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At New Lifestyle E-Tailer Confidants, Quality And Affordability Aren’t Opposites
Confidants aims to be Goop for the 99%. The new e-tailer from Lauren Fennema, former head of buying at men’s gear mecca Huckberry, is based on the premise that covetable premium goods don’t have to be bank...
Sundial Brands CEO Richelieu Dennis On What Beauty Entrepreneurs Should And Shouldn’t Do When Seeking Capital
Richelieu Dennis hasn’t slowed down since selling Sundial Brands, the company he launched with his mother Mary and college roommate Nyema Tubman in 1991, to Unilever last year. In addition to staying atop Sundial Brands as CEO...
What Role Will Indie Beauty Play At A Publicly-Traded Revolve?
Do the expectations of Wall Street align with indie brand cultivation? The answer to that question may become clearer once Revolve, the Southern California-based e-tailer known for fostering rising vendors with a millennial bent, is publicly-traded on...
New Brand Sole Toscana Brings The Splendor Of The Italian Countryside To Organic Skincare
If you can’t visit Italy, Sole Toscana hopes to transport you there through skincare. The new direct-to-consumer brand from Nu Sebastiani bottles ingredients cultivated in the Italian countryside for American consumers seeking well-crafted merchandise with artisanal origins....
Lip Venom Inventor Cristina Bartolucci Channels Her Quirky Product Genius Into Building Peek With Merchandise That Couldn’t Come From Anyone Else
Cristina Bartolucci is best known for Lip Venom, the plumping product she invented while helming DuWop Cosmetics with former partner Laura LaRocca, but she’s no one-hit product wonder. Previously chief creative officer of NYX Cosmetics, Bartolucci developed a...
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Lousy Masks: Besties Kayla Bertagna And Lisa Ballstaedt Create Soon Skincare After A Mediocre Masking Experience
During a girls’ trip to Puerto Vallarta in March last year, friends Kayla Bertagna and Lisa Ballstaedt were playing around with Korean sheet masks when they realized the slippery, goopy, serum-soaked sheaths weren’t as easy or awesome as they expected. “We...
Curly Hair Product Pioneer And DevaCurl Co-Founder Lorraine Massey Returns To The Spiral Scene With New Brand CurlyWorld
Lorraine Massey, co-founder of DevaCurl, has entered the curly haircare world again with the brand CurlyWorld. The new brand is starting with four products priced from $30 to $36: hair and scalp cleanser ShamFree, conditioner Terms and...
