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The Detox Market Establishes Professional Makeup Artist Program Clean Collective
As prestige makeup sales grow, The Detox Market is amplifying its profile in the category with a new professional makeup artist program. Called Clean Collective, the program will offer members 25% off merchandise purchased on the...
Foundry Acquires Shaving Brand Supply, Readies To Broaden Its Distribution And Assortment
In the shaving market, Unilever’s takeover of Dollar Shave Club in 2016 and Procter & Gamble’s pickup of Bevel creator Walker & Co. two years later were splashy deals, but they haven’t resulted in the desired positive ripple...
Naturally Original Is Restaging Kiss My Face and Yes To—And Hunting For Other Brands That Could Use A Refresh
As the beauty industry moved from natural beauty to clean beauty, some brands in the earlier natural beauty wave drifted off course. That’s the case for Kiss My Face and Yes To, two natural beauty mainstays...
Why Gender-Inclusive Skincare Brand Good Light’s Ulta Beauty Launch Is So Meaningful To Its Co-Founder David Yi
For David Yi, retail placement is personal. A little over a year after its launch, his gender boundary-crossing skincare brand Good Light has rolled out to 733 of Ulta Beauty’s 1,300-plus stores, with the goal of expanding...
Six Beauty Entrepreneurs Issue An Open Letter Critical Of Brad Pitt And His Pricey New Skincare Brand
In a public display of how much Brad Pitt has struck a nerve with his pricey new skincare brand Le Domaine, six beauty entrepreneurs have come together to rebuke the actor in an open letter. Available...
“The Gospel Of Wellness” Author Rina Raphael On Why The Wellness Industry As We’ve Known It Is Losing Its Grip On Consumers
As a chronicler of the multitrillion-dollar wellness industry, journalist Rina Raphael has interviewed Colleen McCann, Goop’s in-house shaman and the performer of crystal-assisted exorcisms, checked out $495-a-month members-only wellness social club Remedy Club, and taken a class from...
Sisterwould Aims To Provide People With Visual Impairments—And Everyone Else—A Moment Of Self-Care In The Shower
Family is integral to Sisterwould, a new prestige haircare and scalp care brand from sisters-in-law Rina Gocaj-Bekiri and Floriye Elmazi. Inspired by their visually impaired mothers, the co-founders incorporated Braille and tactile imprinting on Sisterwould’s Give Me...
