Taylor Bryant

2 weeks ago | beautyindependent.com | Taylor Bryant

New skincare brand Glean is looking to make qasil, an East African botanical, as prominent as other African beauty ingredients like shea butter, marula oil, argan oil and baobab oil. Qasil powder is a beauty product stable in Somalia, where Slough, England-based Glean founder and CEO Hibo Elmi’s parents are from. It’s derived from dried leaves and branches of the gob tree, which is an emblem of holiness in Christian and Muslim traditions and native to regions of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

2 weeks ago | beautyindependent.com | Taylor Bryant

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3 weeks ago | beautyindependent.com | Taylor Bryant

LYS Beauty, the clean makeup brand launched four years ago by beauty industry veteran Tisha Thompson that’s on the move at Sephora, has landed series A funding to support retail distribution, global expansion, inventory procurement and team building. Encore Consumer Capital, the San Francisco private equity firm that has helped scale Supergoop, Tarte Cosmetics, Isopure and Love Wellness, is the sole investor in the eight-figure series A round, LYS’s first institutional capital round.

3 weeks ago | theaugustapress.com | Taylor Bryant

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4 weeks ago | beautyindependent.com | Taylor Bryant

After four years on the market, Plantkos has rebranded by elevating its design and foregrounding its pharmacist roots. Founded by pharmacist Sejal Patel, the skincare brand’s communication is now prioritizing her expertise and the scientific data behind its products.