Goodifferent, a Salon For Black Women To Meet for More Than Just Hair

LONDON — Writer and editor Funmi Fetto has been obsessed with hair since the age of 5, when she once tried to wash her hair with fabric conditioner. She’s now…

TikTok-viral K18 Launches Heat Protectant Conditioning Spray

K18 is introducing a new double-duty offering. The brand is launching HeatBounce, a conditioning heat protectant featuring a patented molecular shield called ResiliCore. Retailing for $48, the product will debut…

Jen Atkin Expands Mane With Hair, Body Products

Jen Atkin is taking Mane to new categories. The founder of both Mane and Ouai, which she sold to Procter & Gamble in 2022, is debuting a few new products,…

L’Oreal to Acquire Gail Federici’s Color Wow

The beauty dealscape is heating up, with the world’s biggest beauty company getting in on the action again. L’Oréal has signed an agreement to acquire Color Wow, the hair care…

Kiehl’s Enters Life Time as Amenities Partner

Kiehl’s is returning to the locker room.   Wednesday, the brand is announcing its partnership with luxury athletic country club Life Time as its amenities partner. Kiehl’s products will be…

How Jaimee Lupton Built Monday Haircare, Being Haircare and Daise Beauty

When it comes to creating culturally relevant, cult-followed beauty brands, Jaimee Lupton is on a roll.  During WWD’s Beauty CEO Summit, Lupton revealed her secret sauce for building mass brands…

Cassandra Thurswell on Building Hair Care Brand Kitsch

In the face of a saturated market, incrementality has been the name of the game at Kitsch.  At the Beauty CEO Summit, Kitsch founder and chief executive officer Cassandra Morales…

Beauty Shows Signs of Wear in First Quarter, per Circana

Is beauty’s hot streak cooling off? First-quarter data from Circana indicates that prestige beauty sales were flat year-over-year for the time period, following years of growth. The mass market grew…

Tracee Ellis Ross Justine Skye and More Celebrate Black Hair Show

NEW YORK – “It’s like family in here,” kicked off host Tracee Ellis Ross on Friday night at Echelon Noir Productions’ inaugural Black Hair Show. The event, titled “Black Hair…

Alix Earle Is Launching a Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner Duo

Alix Earle and Pantene are joining forces. The Miami-based influencer has teamed up with the mass market hair care brand to launch a limited-edition “Unexpired Pantene” collection dropping Wednesday. The…