Online Marketplace Melanin Grace Opens Brooklyn Store
Melanin Grace, an online marketplace addressing women of color, has opened a store in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood. Located in Empire Stores, a bustling retail and dining destination housing food hall Time...
Solésence’s Kevin Cureton On How Far Mineral Sunscreens Have Come—And What Their Future Holds
On Fast Company’s list of most innovative beauty companies this year, Nanophase Technologies was the only supplier amid well-known brands E.l.f Cosmetics, Lush Cosmetics and Colgate-Palmolive, and rising stars K18, Ourself, 4.5.6 Skin, Peace Out, The...
Sunscreen Brands Start To Challenge “Reef-Safe” Claims
In 2018, then Hawaii governor David Ige signed into law a bill banning the sunscreen ingredients oxybenzone and octinoxate from the state three years later. Motivated by biologist Craig Downs’ research connecting oxybenzone to destructive coral bleaching, the...
Little Saints Creates Lion’s Mane-Packed Non-Alcoholic Spirit St. Mezcal
“The future of imbibing is plant medicine and non-alcoholic drinks,” declares Megan Klein, a former lawyer and founder of CBD and adaptogen mocktail specialist Little Saints. After launching in 2021 with a range of...
Leading Beauty Investment Bankers On The Changing Landscape, Hot Categories And Top Deals: Part 1
Investment bankers are essential to dealmaking processes to bring on growth capital, sell companies or take a business public. Especially in today’s uncertain market in which beauty brands can be difficult to value, investment bankers act as liaisons...
