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Priya Rao

Priya Rao

Executive Editor and Host at Glossy

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True Beauty Ventures' Cristina Nuñez: 'We want to be relationship ... - Glossy

As the barrier to founding a beauty brand is lower than ever, there is also more opportunity to spot the next big thing earlier in a brand’s life cycle. Private equity firm True Beauty Ventures “was really born out of a frustration ... and being restricted on the types of businesses [we] could invest in,” said TBV co-founder and general partner Cristina Nuñez on the latest episode of the Glossy Beauty Podcast.
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Beauty & Wellness Briefing: LVMH’s Les Journées Particulières is ba...

Later this month, LVMH brings back Les Journées Particulières, a behind-the-scenes look at its many luxury maisons. On hiatus since 2018, I take a dive into the company’s plans with a focus on beauty and newness.
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Oura's Tom Hale and Karina Kogan: 'Consumers are thinking about ......

While health tracking devices are not new, Ōura, best known for its $300 Oura Ring, has somehow seamlessly bridged the worlds of technology, wellness and design, so much so that Kim Kardashian, Jack Dorsey and Prince Harry are all fans. That unlock happened largely due to the ring’s focus on sleep, according to Oura CEO Tom Hale.
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Oura’s Tom Hale and Karina Kogan: ‘Consumers are thinking about lon...

While health tracking devices are not new, Ōura, best known for its $300 Oura Ring, has somehow seamlessly bridged the worlds of technology, wellness and design, so much so that Kim Kardashian, Jack Dorsey and Prince Harry are all fans. That unlock happened largely due to the ring’s focus on sleep,…
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Beauty & Wellness Briefing: Inside brand incubator The Center’s pla...

Just as The Center was launching, incubators like SOS Beauty were becoming more forward facing and retailers like Target and QVC were making a go of creating their own owned brands alone. The private label beauty segment was becoming so very crowded. Flash forward three years and that crowding is ev…
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EXCLUSIVE: Grace Jones to partner with Boy Smells - Glossy

Simply called Grace, the black peppercorn and Jamaican flora candle will be sold exclusively on Boy Smells’ website, along with select specialty retailers like Kuhl-Linscomb in Houston and Extra Butter in New York.
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Beauty and Wellness Briefing: Walmart gets more serious about beaut...

On Tuesday, the retailer announced the first five brands that were selected for its Start accelerator: customized hair brand The Hair Lab by Strands, Black female-founded and -owned hair-care line Pardon My Fro, press-on nail brand Paintlab, clean skin-care and wellness line Undefined Beauty, and fr…
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Despite coronavirus, Henry Davis and Ariel Wengroff are launching t...

On Tuesday, personal care line Hiki debuts DTC-first. Unlike Glossier that crosses the makeup and skin-care categories, Hiki’s lineup is made up of once-forgotten, but now popular drugstore products like body wipes, deodorants, antiperspirants, anti-chaffing sticks and body powder. Hiki is the first…
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Ulta continues to grow men’s grooming business with direct-to-consu...

Two-year-old men’s grooming line Oars + Alps is in growth mode. The bran expanded into over 300 Ulta Beauty doors and Ulta.com last month.
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Sephora adds Saint Jane to its CBD lineup

Saint Jane, which is less than a year-old, first made an appearance on Sephora.com in May. After its online debut, the brand’s Luxury Beauty Serum that contains 500 milligrams of CBD and retails for $125 has been a top 5 best-selling product within the CBD category and a top 15 best-selling skin-car…
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Beauty & Wellness Briefing: HipDot’s go-to strategy for launching v...

HipDot co-founders Jeff Sellinger and Mo Winter only began selling beauty products online in March 2019. Their target: millennials.
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E.l.f. introduces new beauty brand with Alicia Keys

Amin said sales on E.l.f.’s website experienced triple-digit growth, increasing from 11% to 17% of business in the quarter.
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Black CBD founders find their place in surging support for Black Li...

The wave of support for Black-founded beauty and wellness brands has come from every facet of the industry.
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Beauty & Wellness Briefing: Has beauty reached peak ‘clean’?

Clean beauty brands recognize the need to be much further ahead of the FDA’s regulation over cosmetic ingredients to win over the customer.
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How Unilever is reinventing what corporate responsibility means in ...

Unilever is promising that 100% of the brand’s profits in its first year of business will be donated to mobile shower initiatives to serve the homeless.
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Beauty & Wellness Briefing: What does a cool hair-care brand look l...

The new leaders of hair care, like Bread Beauty Supply and Crown Affair, look nothing like their big brand competitors. And that’s the point.
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How publishers are jumping on the wellness market opportunity

New and legacy publishers are doubling down on wellness content and advertising dollars.
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The Skinny Confidential’s Lauryn Bosstick: ‘I don’t claim to be an ...

Lauryn Bosstick, the blogger, podcast host and beauty brand executive has had an unusual route to becoming a founder.
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Beauty & Wellness Briefing: The price hikes keep coming

Glossier and Bala Bangles’ price increases follow a series of others from indies like RMS Beauty, Deciem and E.l.f. to majors like Procter & Gamble. Some like P&G increased prices in 2021, but price hikes throughout beauty and wellness categories appear ongoing and constant. It begs the question, ho…