Taylor Bryant
Common Heir Raises $2.5M To Accelerate Merchandise, Retail And Sustainability Efforts
Common Heir is looking to ramp up its merchandise, retail and sustainability efforts with $2.5 million in new funding, an amount that surpassed the clean beauty brand’s fundraising goal by more than $1 million. Among Common...
A New Wave Of Brands Is Shaking Up The Wig, Weave And Extension Segment
When Tiffini Gatlin started synthetic hair extension and wig brand Latched and Hooked in 2016, everyone thought she was crazy. “We were kind of like the stepchild of the industry for decades, and now we are really...
From An Ex-Condé Nast Staffer, New Brand Ries Makes Carry-On Personal Care Chic And Sustainable
While traveling for work, former Condé Nast staffer Megan Graham consistently encountered the same issue: She couldn’t find products she needed for her curly hair in travel sizes. Graham often resorted to buying cheap, unreliable plastic containers from...
The Building Blocks Of Acne Product Development, According To Experts
One out of three people typically experience acne, a figure Manon Pilon, founder of Derme&Co., suggested during Beauty Independent’s Spotlight webinar last Friday sponsored by Europelab might be closer to one out of two during the...
Young King Raises $1.6M In Seed Round Led By SheaMoisture Co-Founder Richelieu Dennis’s New Voices Fund
Young King, a haircare brand catering to young Black boys, has raised $1.6 million in a seed round led by SheaMoisture co-founder Richelieu Dennis’s venture capital firm New Voices Fund. The round closed last year and...
Ayurvedic Haircare Brand Shaz & Kiks Raises $500K To Help Realize Its Big Omnichannel Ambitions
Ayurvedic haircare brand Shaz & Kiks has big omnichannel aspirations that will be bolstered by a $500,000 round of funding from friends, family and angel investors. About half the funding is from Concept to Co, a firm...
Bomba Curls Becomes The First Female-Owned Dominican Haircare Brand At Target
Bomba Curls joins a brimming roster of indie beauty brands just landing at Target. Others include Byoma Beauty, Everyday Humans, Apto Skincare, MDSolarSciences, Pursoma, WLDKAT, Pure Culture Beauty, Imbue and Anihana. But...
