B-Glowing’s New Hires And Read On Contemporary Luxury Beauty Consumers

The Hut Group’s acquisition of Cult Beauty and Sephora’s pickup of Feelunique will contribute muscle to the purchased e-tail properties to quash competitors, but could also provide competitors outside of conglomerates a specialness they didn’t have...

Live Tinted’s Deepica Mutyala Thinks Venture Capital Investors Have A Tokenism Problem

“I fell into it,” says Live Tinted founder Deepica Mutyala of the fortuitous move into content creation that catapulted her into entrepreneurship. Shortly after graduating from business school at The University of Texas at Austin in...

VI Peel Creator Vitality Institute Launches The Brown Skin Agenda To Increase Awareness Of And Education On Treating Skin Of Color

For most white consumers, going to the dermatologist to address a skin issue is a relatively straightforward process involving examination of the issue followed by solution recommendations. For most people of color, the experience isn’t nearly...

Pholk Wins Clean Beauty Summer School’s 2021 Pitch Day Competition

Pholk has won Clean Beauty Summer School’s 2021 pitch day competition, the finale of the 10-week program launched last year by Tower 28 founder Amy Liu to support the growth of emerging...

“A Truly Multicultural Brand”: How Urban Hydration Is Building A Business Resonating With Consumers Across America

While Psyche Terry’s 11-year-old natural skincare, haircare and body care brand Urban Hydration sells millions of items in over 10,000 retail locations today, its products were far from perfect day one. “They were ugly,” she admits. “The...