The new podcast seeks to provide insights on all aspects of the textured hair care industry from hair care professionals to product creators and consumers.
Richualist founder Dawn Myers addresses significant gap in the textured hair care market with launch of The Mint, a multi-purpose tool to better define natural hair's kinks and curls.
This month, as in-person learning resumed in Shelby County Tennessee, local beauty maker Ampro Industries delivered more than 6,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to help keep students, teachers, and staff safe.
Throughout Black History Month, beauty ingredient makers, manufacturers, brands, and retailers have been foregrounding opportunities and celebrating the importance of historical and ongoing contributions of Black people. Sally Beauty is no exception,...
Dr Isfahan Chambers-Harris was, like so many indie beauty brand founders, inspired to launch Alodia Hair Care out of her own experience—For Dr Chambers-Harris that was an experience of hair breakage and scalp damage that she attributed to chemical straighteners....
The creator of the Cute Girls Hairstyles YouTube channel launched Hairitage by Mindy early last year. And now in partnership with Walmart the brand has expanded into a new market.
This month, the non-profit dedicated to advancing women entrepreneurs of color and the E & J Gallo Winery brand announced the businesses and Black women founders receiving the 2020 Barefoot Beauty Grant.
On Tuesday, Sally Beauty Supply and salon products distributor Cosmo Prof announced the four woman-owned brands selected to participate in this year’s Cultivate Cohort. Three of those brands are all about the care and styling of kinky, coily, curly, wavy,...
This month, the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson contributed to the brand’s seed financing round. It’s funding that will allow the D2C brand, specializing in active beauty for Black women, to reach more consumers with more products.
The international cosmetics, personal care, and wellness awards program is known as a discovery platform for retailers and consumers as well as for being independent from advertiser or sponsorship support.
This week, the popular unisex hair brand that went dormant in the 1990s is back on the shelves and sites of at-mass retailers. Cosmetics Design checked in with product development and marketing experts familiar with the Afro Sheen brand to learn more....
The consumer goods company announced the hire late last week, just one day after Cummings stepped into her role, returning to beauty after nearly eight years in the hospitality and foods industries.
Next week, the brand created and led by Tracee Ellis Ross will launch with a collection of hair care products developed and formulated for people with curly, coily, or tight textured hair (3B – 4C). Pattern Beauty promises to meet a real need in the marketplace,...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Jasmine Lawrence, Founder of EDEN BodyWorks, shares insights and highlights about the hair care brand she launched 15 years ago this month. She’s grown the brand in that time to some nine product lines (including body care...
