
New Prestige Body Care Brand Nerra Brings Bathhouse Culture To Beauty Consumers’ Homes
Growing up in Carthage, Tunisia, Teyma Touati visited hammams once a week with her grandmother. “[Hammam] is a place where we go to laugh. There are young and old ladies, and it is a place...

Drunk Elephant Says Many Of Its Products Are Designed For Kids
Drunk Elephant is going on the offensive amid criticism that young kids are inappropriately using its products. In an Instagram post uploaded Friday on its account, the brand asked, “Can kids & tweens use Drunk Elephant?”...

NIQ And Kline: 25 Indie Beauty Brands Ripe For Acquisition
Market research firms Kline and NIQ have identified 25 indie beauty brands ripe for acquisition, including Rare Beauty, Danessa Myricks Beauty, Jones Road, OSEA, Good Molecules, Dr. Squatch, Dossier...

Unilever Ventures Reinvests In Straand To Increase The Scalp Care Brand’s Funding To Over $4M
Straand has raised roughly $2.6 million from the Harvey Family Office and Unilever Ventures to accelerate international growth. The capital brings the Australian microbiome-centered scalp care brand’s fundraising total to $4.6 million. It...

“Bargain Basement”: The Beauty Industry Reacts To THG’s Biossance Acquisition
Biossance, the brand that raised awareness of Amyris’s lab-brewed squalane, has found a new home. THG Beauty, also known as The Hut Group, snapped up the brand for $20 million in...