sephora
Basma Beauty’s TikTok-famous The Foundation Stick has landed at Sephora, marking its first wholesale partnership. The single-product cosmetics brand is launching online at the beauty specialty retailer by way of its Accelerate program for emerging brands, which it...

Beauty Brand Founders Shani Darden And Sienna Brown On The Importance Of Mentorship
The mentor-mentee relationship between Sienna Brown, former event planner and founder of the beauty brand Glosshood, and celebrity aesthetician Shani Darden, founder of Shani Darden Skin Care, was jumpstarted by a GIF Brown sent Darden two years ago...

5 Things To Know Before Embarking On A Friends And Family Fundraise
Britta Chatterjee, co-founder of haircare brand Odele, compares fundraising to “walking down my street naked.” She says, “It’s a very vulnerable process to put yourself out there, at least it was for me.” Asking family and...

New Brand Uzima Raises The Luxury Profile Of Textured Haircare And Scalp Care
Leona Dondi tinkered with around 13 beauty brand prototypes over the course of a decade before landing on the idea for her new textured haircare and scalp care brand Uzima during a 2018 business trip to South Korea....

JVN Hair Reformulates Scalp Oil In Response To Mold Concerns It’s Determined Are Unfounded
JVN Hair is reformulating its bestselling Complete Pre-Wash Scalp Oil after complaints arose online that the product contains mold. Amyris Inc., parent company of the clean haircare brand connected to hairstylist Jonathan Van Ness, grooming expert...

KraveBeauty Founder Liah Yoo Talks Beet The Sun’s Relaunch, Sunscreen’s Testing Problem, And Why She Agrees With AOC
KraveBeauty’s cult-favorite sunscreen Beet The Sun is back Founder Liah Yoo made the difficult decision in 2021 to take the product off the market when an independent third-party test discovered its SPF was lower than the...