Citruslabs And Sula Labs Partner To Close The Inclusivity Gap In Clinical Studies

Citruslabs and Sula Labs have joined forces to put representation front and center in clinical studies as they’re becoming table stakes for beauty brands. Historically, clinical studies of all sorts have excluded people of color,...

Cosmetica Teams Up With Celebrity Makeup Artist Katie Jane Hughes To Showcase Its Innovations

As beauty contract manufacturers increasingly step out of the shadows, Cosmetica Laboratories Inc. has partnered with celebrity makeup artist and content creator Katie Jane Hughes to spotlight trend-forward products it can produce for brands....

What’s With All The Secrecy About The Relationship Between Beauty Manufacturers And Brands?

Traditionally in the beauty industry, brands have kept their contract manufacturers under wraps and vice versa, and the main tool to enforce secrecy has been a non-disclosure agreement. There are reasons to believe that greater candidness...

Net-A-Porter Shrinks Beauty Assortment As It Chases Profitability

Net-a-Porter has significantly reduced its beauty assortment as it struggles to reach profitability.  The luxury fashion e-tailer’s beauty assortment is down to under 70 luxury and prestige brands from around 200, and it’s expected...

How A PCOS Diagnosis Led Cherice Williams To Build Multimillion-Dollar Haircare Brand Blaq Luxury

When Blaq Luxury founder Cherice Williams immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in 2016, she dreamt of completing an accounting degree and getting a job in the financial sector. Two years later, she discovered she had...