Brands

Skincare Company Stratia Opens Contract Manufacturer Sespia To Serve Small Beauty Brands
Stratia, the science-forward direct-to-consumer skincare brand, is branching out to serve other brands with Sespia, a new contract manufacturing, formulation and fulfillment subsidiary. As medium and big beauty manufacturers consolidate, Sespia’s...

Former StiVectin Exec Emphasizes Transparency And Clinical Results At New Skin Longevity Brand Parëva
Smitha Rao, a microbiologist who’s created 200-plus haircare, skincare and wellness products and worked on over 15 brands, including Sugarbear and StiVectin, where she was previously chief innovation officer and VP of product development and regulatory affairs, respectively,...

Latina-Founded Haircare Brand Eva+Avo Makes Major Retail Push At Target, Walmart And CVS
Latina-owned avocado oil-powered haircare brand Eva+Avo is entering a store near you. It’s more than doubling its retail reach by launching at 1,030 Target doors and landing on 800 end-caps at the chain following an online debut...

Built To Shine: The Glasshouse Story
Glasshouse Fragrances has transformed from a niche Australian fragrance company into a global powerhouse projected to reach over $53 million in sales this year. Born and raised in New York, beauty industry veteran...

On Pause For Now, Canadian Beauty Brands Voice Opposition To Trump’s Tariffs
While exhibiting at Shoppe Object, a New York home and gift trade show, over the weekend, Sheena Brady, founder of Tease, an Ottawa-based wellness tea brand with over 40% of its customers in the United...

Sommer Ray’s Wellness Brand Imaraïs Beauty Launches Nationwide At Target
Influencer Sommer Ray’s wellness gummy brand Imaraïs Beauty has hit a major distribution milestone, a nationwide rollout at Target. Doubling its total retail door count to about 4,000, the 4-year-old brand is...