Taylor Bryant
Dispensing Customized Skincare Prescriptions, Docent Acts As A Digital Liaison Between Dermatologists And Patients
Docent founders Nathan Gunn and Sierra Manker want to make obtaining skincare prescriptions less cumbersome by bridging the gap between dermatologists and patients. Around 40% of millennial women grapple with skin issues, co-founder and physician Gunn tells Beauty...
Live Tinted’s Deepica Mutyala Thinks Venture Capital Investors Have A Tokenism Problem
“I fell into it,” says Live Tinted founder Deepica Mutyala of the fortuitous move into content creation that catapulted her into entrepreneurship. Shortly after graduating from business school at The University of Texas at Austin in...
Indian-Inspired Beauty Brand Aavrani Raises $2M Seed Round And Launches On Amazon
Co-founder and CEO Rooshy Roy recreated her beauty brand Aavrani last year to be unapologetically Indian. She reached out to consumers, upgraded the packaging to pay homage to India, and connected with her culture in a new...
These BIPOC Beauty Brand Founders Are Prioritizing Mental Health For Themselves And Their Team
Before the pandemic hit, Tara Darnley made a New Year’s resolution declaring she wouldn’t allow anything to compromise her peace. “Not work, not family, nothing,” she stresses. Once 2020 rolled around, well, that proved to be difficult. A...
Mary Louise Cosmetics Undergoes A Rebrand And Launches At Macy’s, Thirteen Lune And Verishop
This past year created something of a perfect storm for Mary Louise Cosmetics. “The social justice movement and the pandemic devastated so many people, but when I say perfect storm, it’s interesting to see how being in...
Sarisha Beauty Launches Into The Detox Market With Botanical Products Inspired By Ancient Indian Rituals
For Jacqueline Johal, the inspiration for her plant-based brand Sarisha Beauty reaches back to childhood. “I had four sisters and so I was always watching them and my mom put on their makeup to get ready and...
Six Brands Highlighting The Diversity Of African Beauty
Highlighting the riches and diversity of Africa’s 54 countries, African and African-inspired brands are entering the beauty industry aperture in a big way. “New African brands are taking control of their narrative,” says Akosua Acheaw, founder of Lagos,...
