After A Leg Infection, MRSA, Strong Antibiotics And Hospital Stay Ravaged His Skin, Ben May Created Skin Woof. Now, The Brand Has Entered Superdrug.

During his third year studying engineering at Oxford University in 2014, then 21-year-old Ben May had a routine operation to repair knee ligaments damaged by a soccer mishap. The results were anything but routine. “A week after surgery,...

Saalt Is Using Sustainable Period Care To Fight Poverty In Developing Countries

Cherie Hoeger, CEO and co-founder of period cup and underwear brand Saalt, winner of a 2021 Beacon Award for philanthropy, likes to present women with a hypothetical situation. “Let’s say you started your period today or maybe...

Bath Connoisseur Pursoma Moves Into The Mass Market With An Upcoming Launch At Target

“We provide a better bath,” declares Shannon Vaughn, founder and CEO of Pursoma. Now, the brand that began seven years ago in the high-end wellness segment is bringing its better bath products to as many people...

“Much More Than Makeup”: Emerging Brand Fluff Challenges Beauty’s Problematic Consumer Culture

Can a company sell beauty products while underselling the significance of the beauty industry? Frank Body co-founder and Fluff founder Erika Geraerts thinks so. After leaving the brand known for its coffee scrub, cheeky persona...

Curly Haircare Rocket Ship LUS Brands Brings On Beauty Vet As CMO To Gear Up For More Growth

Sahar Saidi founded LUS Brands in 2017 with a $30,000 bank loan and two part-time contractors. One helped with customer service, the other with Facebook advertising. “I wore many hats in the early days,” she recounts. Four...

PMS Gummy Vitamin Brand FLO Vitamins Evolves Into Broader Company O Positiv

After rapidly achieving seven-figure sales, PMS relief gummy brand FLO Vitamins is preparing for its next stage of growth addressing a wide variety of women’s health concerns—and beyond. It’s rebranded to O Positiv,...