Taylor Bryant

Natural Haircare Brand Airfro Teams Up With Nickelodeon Show “That Girl Lay Lay”
British natural haircare brand Airfro has created a product range inspired by Nickelodeon’s comedy series “That Girl Lay Lay.” The range came about as a result of a partnership with Paramount, which has teamed up with...

Glosshood Is Just One Stop On Founder Sienna Brown’s Way To Changing The World—And Having Fun Doing It
The idea for Glosshood was sparked by an under-the-influence conversation in an Uber with a former coworker that founder Sienna Brown believes could’ve come out of the movie “Pineapple Express.” “She’s like, ‘You should create a lip...

Ex-Casper Influencer Marketing Head Launches Face Mask Brand Kindia To Encourage People To Drop Their Masks
Straddling Kenyan and Indian heritage, fitting in hasn’t been easy for Dharni Patel. “I’ve struggled to feel comfortable and beautiful in my own skin, and various factors played a role in that: my upbringing, advertising that I saw...

The Uneven Evolution Of Beauty Accelerator Programs
With a biopharmaceutical and not beauty industry background, AbsoluteJOI founder Anne Beal figured she only knew 10% of what she needed to know to operate a successful beauty business when she launched her skincare brand in...

Credo For Change To Relaunch As A Career Accelerator Program In 2023
Credo for Change, the accelerator program clean beauty retailer Credo started in 2020, is changing its focus from BIPOC brand founders to people from underrepresented groups aspiring to careers in the beauty industry. The idea behind the...

Tips From Pound Cake, Winner Of The $1M Black Ambition Prize, On How To Create A Persuasive Pitch Deck
After a little over a year in business, cosmetics brand Pound Cake won Pharrell Williams’ $1 million Black Ambition grant. The money will be dedicated to staff, marketing and support of the brand’s new retail partnership...

Thirteen Lune To Open Flagship Store In Los Angeles Early Next Year
E-commerce platform Thirteen Lune will soon be giving consumers access to the inclusive beauty products it carries IRL via a brick-and-mortar store slated to open in early 2023. Located in Los Angeles, where Thirteen Lune is based,...