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Chemist Confessions Founders On Sunscreen Misconceptions, AI’s Strength And Weakness, And Not Following Trends
When cosmetic chemists Gloria Lu and Victoria Fu started their skincare brand Chemist Confessions in 2018, it was rare for cosmetic chemists to step out from behind the scenes at beauty companies. Fast forward to today and...
Serial Entrepreneur Charlotte Knight On Growing 3 Brands At Once And The Challenges Of Targeting Gen Z
Editorial nail technician-turned-beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Knight knows a thing or two about building brands. She’s the mastermind behind three rapidly growing ones: Ciaté London, Skin Proud and Lottie London. The...
Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday: How Dune Suncare Is Making Sunscreen Easy And Accessible
There are several intriguing nascent brands shaking up sun care today—and Dune Suncare is one of the most intriguing. In a segment that’s notorious for icky, opaque formulas, it’s creating cool and clear gel sunscreens that...
Iris&Romeo’s Michele Gough Baril On Making Room In The Beauty Industry For Women In Their 40s And 50s
If one of your main responsibilities is shoveling horse poop, it becomes pretty clear that an onerous multistep beauty routine isn’t a necessity. That was impressed upon Michele Gough Baril in 2012, when the former head of consumer...
Ellis Brooklyn’s Bee Shapiro On The Body Mist Boom, Why She Doesn’t Do Blotter Scents, And Series A Fundraising
In the fragrance category, consumers increasingly don’t want to be categorized. “I grew up in the era where I was instructed what to do. I should smell like this, I should wear a scent like this, I should...
After Achieving Two Significant Beauty Brand Exits, Can Tula And Bobbi Brown Co-Founder Ken Landis Land A Third With DIBS Beauty?
Ken Landis could pull a beauty brand exit hat trick. He co-founded Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, which sold to Estée Lauder in 1995, and Tula Skincare, which sold to Procter & Gamble in 2022. Now, he’s on...
