Taylor Bryant
After Launching With Target And Ulta Beauty In the US, Megababe Is Heading To Cult Beauty In The UK
Personal care brand Megababe is out to leave no thigh unswiped—and a new partnership with Cult Beauty is moving it closer to that objective. “If a woman has thighs that chafe, I want to be able to...
What Founder Dan Hodgdon Learned From Past Stumbles To Build Vegamour
Vegamour founder and CEO Dan Hodgdon lived a lot of lives prior to launching his multimillion-dollar haircare band. By the time he was 17 years old, he had already moved to 20 different places. “I lived in...
ShearShare Co-Founders Courtney And Tye Caldwell Are Showing Up For Their Buffalo Community After The Racist Mass Shooting
At the end of last year, Courtney and Tye Caldwell, the husband-and-wife duo behind ShearShare, an app enabling beauty professionals to rent booths at salons, spas and barbershops affectionately nicknamed “HairBnB,” moved from McKinney, Texas to...
Ami Colé Is Projected To End This Year With $2.5M In Sales—And It’s Just Getting Started
Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye feels like a mother of two. Her entrepreneurial child, Ami Colé, is celebrating its first birthday today, while her actual child, which arrived in February, is only a couple of months old. “It’s like I’m...
Beauty Industry Insiders Review HBO Max’s Docuseries “Not So Pretty”: Is It Fearmongering Or Informative?
Last month, HBO Max released “Not So Pretty,” a four-part docuseries exploring the “ugly” side of the beauty industry. According to the publication Glossy, following its premiere, a #notsopretty hashtag popped up on TikTok and racked up...
The Future Of Beauty Includes A Focus On Joy, Phygital Environments And Biotechnology
With the pandemic, global climate crisis, war in Ukraine, inflationary pressures and, in the United States and elsewhere, threats to women’s reproductive rights, people are going through a lot right now. Against that backdrop, at the New...
Shea Brand Relaunches As Somebody, Begins Fundraising
After five years on the market, Shea Brand has relaunched as Somebody with a new look, skincare collection and distribution model. “The name Somebody focuses on the individual and the importance of looking inward for answers,...
