Rachel Brown
Hair Growth Brand Scandinavian Biolabs Secures Nearly $4.5M In Series A Funding To Accelerate Growth
Scandinavian Biolabs has closed a nearly $4.5 million series A funding round to grow the reach of its hair growth products in European countries and the United States. The Copenhagen-based brand’s round was led by Auréa, the...
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...
“Founder Mode” Vs. “Manager Mode”: Beauty And Wellness Founders On The Best Way To Operate Brands
Earlier this month, the headline on Tim Higgins’ column in The Wall Street Journal declared micromanaging is now cool in Silicon Valley. Micromanaging’s sudden reputation glow-up comes courtesy of an essay by Paul Graham, co-founder of renowned accelerator...
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...
The Rational State Of Indie Beauty In 2024
The whiplash effect from the pandemic-stoked e-commerce surge and self-care obsession to the ensuing reset marked by a return to traditional retail shopping and expressive beauty threw indie beauty brands for a wild loop last year. This year,...
Meet Habelo, The Luxury Brand Bringing High-Performance Products To Hand Care
At the outset of the pandemic, Whitney Clarke’s intense handwashing—she frequently washed them tens of times per day—left her hands painful, red and raw, and besieged with eczema patches and chronic inflammation. “On top of that, despite everyone’s...
Beauty Product Launches Have Plunged. Is That Bad?
Based on a prediction by cosmetic chemist Kelly Dobos, we published a No Stupid Questions story in June speculating about the possibility of a R&D and product launch correction in the beauty industry. Now, there’s evidence...
