Brand Report
Brown Girl Jane Pivots To Fragrance, Begins Fundraising
Brown Girl Jane, which launched in 2020 as a CBD skincare and sexual wellness brand offering tinctures, serums, candles and more, has decided to focus on clean fragrance. “Having been a lifestyle business that was...
How Chinese Consumers Fell In Love With Argentum Apothecary
Argentum Apothecary founder Joy Isaacs never expected her brand to become a phenomenon in China, but social media renown has a funny habit of shifting expectations. In 2015, Chinese singer Faye Wong’s 9-year-old...
From Ouai’s Former Product Development Director, Goop-Approved Brand Contemplation Tackles Sustainability From Multiple Angles
At the beginning of the pandemic, Ariane Noji, then director of product development at Ouai, desperately needed a reset. Glued to her computer churning out product releases, she was practically caged in her Los Angeles home...
The Power Of Tea Drives Dermatologists De Anne Harris Collier and Raechele Cochran Gathers’ New Scalp Wellness Brand Bloomballa Beauty
Dermatologists De Anne Harris Collier and Raechele Cochran Gathers are big believers in the power of tea—and not just for sipping. They’ve made tea the star of their adaptogenic scalp wellness brand Bloomballa...
The Frontal Queen Doesn’t Want To Look Or Be Like Any Other Wig And Wig Care Brand
One of hairstylist Adey Heyman’s clients nicknamed her “the frontal queen” in a nod to her skills installing lace front wigs. In 2020, she leveraged her wig knowledge to launch a lace melting spray now called It’s Giving...
The Scalp Microbiome Isn’t A Well-Studied Area. K18 And HelloBiome Are Partnering To Change That.
K18 and HelloBiome have struck a multiyear partnership to unlock secrets of the scalp microbiome with the goal of creating scalp and haircare products and services effective for it. The partnership demonstrates...
