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The Conscious Beauty Group Launches Eco-Conscious Baby Line Mini Humans At Target
Like up to a quarter of all babies, Yolanda Cooper’s 1-year-old daughter Yazmin was born with eczema-prone sensitive skin. Unlike most babies, Yazmin’s mother is the founder and CEO of The Conscious Beauty Group, parent company of...
Design Download: The Process And Price Of Getting Brands To Look Great
Sabrina Yavil, former executive director of global marketing at Clinique and director of strategy and planning at Bumble and bumble, is starting work on creating a new brand. As she kicks off the process, she’s thinking through...
Luxury Skincare Disruptor True Botanicals Nabs Series B Investment From NextWorld Evergreen
True Botanicals, the clean beauty brand shaking up luxury skincare, has received a series B investment from NextWorld Evergreen. The investment caps off an eventful two years for True Botanicals that’s seen...
Founded By A Vietnamese Immigrant, House Of M Beauty Raises $2M From The Vietnamese American Community
For its first external funding, House of M Beauty has turned to its community. Launched by Vietnamese immigrant Anne Nguyen Oliver in 2019, the prestige skincare brand based in Tustin, Calif., has drawn $2 million from Vietnamese...
Celebrity Dermatologists Launch Platform Aire Health To Transform How Dermatologists Recommend And Sell Skincare
Although dermatologist Dhaval Bhanusali has helped formulate skincare for Hailey Bieber’s Rhode and Martha Stewart’s forthcoming beauty brand, he doesn’t carry products in his Manhattan practice. “I don’t like the stress of having things there...
Luc-Henry Rousselle Joins Investment Bank DC Advisory To Lead Beauty And Personal Care Practice
Luc-Henry Rousselle, a long-time beauty industry dealmaker who’s helped guide transactions involving Beekman 1802, InstaNatural, Sky Organics and many more brands, has joined DC Advisory as managing director in the United States to lead the...
Beauty Product Premiumization: Problematic Or Pivotal To Level The Playing Field For Emerging Brands?
A recent article in The New York Times headlined “Is the Entire Economy Gentrifying?” delved into the “premiumization” of everything from Krispy Kreme donuts to WD-40. The beauty industry is no exception. “Premiumization” has...
