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Former J&J Exec Katie Omstead’s New Brand Mintly Looks To Energize Oral Wellness With Sustainable And Effective Products
If you’re trying to keep your mouth fresh and healthy, why not do it with a fresh and healthy brand? That’s the logic that prompted Katie Omstead, previously senior manager of global strategy at Johnson & Johnson, to...
At Subscription Box Company Boxwalla, Co-Founder Lavanya Krishnan Doesn’t Shy Away From Nuance
In a satirical Instagram post from October, the subscription box company Boxwalla poked fun at clean beauty no-no lists by joking that it bans “one hundred billion ingredients.” The caption on the post read, “We are...
Kypris Founder Chase Polan On Taking A Holistic Approach To Sustainability
Long before most beauty companies began to acknowledge their roles in generating plastic streaming into landfills and oceans, Kypris founder Chase Polan was considering the impacts of her brand’s skincare, from ingredient sourcing to its final stage....
Aria Growth Partners’ Trevor Nelson And Jackie Dunklau On The Strength Of Beauty As Retailers And Consumers Shift
Trevor Nelson and Jackie Dunklau have been involved with scores of investments in brands across almost every consumer packaged goods category, including beauty, personal care, food, beverage, household, baby and pet products. Think Barkthins, Evol Foods, Daily Harvest...
Prime Matter Labs’ New CEO Aaron Paas Has Indie And Corporate Beauty Experience
As it attempts to grow its business with emerging and established beauty and personal care brands, contract manufacturer Prime Matter Labs has named Aaron Paas, a beauty industry veteran with a resume spanning both, CEO. The move...
After Three Years On The Market, Veil Cosmetics’ Automatte Mattifying Balm’s Sales Spike 1,000%
“This is what pro makeup artists use on set most of the time,” says Rose Siard, a digital creator and half of the founding duo at makeup brush brand Rose and Ben Beauty in a video that’s...
