Brands

Sephora Accelerate Participant Maed Launches With Four-Product System To Protect The Lip Moisture Barrier
While starring on the VH1 television show “Single Ladies,” actress-turned-influencer Denise Vasi’s character Raquel Lancaster was rarely seen without a red lip, unless a love interest interfered. Vasi recalls, “I was consistently making out with other actors, so...

As Reproductive Rights Headline The Presidential Campaign, Emergency Contraception Brand Julie Expands To Walgreens
Emergency contraception brand Julie has launched at 4,500 Walgreens stores nationwide, increasing its total retail door count to 18,000 after CVS and Target rollouts last year. The drugstore chain’s green lighting of...

Indian-Inspired High-Performance Skincare Brand Prakti Beauty To Launch At Credo
Investment firms often have impacts on beauty industry moves, even if they’re not in the headlines for being involved in a funding round. Case in point: Sonoma Brands Capital, which connected with Prakti Beauty a year...

Inclusive Brand IGL Nails Lands In T.J. Maxx And Marshalls—And Promptly Sells Out
Brittany Golden launched press-on nail brand IGL Nails during the pandemic when salons were closed, and while she landed partnerships with indie retailers, it wasn’t until she redid her packaging earlier this year that buyer interest exploded....

Beach House Group Names Former Urban Decay GM Malena Higuera CEO Of Fragrance Brand Noyz
Malena Higuera, former GM of L’Oréal brands Urban Decay and Dermablend, has been appointed CEO of Noyz, the upstart gen Z fragrance brand from incubator Beach House Group exclusive to Ulta Beauty in the United States. In...

Lorne Lucree Leaves Unilever Prestige To Start Beauty Consultancy Quiet Coyote
Lorne Lucree has had many stops during his 17-year beauty industry career, including at L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Luxury Brand Partners, Voyant Beauty and Unilever, where he was most recently a strategic innovation advisor for the prestige division and SVP...