With The Stock Market And VC Down This Year, What’s The Deal Environment Like For Emerging Beauty And Wellness Brands?
When beauty and wellness companies examine economic indictors, they can easily see many of them don’t look all that beautiful or well. For the stock market, 2022 has been a punishing year—and prognosticators don’t forecast its fortunes...
The Honey Pot Company’s Reformulation Of Intimate Washes Sparks A Social Media Backlash
An unannounced formulation change has led to a sticky situation for The Honey Pot Company. Upset to discover the brand inserted preservatives into its range of foaming intimate area washes, customers took...
Kendo’s Bite Beauty Is Closing, But Its Lip Lab Stores Aren’t Going Away
Bite Beauty is biting the dust. Revealed first on Saturday by beauty news Instagram account Trendmood, the brand, which is in the portfolio of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-owned beauty incubator Kendo, will close later this...
Ami Colé Is Projected To End This Year With $2.5M In Sales—And It’s Just Getting Started
Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye feels like a mother of two. Her entrepreneurial child, Ami Colé, is celebrating its first birthday today, while her actual child, which arrived in February, is only a couple of months old. “It’s like I’m...
After Launching On Amazon, Lady Gaga’s Haus Labs Shifts To Sephora. What Does The Move Say About Beauty Distribution Today?
When Lightspeed Ventures-backed and Lady Gaga-affiliated Haus Laboratories premiered exclusively on Amazon for pre-order on July 15, 2019, not coincidently Prime Day, before going fully live with the e-tailer in September that year, many in the beauty industry...
