Despite taking a self-proclaimed “non-traditional” career path, Julian Reis, founder and CEO of beauty incubator SuperOrdinary, credits his initial experience in finance as the catalyst to understanding the potential of the e-commerce beauty market.  “E commerce 1.0 was just beginning,” said Reis, who while working in finance in Singapore in...

Acne-care brands have gained substantial attention from investors and acquirers alike. Church & Dwight purchased Hero Cosmetics for $630 million in September, while Peace Out raised a $20 million series A, announced Monday. But there are a whole host of others, including Starface, Peach Slices and Fazit, to name a...

This New York Fashion Week, designers and retailers are opening the doors to their activations, positioning the strategy as a celebration of New York and its inhabitants. The move comes at a time when anyone with a phone can amplify a message – or an outfit – with the best...

In December 2020, Kohl’s and Sephora inked a long-term partnership to open 200 Sephora stores within Kohl’s stores in 2021 and 850 by 2023. Michelle Gass said Sephora was her top choice when eying partners to evolve Kohl’s beauty experience.

For people who strive and save to be able to afford a nice bag, even a modest price increase can make a one-time splurge an impossibility.

Once relegated to the drugstore beauty section, packaged press-on nails have had a resurgence as an Instagram status symbol.

Thus far, luxury beauty brands have focused their refillable efforts on limited assortments as they try to teach customers new behaviors and keep packaging costs low.

Like many of the hopeful young adults before him, Sean Garrette, an esthetician and influencer, moved to New York with his sights set on a career in fashion. But although his dreams to be a fashion editor or stylist didn’t work out, he leaned into the beauty space, which he...

On Wednesday, Whind debuted via DTC with two Moroccan-inspired products: a cream exfoliator for $60 and a face oil for $75. Whind's proposition is to infuse joy back into the beauty regimen, which Hind Sebti, Whind founder and Waldencast co-founder and COO, said she finds lacking in the current market.

The premise of Intro, an app launched on November 17, is that it opens doors. The goal is to lower the barrier between an aspiring entrepreneur, designer or stylist, or simply a person with a self-improvement goal, and the experts in the corresponding field. Among included fields are home, wellness,...

Hyram Yarbro, alongside The Inkey List co-founders Mark Curry and Colette Laxton, spoke at the Glossy Beauty Summit in Palm Springs, Calif. about building the Gen Z brand, speaking to younger customers in a way that makes sense and testing the waters on livestream shopping.

Meyer's company will always be fine jewelry design, but she is looking forward to further expanding into fragrance and exploring the home category. "We'll see where that all takes me," she said.