A Veteran Cosmetic Chemist And OB-GYN Team Up To Launch Intimate Care Brand Ina

When Susan Goldsberry sold Benchmark Cosmetic Laboratories to KDC/ONE three years ago after building the manufacturer for 14 years, most people expected her to retire and lay on a beautiful beach somewhere. But the mission-driven cosmetic chemist and...

Black-Owned Haircare Brand Alodia Raises $2M From New Voices Fund

Alodia has raised $2 million from Shea Moisture founder Richelieu Dennis’s New Voices Fund. After entering Target in February, the Black-owned haircare brand has upped its door count at the big-box retailer from about...

Versed’s Deven Hopp And Clean Filter’s Helen Yang On Recycling, Refills, Takeback And The Holistic Approach Needed To Counter Beauty’s Environmental Effects

No single person, brand, store or strategy is going to fix the beauty industry’s environmental problem. It will take a myriad of stakeholders working together to set standards and objectives that incentivize a better market for solutions. And...

This New Indie Beauty Manufacturer Wants To Support Sustainable Beauty From The Ground Up

To help the planet, Marc Desmarais wants to change the beauty industry he was born into. The Toronto resident and son of Claude Desmarais, owner and president of beauty packaging company CYD Packaging Inc., has been working...

Space NK’s North America President On What’s Working With Its Walmart Partnership So Far—And Where It Could Head Next

The beauty industry was set abuzz in March when Walmart revealed its partnership with British prestige specialty beauty retailer Space NK on an in-store and online concept called BeautySpaceNK. Although it wasn’t surprising that the megachain...