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Rachel Brown

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Editor-in-Chief at Beauty Independent

Editor in Chief, Beauty Independent

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Articles

  • Touchland, The Brand Behind Status Symbol Hand Sanitizers, Sells To Church & Dwight For $700M

    4 days ago | beautyindependent.com | Rachel Brown |Claire McCormack

    Touchland, the brand that made hand sanitizer cool, has reeled in a cool $700 million in a sale to Church & Dwight, demonstrating that, even in a trepidatious climate for beauty deals, A-level assets can fetch top dollar. The price is nearly 5.4X the brand’s $130 million in sales for the 12 months ended March 31 and 12.7X its $55 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)—and it could go up to $880 million if it achieves sales goals for 2025.

  • Meet The $60M Brand Leading Oral Care’s Wellness Wave

    1 week ago | beautyindependent.com | Rachel Brown

    Asked about whether Lumineux is the brand that’s going to lead the oral wellness movement, co-founder and dentist Kourosh Maddahi says, “We are not going to be that brand.

  • Why Unilever Closed Ren Clean Skincare Instead Of Selling It

    1 week ago | beautyindependent.com | Rachel Brown

    On Thursday last week, Unilever announced it made the “difficult decision to begin formal steps to close the Ren business” by the end of the third quarter this year.

  • Wonderskin Raises $50M In Series A Funding To Help It Last Far Longer Than Lip Stain

    1 week ago | beautyindependent.com | Rachel Brown

    Wonderskin, the brand known for its TikTok-viral peel-off Wonder Blading Lip Stain Masque that’s sold over 4 million units, has scored $50 million in series A funding to help it be known for much more. The series A round was led by Insight Partners, the 30-year-old New York City-based private equity and venture capital firm with $90 billion in assets under management, including Beauty Pie, Quince, Calm and Prose.

  • Blank Beauty Secures $6.5M In Series A Funding To Revolutionize Custom Nail Polish-And More

    1 week ago | beautyindependent.com | Rachel Brown

    Blank Beauty has bagged $6.5 million in series A funding to bring practically any nail polish shade a consumer could dream of to life with a purchase in-store or online—and move beyond nail polish to customize beauty products spanning aisles.

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