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7 Aug

Topicals Introduces Primer Designed for Pitted Pimples Scars –

On the eve of the brand’s three-year anniversary, Topicals is tackling its next skin concern: pimples scarring. Launching direct-to-consumer and at Sephora for $34, the brand’s latest Sealed Energetic Scar Primer incorporates encapsulated retinol, onion bulb extract and a silicone base, aiming to not only fill pimples scars and pores before makeup application but in addition to enhance skin texture over time. “We get quite a lot of questions for things which are within the makeup sphere, so this being a hybrid makeup and skincare product type of addresses a number of the desire inside the community,” said Olamide Oluwe, who cofounded Topicals in 2020 alongside Claudia Teng. Since then the brand — which purports to be the fastest growing...
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11 Nov

Topicals Closes $10 Million Series A Funding Round –

Topicals, the skincare brand founded by Olamide Olowe in 2020, has added latest investors to its roster. The brand closed a $10 million series A funding round led by Cavu Consumer Partners. That brings the brand’s total amount of funding to $15 million. Investors within the brand include Gabrielle Union, Kelly Rowland and Hannah Bronfman, amongst others. Olowe sought to reinvent the ointment category, as she put it, and said the brand’s disciplined range of seven stock keeping units was resonating broadly. “We address the chronic skin condition market — things that you usually find in a Walgreens or CVS,” she said, adding that she goals to deal with skin concerns with a prestige flair. The brand’s success is “a testament to how...
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