May 2024

Because the influencer craze rages on, one brand is specializing in a socially savvy influencer base that isn’t overly saturated — yet. Petite ‘n Pretty is a cosmetics company for youths ages 4 to 18. The brand, founded by former Stila Cosmetics chief product development officer Samantha Cutler, has racked up greater than 30,000 followers since its July launch by appealing to what Cutler identified as a “community of mini MUAs [makeup artists]” — and their parents — on Instagram. “There’s this whole community of mini MUAs on Instagram and we send quite a lot of them product,” said Cutler. “There’s some really talented artists which can be, like, 12 they usually do all their very own editing, all their very own...