
Hum Nutrition Scores $5M As Investment Pours Into Ingestibles
The ingestibles category received another stamp of approval from investors with Hum Nutrition finalizing $5 million in Series A funding from CircleUp Growth Partners, Imaginary Ventures and Strand Equity Partners. The deal follows Unilever Ventures’ bet on Nutrafol,...

The Big Frustrations Of Small Products
Mini product madness can be maddening to beauty brands. Shrunken sizes are storming stores and e-commerce sites as retailers the likes of Belk and Sephora, where research firm The NPD Group spotted over 400...

Natural Beauty Continues To Grow At Department Stores With A New Selection At Belk
Belk is getting greener this holiday season. The department store retailer has placed natural beauty merchandise in open-sell displays dubbed Modern. Southern. Fresh. at locations in the shopping centers Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem, N.C., The Forum in Norcross,...

Lina Hanson Holds Back To Push Her Namesake Brand Forward
Lina Hanson inspires a serious beauty brand founder girl crush. Not only is she effortlessly gorgeous, but she juggles several professions (makeup artist, skincare formulator and, lately, documentary producer), jet sets to enviable international locales, dutifully manages her namesake...

Young Women Are Bidding Adieu To Shorn Bodies And There Could Be Hairy Consequences For Personal Care Companies
Body hair don’t care.
College student Katherine Kays-Hoepker has hairy legs and armpits – and she’s fine with them. Nine years ago, the mathematics major at the...