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24 Dec

P&G Acquires Tula Skincare – WWD

P&G Acquires Tula Skincare – WWD
Procter & Gamble is betting big on prestige beauty. The patron goods giant is acquiring Tula Skincare — its third deal in two months and seemingly the biggest, as well. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed but Tula — a probiotic, superfoods-based skincare line founded by gastroenterologist Roshini Raj, Bobbi Brown cofounder Ken Landis and tech entrepreneur Dan Reich and backed by L Catterton — was reportedly heading in the right direction to succeed in about $150 million in net sales for 2021. That makes it almost twice the dimensions of Farmacy Beauty, which P&G bought in November, and thrice that of Ouai, the hair care brand it snapped up in December. Taken together as a bunch, together with P&G’s existing portfolio...
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24 Dec

Scarlett Johansson to Launch Beauty Line – WWD

Scarlett Johansson to Launch Beauty Line – WWD
The sport of celebrity beauty lines has dealt in a recent player — Scarlett Johansson. Johansson is the most recent in a string of celebrities slated to bring a beauty brand to market. It's the actress’ first play as an entrepreneur, and her unnamed line is predicted to launch in early 2022. “I’ve been fascinated by the transformative power of beauty since I used to be a toddler. My mother instilled in me a passion for self care from my early teenage years. Several years ago, I took a step back from my beauty deals with the goal of making something true to me. The result's a clean, accessible approach to beauty,” Johansson said in a press release. The road is being funded...
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24 Dec

Exclusive Details, What to Know – WWD

Exclusive Details, What to Know – WWD
Courteney Cox desires to beautify your private home together with her latest brand. The actress, best known for her role as Monica Geller within the hit sitcom “Friends,” is making her first entrepreneurial enterprise with the debut of her home brand, Homecourt, which launches on Wednesday. The brand takes a beauty approach to products that traditionally fall under the house category — like dish soap and surface sprays — made with skincare ingredients and effective fragrances, in addition to other beauty-specific products, like hand lotion. Cox had initially planned to create a candle line, but saw a white space in the house care category. “We decided to make a beauty line for the house,” Cox explained during a Zoom call. “I’m obsessive about...
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23 Dec

BeautyStat Now Available at Ulta Beauty – WWD

BeautyStat Now Available at Ulta Beauty – WWD
BeautyStat, the skincare brand founded by cosmetic chemist Ron Robinson, has inked a serious distribution deal to start out off the brand new yr. The brand will likely be going into 260 Ulta Beauty doors and online, with a deluxe trial size of its top product, the Universal C Skin Refiner, in all doors. Robinson, who launched the road in 2019 on Violet Grey, has slowly expanded distribution since then: his products are currently sold in BlueMercury and Nordstrom, amongst others. Ulta, though, is about breaking into recent consumer demographics. “Ulta is the right partner to assist us take that message, take our products to a bigger market and a bigger consumer base,” he told WWD. For Ulta Beauty, the brand’s partnership has...
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