Texas Beauty Labs Founder Mary Berry Returns To Manufacturing With New Copacker Cosmos Labs

Mary Berry has developed over 1,000 beauty products, including popular Native deodorants, and wants to develop thousands more. The founder of Texas Beauty Labs, a copacker she sold in 2019 that’s been renamed The Goodkind Co., has...

Ulta Beauty’s Sparked Program Takes Center Stage In The Retailer’s New Store Format

Ulta Beauty is increasing the spotlight on its Sparked assortment of budding brands in a new store format. Sparked brands are featured in walkable gondolas at the front of the store in what is referred to as...

Ulta Beauty Adds Buzzy Skin-Focused Makeup Brand Youthforia To Its Assortment

Do you sense that Ulta Beauty is buzzier than ever? That could be because Youthforia, the skin-focused makeup brand and social media phenomenon that hit the market last year as consumers were beginning to experiment with...

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...