Tag: WWDBeautyInc

Fashion Fair — one of the first prestige beauty brands created for Black women — is set to relaunch this fall, and will be sold in Sephora, WWD has learned. Fashion Fair launched in the ’70s and was one of the first brands to cater specifically to Black women in the department store channel in

Makeup brand TrèStique is relaunching its line with new products, updated formulas and zero-waste packaging that is made from post-consumer and post-industrial recycled materials.  Products will be available on the brand’s site this September. TrèStique, founded by Intercos veterans Jennifer Kapahi and Jack Bensason six years ago, is best known for its “Face in a

Hair care business Mielle Organics has signed a major investment deal with Berkshire Partners, which is buying a minority stake in the business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Berkshire generally invests between $100 million and $1 billion per deal. Mielle was founded in 2014, and makes hair care and skin care products

Desirée Rogers, the former chief executive officer of Fashion Fair Cosmetics and social secretary under President Barack Obama, and Cheryl Mayberry McKissack, formerly the CEO of Ebony Media, have a plan to build a world-class beauty company for women of color.  The duo are starting with a refresh for Black Opal, the decades-old beauty brand

Pattern Beauty isn’t just a hair-care brand. To actress Tracee Ellis Ross, its chief executive office and founder, it’s personal. “Like so many Black women and women with curly and coily and tight-textured hair, we could probably chronicle our journey through self-acceptance with our journey with our hair,” Ross said in conversation with WWD executive

Furtuna Skin, the buzzy Italian skin-care brand, has seen 10 percent growth month-over-month this year amid the pandemic, shared founders Agatha Relota Luczo and Kim Walls. “We’re able to say every week, ‘Every month we did better than the prior month,’” said Walls, chief executive officer. It’s been “meaningful growth,” she continued. “The responses that

Margarita Arriagada, the former chief merchant at Sephora, is launching her own beauty brand. Inspired by her years of experience in the industry, in branding and product development, the release is also rooted in an incredibly personal story. Named after her late mother, the lipstick-focused line is called Valdé. “She experienced a lot of challenges