Supply Factory Brands founder Keenan Beasley: ‘You can’t create inclusive products without an inclusive team’ As major beauty conglomerates pursue reforms to improve diversity and inclusivity across their teams and product offerings, a new wave of Black-owned startups are stepping in to fill in the gaps with innovative new products filling unmet consumer needs.
From lip gloss to lip oil: Makeup brands tout skin-care benefits in mask-wearing era After surging thanks to early aughts nostalgia and a turn away from the matte lip trend, lip gloss is pivoting to skin care to survive the lip-color slump.
Clarisonic’s Dr. Robb moves to ‘beauty appliances’ with Opulus While Clarisonic may be shutting down, its founder Dr. Robb Akridge is moving from the beauty device to the beauty appliance through a new startup.
The great retail rent strike: Stores aren’t dead, but they aren’t exactly alive either From companies effectively going on rent strike to litigation, retail real estate is going through a time of massive upheaval.
TikTok’s skinfluencers emerge as Gen Z’s go-to source Move over, YouTube. Thanks to the rise of superstar “skinfluencers,” TikTok has become a key source of skin-care information for Gen Z.
Indigenous-owned brands become a part of beauty’s inclusivity conversation As brands have joined the Black Lives Matter movement and promised to make significant changes for greater inclusivity, Indigenous-owned brands have been part of the conversation.
Morphe’s Jeffree Star split shows high risk of reliance on influencers Now that cosmetics giant Morphe has officially cut ties with beauty mega-influencer Jeffree Star, many are asking in hindsight why it took so long.
AI clean beauty startup Good Face Project is the latest ingredient research app From finding aluminum-free deodorant to fragrance-free skin care, the growing ranks of clean beauty consumers have another app for ingredient research.
VidCon to influencers: Don’t put all your eggs in the TikTok basket While last year’s VidCon was all about the ascent of TikTok, organizers are emphasizing this year that influencers and brands should take a multi-platform approach.