Brands
A Year After Its Debut, Curly Hair Brand Naturally Drenched Launches At Cult Beauty And Other Retailers
“I’ve been busy,” says Jamila Powell with a laugh after listing off the retailers, both national and international, her curly hair brand Naturally Drenched has partnered with since its launch a year ago. Its American retailers include...
Celebrity Makeup Artist And Beauty Entrepreneur AJ Crimson, Who Built A Luxury Cosmetics Brand Speaking To Black Women, Dies
Celebrity makeup artist and cosmetics brand founder AJ Crimson has died. No further information about his death has been disclosed. Crimson is a pivotal figure in the beauty industry’s inclusivity movement. Well before Fenty Beauty showed that it...
Long Before The Infamous Slap At The Oscars, Cherlyn Hayes Struggled With Alopecia. She’s Using Her Brand To Share Her Story And Help Others.
For many people, the controversy over Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards last Sunday in response to a “G.I. Jane” joke referring to his wife and alopecia sufferer Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head is their...
How Influencer And Hairstylist Brad Mondo Grew Haircare Brand XMondo Without An Outside Investor Or Incubator
When Brad Mondo, an influencer and hairdresser who’s last name off of social media is Gesimondo, reached a million YouTube subscribers, he figured he should develop a brand. “I was like, ‘OK, I got to strike while the...
Eisenberg Paris Founder José Eisenberg And His Son Edmond Launch New Brand Youth Skincare At CVS
Introduced by entrepreneur José Eisenberg in 2000, European brand Eisenberg Paris is known for luxury skincare and fragrance sold through Net-a-Porter and Sephora Italy. Now, Eisenberg’s son, Edmond, who worked with his...
“We Want To Be The 21st Century L’Oréal”: The Big Ambitions Driving The Company Behind Monday Haircare
“We have big ambitions. We want to be the 21st century L’Oréal,” says Nick Mowbray, co-founder and director of Zuru and Zuru Edge. “We always set our sights super high and work out how we are going to...
