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Ayurvedic Skincare Brand Sahajan Secures Funding By Showing Solid Fundamentals
After eight years in business, Sahajan has secured institutional capital. The Ayurvedic skincare brand has raised an undisclosed amount it’s classifying as pre-series A funding from Ridgeline Ventures, Wonderment Ventures, Top Knot Ventures, Celeste Burgoyne, president, Americas and...
Kearney Predicts Beauty M&A Will Increase Over The Next 2 Years
Gen Z isn’t into old brands—and beauty conglomerates into gen Z are responding. According to a new survey by management consultancy Kearney of 130 senior executives orchestrating mergers and acquisitions in the global...
NuFace Opens Facial Sculpting Studio At Nordstrom To Introduce Shoppers To Its Microcurrent Devices
At Nordstrom in the upscale shopping center Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif., customers can check out NuFace’s microcurrent skincare devices and receive a treatment using them as well. The brand has planted...
Former Allure EIC Michelle Lee Advises Brands To Take A Beat Before Weighing In On Social Issues
About two years ago, Michelle Lee stepped down from Allure, where she was editor in chief for nearly six years, but she didn’t step away from beauty. Today, as founder and principal at marketing and public relations agency...
Unilever Ventures And True Beauty Ventures Enter The Fragrance Category By Backing The 7 Virtues
The 7 Virtues has secured growth capital from Unilever Ventures and True Beauty Ventures. The funding round, which was led by the venture arm of Unilever, represents the first fragrance investment...
Petite ‘n Pretty Wants To Be The First Makeup Brand Gen Alpha Is Obsessed With
Before the latest gen alpha brand craze, Samantha Cutler sensed that tweens and teens—and perhaps most importantly their parents—were searching for something different in the beauty market. The mom and former chief product development officer at Stila...
Jakks Pacific-Owned Clean Teen And Tween Beauty Brand C’est Moi Shutters
Toy company Jakks Pacific has closed C’est Moi. The teen and tween skincare and makeup brand, which promoted itself as offering “a new generation of clean beauty,” was the precursor to many of...
