Dominating the conversations at Glossy’s annual Beauty and Wellness Summit last week were discussions around the importance of brand relevancy and differentiation, and organic communities.

Ken Suslow, founder and managing partner of Sandbridge Capital has carved out a special and successful niche within consumer private equity over the last 12 years. Investments in the past 12 months include Ariana Grande’s R.E.M. Beauty and Tina Craig’s U Beauty skin-care brand, plus the first outside investment for...

This year was difficult for the IPO market, given the economic uncertainty for consumer-facing public companies. But Oddity was the one pure-play beauty company that was able to successfully make its public market debut and sustain Wall Street’s initial enthusiasm. But Oran Holtzman, CEO of Oddity, said the company’s real...

Modern Age, the nearly 2-year-old health and wellness clinic, is at the forefront of changing the conversation around what it means to get older. Melissa Eamer, founder and CEO of Modern Age, said the idea behind the company is showing people how they can prepare themselves to have the best...

When Jean Madar, CEO of fragrance conglomerate InterParfums, goes to the office, he does not wear fragrance, he said. The reason is so he can test the latest products in the works. InterParfums holds the fragrance licenses for numerous household brands including Donna Karan/DKNY, Guess and Ferragamo. This year, InterParfums...

The past 12 months have been a busy time for Lauryn Bosstick, who hosts The Skinny Confidential Him & Her podcast with her husband, Michael Bosstick, and founded a beauty brand, also dubbed The Skinny Confidential. In September, she expanded the brand into the body care category with a body...

In late August, David Moatazedi, president and CEO of Evolus, set out to move the performance beauty company into a new era of beauty by positioning Jeuveau, its neuromodulator, as a beauty treatment. This bold move took shape in the form of an online-offline campaign called “Jeuveau You See Me,”...

Bruno Bavouzet, evp of research and development at LVMH, says his two passions are innovation and people. These passions came together when Dior Beauty announced the creation of an International Reverse Aging Scientific Advisory Board in March. It’s comprised of 600 researchers and 18 experts, and led by Bavouzet from...

Jennifer Lopez may just be the busiest beauty founder ever. The international actress-singer and entrepreneur always has a project in the works, but her eponymous brand JLo Beauty is equally a business and passion project. First launching in January 2021, JLo Beauty now boasts 11 products that include the Beso...