Taylor Bryant
Range Beauty Becomes The First Black Woman-Owned Makeup Brand To Score A “Shark Tank” Deal
Range Beauty has made television history by becoming the first Black woman-owned makeup brand to score a deal on “Shark Tank.” In an episode of the ABC show that aired on Feb. 25, “sharks” or investors Mark...
Better For You Wellness Set To Acquire Natural Body Care And Haircare Brand Mango Moi
Better For You Wellness is gearing up to acquire body care and haircare brand Mango Moi. The acquisition will be an all-stock transaction, according to Ian James, CEO of BFYW and founder of The Ideation...
Thread Beauty, The Lip Bar Founder Melissa Butler’s Second Brand At Target, Focuses On BIPOC Gen Z Consumers
In the midst of celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Lip Bar, founder and CEO Melissa Butler launched a new brand targeting BIPOC gen Z consumers. Thread Beauty is available nationwide at 500 Target stores and on...
Why Samara Walker Doesn’t Want Her Brand Àuda.B Limited To Black-Owned Sections At Retailers
Samara Walker’s vegan nail polish brand Àuda.B landed on many lists of Black-owned brands in 2020, and she inked wholesale partnerships with Nordstrom and Francesca’s shortly after. But Walker was wary of retailers’ sudden interest in Black-owned...
World Of Chris Collins Becomes The First Black-Owned Fragrance Brand At Sephora
Data from The NPD Group shows that super-premium niche fragrance brands doubled their sales last year as the wider prestige fragrance market registered 49% growth. As consumers venture back into the world, they want to smell good...
Eight Black Women Beauty Company Founders On What It’s Like To Raise $1M Or More
The dismal rate of funding for Black women-led startups has been an unfortunate fixture of the investment landscape. In 2020, 93 Black women raised over $1 million in venture capital and, in total, Black women-led startups received less...
How Developing A Breast Oil For Herself Led Dr. Janine Mahon To Selling Products At Violet Grey, Bluemercury And More
When Janine Mahon was a child, the redwood forests of California’s Mendocino County were her playground. Although she grew up around Western medicine—her father was the local doctor—she found true healing in nature. “I developed a profound...
