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Beauty & Wellness Briefing: Why Fractional executive hires are trending in beauty, plus industry news

By Lexy Lebsack

Jul 29, 2025

This week, I checked in with April Uchitel, CEO and founder at The Board, and Debbie Johnson, president of Premier Executive Recruiting, to better understand the fractional executive hiring trend and how it’s impacting the beauty and wellness industries. Additionally, Urban Decay and longtime setting spray manufacturer Skindinavia sever relationship, Ariana Grande’s R.E.M. beauty hires a new CEO, Phlur is acquired three years after its buzzy rebrand, and Obagi Medical skin care enters injectables with the acquisition of Novaestiq.