Jane Carlson

2 weeks ago | beautyindependent.com | Jane Carlson

Although the skincare category is experiencing some shakiness—in prestige, it was down 3% in dollars and up 1% in units in the first quarter, according to Circana—it remains a resilient engine of brand value, consumer interest and loyalty. And skincare insiders believe there’s more growth potential. “Only one in four Americans uses skincare twice a day.

2 weeks ago | beautyindependent.com | Jane Carlson

As traditional mergers and acquisitions pathways lose their luster for many beauty brands, a new playbook is gaining traction among founders and investors. It’s not the tried-and-true strategic acquisition. Nor is it the well-worn private equity track. Dubbed The Third Way, this evolving approach was a key point of discussion at Beauty Independent’s 2025 Dealmaker Summit in New York City, where industry stakeholders gathered to rethink how modern beauty brands scale and sustain success.

3 weeks ago | beautyindependent.com | Jane Carlson

In one of the most consequential aesthetic medicine deals in recent memory, Crown Laboratories merged with Revance Therapeutics in February and in March announced it would operate under a unified new identity, Revance. Revance consolidates a powerhouse portfolio that includes Daxxify, a longer lasting neuromodulator, RHA fillers by Teoxane and SkinPen, the top-selling microneedling device.

1 month ago | beautyindependent.com | Jane Carlson

Lawless Beauty’s Forget the Filler franchise, which started with the clean cosmetics brand’s hero plumping lip gloss in 2021, has another hit. A test of Lawless’s ability to extend Forget the Filler across categories, Skin-Plumping Line-Smoothing Foundation, a full-coverage foundation that boasts blurring properties and builds on the brand’s positioning in plumping, beat its first-month sales target by 33% in the two weeks after its February debut.

Mar 25, 2025 | beautyindependent.com | Jane Carlson

Beauty Independent is introducing C-Suite Summit, a two-day executive retreat designed exclusively for leaders scaling the beauty industry’s most ambitious brands. Taking place April 7 to 8 at the Durango Resort in Las Vegas, the invitation-only summit will serve as a strategic “base camp” for executives from brands with $20 million to $100 million in annual revenues and laser-focused on the nuanced challenges—and immense opportunities—facing both founder-led and operator-run companies.