Taylor Bryant, Author at Beauty Independent

Topicals Enters Sephora UK With Newly Reformulated Products

Taylor Bryant — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:53:19 +0000

Gen Z-favorite Topicals disclosed in 2022 that it was the fastest-growing skincare brand at Sephora in the United States, and now it hopes to repeat its success at the beauty specialty retailer’s stores in the United Kingdom.

Topicals customers have been vocal about wanting the brand to travel to the U.K. since it launched

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DTC Brand Parfait Offers AI-Powered Wig Customization Technology To Other Brands

Taylor Bryant — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 22:03:14 +0000

Artificial intelligence-driven wig customization company Parfait is pivoting its business model to offer its technology to brands and content creators in the wig, weave and extension space.

Using selfies, Parfait’s technology enables lace material and hair quality to be personalized to consumers’ preferences and unique skin tones and facial features.

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Stocked In Superdrug And Boots, British Haircare Brand Flora & Curl Rebrands As It Eyes US Distribution

Taylor Bryant — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:01:15 +0000

American-loved British natural haircare brand Flora & Curl has undergone a rebrand as it eyes retail distribution in the United States.

The purpose of the revamp, which cost nearly $170,000 including product development and marketing, was to enhance Flora & Curl’s brand identity and sustainability. Aside from pumps, it’s ditched plastic in its

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Josh Rosebrook On The Power Of Staying Independent In A Beauty Market That Valorizes Big Exits

Taylor Bryant — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:01:12 +0000

Josh Rosebrook, a celebrity hairdresser turned product developer, began his namesake clean beauty brand in 2009 within a year or two of the launches of fellow clean beauty brands Tara Harper, Ilia, RMS Beauty and W3ll People. All those brands have been acquired, and Josh Rosebrook remains among a select

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SunKiss Organics’ Founder On Being At Peace With The Decision To Shutter The Brand

Taylor Bryant — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:41:03 +0000

Going into its eighth year, SunKiss Organics was at a crossroads. Founder Jessica Jade could either raise capital to scale the brand and develop new formulas or shutter it altogether. She chose the latter.

“I had to decide whether this was something that I wanted to continue to pursue,” reflects Jade. “The

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Australian Brand Sundae Body Makes US Retail Debut In 1,800 Walmart Doors

Taylor Bryant — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:37:51 +0000

Sundae Body is coming from the Down Under to 1,800 Walmart doors by way of the massive big-box chain’s accelerator program Walmart Start focused on finding the next big names in beauty.

Launched in 2021, Melbourne-based Sundae known for its Whipped Shower Foam offers a joyful twist on everyday body care essentials.

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