Tag: Health and beauty
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Trendy Wellness Brand Moon Juice Is Raising $7 Million As It Targets Middle America
Moon Juice—the Los Angeles wellness brand known for its juices, skin care products and adaptogenic Sex Dust—is in the process of raising $7 million in new funding.The Culver City-based company recently secured $5.1 million in fresh capital and intends…
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Behind Her Empire: Dermalogica Founder Jane Wurwand on Developing a Skill
“Learn to do something.” Dermalogica founder Jane Wurwand credits her mother’s advice for motivating her and her sisters into higher education and independence. Two of her sisters became nurses. Another became a lab technician. Wurwand studied skin th…
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Like Etsy but for Latinas, Shop Latinx Raises a Pre-Seed Round
The beauty and fashion industry isn’t as skinny and white as it once was. Makeup for darker skin tones are more widely available, shapes are changing and so are perceptions. This year, Leyna Bloom graced the cover of Sports Illustrated. She’s a trans …
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It’s Like Peloton but for Pilates. Frame Fitness Reinvents the Reformer
Frame Fitness co-founder Melissa Bentivoglio discovered reformer Pilates through her doctor while struggling to recover from a broken pelvic bone in 2006. Immediately, she fell in love with the low-impact form of exercise. Just a few years later, t…
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Behind Her Empire: Logan Hollowell on Forging Her Jewelry Company from Vision and Grit
On this episode of Behind Her Empire, Logan Hollowell talks about her fascination with gemstones and crystals and how that took her to creating her own jewelry company. Raised in the Outer Banks in North Carolina, Hollowell grew up used to hurric…
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Behind Her Empire: Fashion Icon Jenna Lyons Opens Up About Her J.Crew Exit
On this episode of Behind Her Empire, Jenna Lyons talks about struggling to find her passion to becoming a fashion icon and co-founder of the beauty brand, LoveSeen. Lyons started her career as intern at Donna Karan then went on to join the desig…
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Headspace Health Merges With Mental Health Startup Ginger
Best known for its meditation app, Headspace announced it is merging with Ginger, a mental health service that provides on-demand teletherapy and telepsychiatry offerings.The two will form Headspace Health to offer a spectrum of mental health services…
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Behind Her Empire: How Tatcha Founder Vicky Tsai Quit Her Job and Built an Empire
Vicky Tsai, founder of Japanese beauty brand Tatcha, had a nontraditional path to eventually founding one of the top skincare companies today. About 10 years ago, Tsai decided to leave her thriving career and travel the world in search of happines…
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Behind Her Empire: Why Toothpaste Mogul Lindsay McCormick Focuses on Niche Customers
On this week’s episode of Behind Her Empire, hear from Lindsay McCormick, CEO and founder of Bite Toothpaste Bits. McCormick came up with the idea for Bite Toothpaste Bits when working as a producer at HGTV’s “HouseHunters” show. There, she found h…