The Beauty Brief

Stormi Steele shares how she built Canvas Beauty into a multi-million dollar brand, generating over $1 million in a single TikTok Shop live

The Doux secures minority investment from VMG Partners, marking its next phase of growth.

At 24, Isan Elba is building a new model for beauty, turning excess into access through Beauty Access and Beauty Forward.

Body care is no longer basic. It’s evolving into a high-performance, wellness-driven category redefining beauty.

April Showers turned vision into a nationally licensed brand. But the real story goes far beyond retail.

For decades, sunscreen sat on store shelves as a product designed with someone else in mind. The marketing showed beach vacations and sunburn prevention. The formulas often left behind a white cast. And for many Black consumers, the category felt irrelevant, if not entirely dismissive of their skin. For millions of people with melanated skin, sunscreen wasn’t just inconvenient. It was something the industry had never truly considered. Shontay Lundy noticed the gap before the

the wellness industry shifts toward personalized, solution-driven supplements, Anna Palomino is helping lead that change at Black Girl Vita

Olivia Hancock is redefining what visibility looks like in beauty. As Senior Beauty Editor at Byrdie and founder of The Hue Report, she has

Beauty industry veteran Ylorie Taylor has spent more than two decades helping brands grow and founders navigate the ever-changing beauty lan

Karonda Cook has spent decades shaping the textured hair industry from behind the scenes. From helping bring brands like Carol’s Daughter, T

The retailer becomes one of the first U.S. specialty beauty chains to integrate directly with TikTok Shop, signaling a major shift in how co

In an exclusive interview with Black Beauty Founders, Dr. Jamal Bryant explains why the Target boycott has ended, what demands were met, and

After five years building My Happy Flo, Necole Kane is reassessing the economics of independent growth. Her transparency around debt, cash f

After pushback from beauty brands worried about fulfillment costs and reduced control, TikTok Shop has reversed its planned mandate requirin

With $30 million in new capital secured and founder Pat McGrath retaining significant ownership, the brand moves forward under a strengthene

Dominique Fluker doesn’t just report on culture. She shapes it across television, journalism, and design.

Tisha Thompson didn’t wait for perfect timing. After years of learning the business from the inside, she took a leap that most founders woul

TikTok’s U.S. Ownership Shift and What It Means for Beauty Brands

Jasmine Browley on beauty, power, and why Black women must always be the center of the conversation.

Shaina Rainford does not fit the beauty founder archetype the industry likes to reward. She didn’t raise venture capital. She didn’t chase celebrity endorsements. She didn’t rush into national retail to validate the brand. And yet, in just over five years, she built Bask & Lather into a nine-figure business, largely on her own terms.