New Brand Jing Botanics Brings An Eastern Flair To Scalp Care

Jing Botanics is bringing an Eastern flair to the hot scalp care category. Launching with a single product, $48 The Revitalizing Hair and Scalp Serum, the new luxury brand combines traditional Chinese medicine with science to merge...

Inspired By The Culture Of His Barbershop, Serial Entrepreneur Houston White’s Grooming Brand Could Reach $25M In Sales This Year

Shortly after Houston White established Fresh, a barbershop in the Camdentown neighborhood of Minneapolis, in 2007, he formulated a pomade for his clients that’s blossomed into Fresh by Houston White, an 11-product face, hair and body collection...

Sir Candle Man On The Brands And Trends He Thinks Are Fire

If you want to know what colognes will make you smell like a boss—Welton Iconic Amber Oud, Tom Ford Ébène Fumé, Parfums De Marly Haltane, Frederic Malle Promise and Marc-Antoine Barrois Ganymede (“It’s very CEO of a conglomerate!”)—or...

How Indie Beauty Brands Predict They’ll Do Next Year

Last month, we asked indie beauty brands to share their sales forecast for the holiday season and more than 40 responded. Getting them to divulge their forecasts for 2024 was a bit harder. We received a lot of nos,...

Cosmetic Chemist And Sula Labs Founder AJ Addae’s Predictions For The Beauty Industry Next Year

Last year, cosmetic chemist and Sula Labs founder AJ Addae predicted that rules would rule the beauty industry in 2023. She wasn’t wrong. The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA) has been...

Self-Funded Body Care Brand Karité Is On The Move At Retail And In Social Media

Almost seven years into its business, body care brand Karité is having one of its best years due to growing awareness and retail distribution. The brand expects to double revenues in 2024, according to co-founder Akua Okunseinde,...

Mintel Identifies 3 Big Trends Propelling The Future Of Beauty

Americans aren’t sanguine about the United States economy or the fate of the country. As reflected in market intelligence firm Mintel’s forecast of trends influencing the business of beauty over the next five years, their...