Why L’Oréal Groupe is investing in P2 Science, the ingredient company quietly working with Rare Beauty and Living Proof Is P2 Science the next beauty industry ingredient heavyweight? Its custom ingredient pipeline has already attracted brands owned by Unilever, LVMH, and P&G. Announced in January, P2 was welcomed into L’Oréal Group’s new sustainability accelerator powered by $117 million in funding. Glossy sat down with execs from L’Oréal and P2...
E.l.f. Beauty CEO outlines Rhode’s international expansion plan, holiday sales wins on earnings call On Wednesday, E.l.f. Beauty reported 38% net sales growth for its third quarter of fiscal 2026, ending December 31, 2025. CEO and chairman Tarang Amin shared insights into the brands and products that led its holiday sales spike, unveiled an expanded international strategy, and teased the innovation launching this year.
Wellness Briefing: The wellness categories investors are eyeing (and avoiding) in 2026, plus news This week, I checked in with leading wellness industry investors, including Kelly Chen from XRC Ventures, Po Bronson from SOSV, Rachel Hirsch from Wellness Growth Ventures and Jenny Liu from newly-formed Crush It Ventures, to learn what’s in and out when it comes to 2026 wellness investments.
AS Beauty CEO Joey Shamah on shuttering CoverFX and Mally Beauty (for now), plus warning signs a brand is going under Joey Shamah, E.l.f. Beauty founder and former CEO, joined the Glossy Beauty Podcast to discuss his decision to close CoverFX and Mally Beauty from his new role as CEO and founder of AS Beauty. Shamah also shared insights into the challenges of running an underperforming brand, the warning signs that...
Wellness Briefing: Is absorption the new supplement industry frontier? Plus, industry news This week, I sat down with the founders of the 3-year-old supplement brand The Absorption Company, which launched a collection of single-nutrient supplements last week. Glossy spoke to Nate Medow and Zeke Bronfman, co-founders of the company alongside married celebrity couple Nikki Reedand Ian Somerhalder, about the challenges facing new...
How Thorne is leveraging an AI-powered wellness advisor in the ChatGPT era Glossy sat down with Dr. Nathan Price, Thorne’s chief science officer, author and co-director of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, to learn about Thorne’s AI strategy, including how it's leveraging a newly-launched wellness advisor chatbot to increase education and conversion. He also shared his vision for the future,...
Ulta Strategies: Inside Ulta’s wellness boutique pilot program launching next week in select markets Ulta Beauty is leaning deeper into the wellness category with a first-of-its-kind launch: Wellness by Ulta Beauty shop-in-shop boutiques piloted in four U.S. stores starting next week. Glossy sat down with Laura Beres, Ulta Beauty's vp of wellness, for all the details.
Ulta Beauty’s Laura Beres talks the company’s new wellness boutique pilot Ulta Beauty is doubling down on the wellness category with a new pilot program called "Wellness by Ulta Beauty." The shop-in-shop boutique concept is debuting in four U.S. stores next week and includes a 475-square-foot dedicated wellness shop staffed by specially trained wellness advisors. Laura Beres, vp of wellness at...
Wellness Briefing: How OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health beta launch could impact the wellness industry This week, I checked in with health technology experts to unpack the beta launch of ChatGPT Health, a new AI-powered chatbot from OpenAI that seeks to store and analyze a user’s medical records, health-tracker data, and wellness insights.