With New Brand Community Sixty-Six, Former The Inkey List GM Dia Foley Is Out To Streamline Skincare Routines

Dia Foley has had one of the most varied careers in beauty. She’s worked across categories at companies big and small. Starting off as a makeup artist behind department store counters for the likes of Lancôme, she went...

CurlDaze Goes From Social Media To Major Retail With Launches At CVS And Target

Before her brand CurlDaze’s official rollout to nearly 450 CVS locations last month, Robyn Atwater dropped by a CVS store in Inglewood, Calif., and noticed that its Glossy Shine Gel had quickly sold out. “That was...

Isla Beauty Wants To Be The Most Transparent Brand In The Beauty Industry

There’s an inordinate number of beauty experts on TikTok, from dermatologists to cosmetic scientists, deciphering the beauty industry for armchair enthusiasts. Despite the chatter on social media, when Tracy Dubb, co-founder of nearly 6-year-old early-stage investment firm

How Cannuka Strategized For An Exit And Is Broadening Out From CBD

To chronicle Cannuka is to get a glance at the short, eventful history of CBD in the beauty industry. The skincare brand pairing CBD with Manuka honey launched in 2018, the same year the federal Farm Bill legalized...

ZitSticka Launches Nationwide At Target With Exclusive Mini Sizes

ZitSticka has launched in all 1,800 Target doors, marking its biggest retail partnership to date.  The expansion follows the skin, body and ingestible product brand’s Ulta Beauty entrance in 2020. ZitSticka is also...

In Partnership With Brands, Women Celebrities Are Opening Up About Menopause

When Wile, an ingestible wellness brand for women 40-plus launched last November, Gwendolyn Floyd, Corey Scholibo and Julie Kucinsk were announced as its founders, but there’s a fourth founder whose well-known...