Jakks Pacific-Owned Clean Teen And Tween Beauty Brand C’est Moi Shutters

Toy company Jakks Pacific has closed C’est Moi. The teen and tween skincare and makeup brand, which promoted itself as offering “a new generation of clean beauty,” was the precursor to many of...

Getting A Deal On “Shark Tank” Isn’t What It Seems

In recent years on “Shark Tank,” the ABC business reality show that started in 2009 and has reached 304 episodes as it progresses into its 15th season, beauty entrepreneurs have been increasingly in the “tank” delivering pitches—and...

Forthcoming Brand Monari Skin Will Combine Skincare And Technology To Win Over Gen Z

Some people’s lifelong dream is to launch a product. Victoria Monari wasn’t one of them. When the 26-year-old East African Londoner recently embarked on an entrepreneurial career, she even surprised herself. “If you told me, even two...

Unilever And Beauty For All Industries Close In-House Brand Incubators

Unilever and Beauty For All Industries have folded in-house incubators formed to foster entrepreneurial energy within their bigger organizations and launch agile brands in high-growth categories. Unilever has shuttered The Uncovery, an...

With New Brand Chaddy, Model, Actor And Influencer Derek Chadwick Wants His Fans To Get What’s On His Lips

Model, actor and influencer Derek Chadwick is fully aware there isn’t exactly a shortage of beauty products, but he thinks there are a handful that should be improved, the first being lip plumper. He’s not a fan...

Podcast Host And Intimacy Coach Cat Meyer Launches Sexual Wellness Brand Head South With A Trio Of Lubes

After launching sex-positive podcast Head South Radio in February, Cat Meyer is heading into sexual wellness products with new brand Head South’s trio of intimacy serums. The water-based, silicone-based and oil-based “pleasure...