Brands
Six Sexual Wellness Launches To Make Your Valentine’s Day Sizzle
While many beauty and wellness brands are recovering from the busy holiday shopping season, sex- and intimacy-focused brands are prepping for their Super Bowl on Feb. 14—and the launches they’re showcasing for it are inventive as ever. Below,...
Alice Makes Mushrooms Sexy With The Launch Of Happy Ending Aphrodisiac Chocolate
Functional mushroom-infused chocolate brand Alice has helped consumers focus and sleep. Now, it wants to turn them on. In its first launch since 2022, it’s introducing unisex aphrodisiac Happy Ending, a dark chocolate...
From Long-Time K-Beauty Merchants, WYLYS Taps French Manufacturing To Bring Luxury Skincare Formulas To The K-Beauty Realm
From operating nearly 8-year-old K-Beauty e-tailer Ohlolly, sisters Sue Greene and Herra Namhie spotted a gap in the market based on their professional and personal perspectives. “We are getting into our 50s, and we’re feeling that what...
Farmacy Founder David Chung Has A New Brand At Sephora And Growing Manufacturer Out To Transform The Supply Chain
Serial beauty entrepreneur David Chung is far from done with serial beauty entrepreneurship. After selling Sephora-native clean beauty brand Farmacy to Procter & Gamble in 2021, he’s back with another brand hitting Sephora, The Rootist, a...
Why Hum Nutrition Shifted To The Mass Market
Nearly a decade ago, digitally native Hum Nutrition was a central figure in a wave of ingestible brands that entered prestige beauty retail. Prestige beauty retailers wanted in on a skyrocketing wellness category and saw ingestible products...
Inspired By The Culture Of His Barbershop, Serial Entrepreneur Houston White’s Grooming Brand Could Reach $25M In Sales This Year
Shortly after Houston White established Fresh, a barbershop in the Camdentown neighborhood of Minneapolis, in 2007, he formulated a pomade for his clients that’s blossomed into Fresh by Houston White, an 11-product face, hair and body collection...