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Alix Earle’s CEO says Reale Actives prepared for a mixed response to the brand launch
By Sara Spruch-Feiner
Apr 3, 2026

There were two things that could be all but certain when Alix Earle finally launched her brand on March 31: that it would sell out — which it did, in a matter of hours — and that it would be picked apart.

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