Josh Rosebrook On The Power Of Staying Independent In A Beauty Market That Valorizes Big Exits
Josh Rosebrook, a celebrity hairdresser turned product developer, began his namesake clean beauty brand in 2009 within a year or two of the launches of fellow clean beauty brands Tara Harper, Ilia, RMS Beauty and...
Who Could Buy Space NK?
Add Space NK to the growing group of beauty companies looking to sell. According to British news outlet Sky News, the prestige beauty specialty retailer owned by venture capital firm Manzanita Capital
Sabbatical Beauty’s Adeline Koh On Rooting A Brand In The Local Community
The beauty conversation has dramatically changed since Adeline Koh, a former race and gender studies professor, launched skincare brand Sabbatical Beauty almost a decade ago. Early on, the idea that someone scholarly like her would...
Gen Z Is Petrified Of Aging. Is The Beauty Industry To Blame?
In a recent New York Times essay, Alexandra D’Amour, writer and founder of storytelling website On Our Moon, explores how mothers’ insecurities fuel their daughters’ self-loathing and expresses fear about the disdain of aging that’s being conveyed...
Mil Usos Makes All-Body Products For Athletes Who Expect A Lot From Their Bodies
Before she launched face and body care brand Mil Usos in August 2023, Becky Williams was a Spanish court interpreter and skincare hobbyist. “I became a skincare nerd in high school in the...
