The Beauty Brief

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

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

With DEI initiatives declining in major retailers, shifts in consumer purchasing behaviors, and an increasing emphasis on direct-to-consumer

At Black Beauty Founders, we celebrate the Black entrepreneurs who are revolutionizing the beauty industry. The body care market, projected

The global beauty and personal care industry is heading into a revolutionary year in 2025, with exciting trends that every entrepreneur shou