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This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Cosmetics space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jeremy Gardner
CEO of MadeMan
Jeremy Gardner (born January 20, 1992), is an American serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in Beverly Hills, California. He is primarily known for his early investments in Bitcoin, Crypto Castles brand, and as a co-founder of Augur. His early investments in cryptocurrency made him a self-made millionaire. He is currently the founder and CEO of MadeMan, a men’s skincare cosmetic company featured in publications Maxim, The Daily Front Row, and Wealth Magazine.
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About Ausum, College Cryptocurrency Network, MadeMan: MadeMan is a men’s skincare cosmetics company founded by serial entrepreneur Jeremy Gardner in 2019.
David Lortscher
Co-Founder & CEO of Curology
David Lortscher, MD, is a licensed physician and a board-certified dermatologist. While working at a small but very busy dermatology practice in New Mexico, Dr. Lortscher saw that there were economic, geographical, and psychological barriers to seeing a dermatologist. He also noticed how changes in a person’s skin can have a tremendous impact on his or her life both socially and emotionally – and that’s when he had the idea to create Curology. Since its launch in 2014, Curology has been dedicated to removing barriers and helping people feel good about their skin. In addition to seeing patients at Curology, Dr. Lortscher serves as a remote dermatology consultant for the American Academy of Dermatology’s AccessDerm program.
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About Curology: Curology is a cosmetic company that provides actual prescription skincare customized for their skin and delivered to their door.
John Heffner
Chairman & CEO of Summer Fridays
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About Summer Fridays: Summer Fridays offers face moisturizer that contains pumpkin and apricot seed powder.
Steven Solomon
CEO & Director of Palmaz Scientific
Steven B. Solomon currently serves as the chief executive officer and a director of Palmaz Scientific, a leader in the research, development and commercialization of implantable medical devices manufactured with patented thin film physical vapor deposition technologies and processes. Mr. Solomon has served in executive and director roles with public and private companies for more than 20 years, with substantial experience in public and private equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and executive management. Mr. Solomon served as chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board of directors of Citadel Security Software Inc. since its formation in December 1996 until its sale in December 2006 to McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE). Mr. Solomon also served as director, president and chief executive officer of CT Holdings Enterprises, Inc. until the company’s merger with Xcorporeal Inc. Mr. Solomon was the founder and served as chairman of the board, chief executive officer and director of Parago, Inc., an incubation venture of CT Holdings that is an application solution provider and internet-based business process outsourcer that provides an on-line suite of promotional offerings designed to automate promotional management and optimize the customer care services offered by its clients. Mr. Solomon led Parago in completing approximately $85 million in angel and venture financings and three acquisitions. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Solomon also served as a director of River Logic, Inc., an incubation venture of CT Holdings that creates and operates integrated networks of decision support tools, E-learning solutions and E-commerce capabilities designed to enable decision makers to leverage knowledge and information to gain a competitive advantage. Mr. Solomon has served on the board of directors of Boo-Koo Holdings and the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) where he testified before a congressional oversight hearing on “Information Security-Vulnerability Management Strategies and Technology,” providing an industry perspective on cyber security legislation and the importance of protecting our national infrastructure. Mr. Solomon is also active in the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) of North Texas.
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About Palmaz Scientific: Palmaz Scientific develops and manufactures implantable prosthetic devices for the cardiovascular orthopedic and cosmetic markets.
Ming S. Zhao
Chief Executive Officer of Proven Skincare
Ming S. Zhao is a Co-Founder and CEO at Proven Skincare. She is a former Head Of Partnerships at NerdWalled and Private Equity Investor at Bain Capital.
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About Proven Skincare: Proven Skincare develops skincare products intended to allow customers to design and personalize products that fit their lifestyles.
Gregg Renfrew
Founder & CEO of Beautycounter
A forward-thinking serial entrepreneur, our fearless founder Gregg turns concepts into thriving businesses: She sold her successful bridal registry company, The Wedding List, to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, where she served the company in executive management. Gregg was most recently CEO at Best & Co., a children’s retail group where she re-invigorated the traditional design retail model through brand strategy, marketing, and merchandising. Gregg has also consulted high-profile corporate retail spaces like Bergdorf Goodman, Intermix, and Lela Rose alongside entertainment clients including Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, and Jessica Alba.
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About Beautycounter: Beautycounter is a beauty brand that distributes products through relationship networks and online.
Jeremy Johnson
CEO / Action Man of Too Faced Cosmetics
Too Faced Co-Founder and CEO Jeremy Johnson started his career in fashion and cosmetics in his early 20s. Beginning with a position at Armani, he subsequently spent time at Chanel and Estee Lauder. In the late ‘90s, Jeremy teamed up with business partner Jerrod Blandino. Their vision was to create a beauty and makeup line that would celebrate individuality and inject joy back into an industry that had become rigidly led by rules, not fun. With a credit card, a laser-like focus, and a dream to celebrate and empower women, Too Faced was born. From the very beginning, Jeremy’s business savvy and Jerrod’s creativity clicked. Their very first collection was snatched up by retailers like Sephora, Nordstrom and Fred Segal and was immediately featured in Vogue. It was a match made in beauty heaven and the world knew it.
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About Too Faced Cosmetics: Too Faced Cosmetics is a beauty brand that creates innovative cruelty-free cosmetics that women love to wear.
Nachi Junankar
CEO and Co-founder of Faceforward Inc.
Nachi Junankar is the CEO and Founder at Avrio.
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About Avrio AI Inc., Faceforward Inc., OpenMobile World Wide: At FaceForward (in stealth) our world-class team is harnessing big data techniques to empower individuals to reach their career goals.
Iryna Korolenko
Founder and CEO of iSALON Beauty App
The founder of iSALON, a businesswoman and entrepreneur, fashion model and world-traveler, Iryna Korolenko is a portrait of the modern Renaissance woman. Born in Ukraine, she balanced passion and professionalism, ambition and sophistication from an early age, modeling internationally by 16 while prioritizing higher education. After receiving postgraduate degrees both in international economy and psychology, Iryna began a career working for global corporations, negotiating multi-million dollar contracts. By seamlessly navigating between the worlds of business and beauty, from airline to fashion runways, she has gained a worldview unique among her peers. Seeking new opportunities, Iryna packed a single suitcase and moved to the United States in 2014. Despite having no support network, she paved her way in an unfamiliar environment, and continues to trailblaze her singular career workingwith prominent designers and global brands both as a model and businesswoman. In boardrooms and at photo shoots, presentation matters, but it doesn’t have to be inconvenient. It was during a commute in traffic that Iryna realized it was smarter, safer, and simpler to have beauty services delivered directly to her door. Any modern professional will recognize the importance of quickly connecting with services wherever they are, whenever they are – and with iSALON, you can. Iryna is based in California but continues to pursue her passion exploring new places and meeting new people, always looking forward to new challenges and discovering innovative ideas. A consummate Capricorn, culinary dilettante, and classic cinema enthusiast, she most appreciates the simple things in life, especially her French bulldog, Blu.
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About Coleman Research, Fohr, GLG, iSALON Beauty App, Kelly Moore Paints, Look Model Agency, RED HOT MONDE: Delivering Beauty to Your Doorstep
Nathan Harding
CEO & Co-Founder of LUUM
Mr. Harding is Co-founder and CTO of Foxeye Robotics. He previously served as CEO of Foxeye Robotics and CEO of Ekso Bionics, a NASDAQ listed human exoskeleton developer. His technical and leadership skills were honed working at the Department of Energy, Carnegie Mellon’s Field Robotics Center, Berkeley Process Control, and the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory. Nathan holds 19 US patents and has many more pending. Nathan received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and his master’s in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About LUUM: Revolutionizing Beauty Service with Automation
David Coba
Co-Founder and CEO of European Wax Center
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About European Wax Center: EWC brings unique waxing experience to women and men in a setting with a modern environment.
Derek Maxfield
Founder, CEO of Younique LLC
Already a successful entrepreneur, Derek founded NetSteps in 2003, and just a few years later landed on the Inc. Top 500 for two consecutive years. In 2009, his company placed 11th in the nation, and 1st in Utah, as the fastest growing software company in the nation. Derek was recognized by Utah Valley Business Quarterly Magazine twice as No. 1 and No. 8 overall for the area’s fastest growing companies. He studied Computer Science at Brigham Young University, and now with more than 12 years of experience working with some of the very best direct sales companies in the world, he is teaming up with his sister, Melanie, to create an entirely new experience in the direct-sales industry. Derek is also a husband and proud father of five.
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About Younique LLC: Younique LLC is develops and markets cosmetic products.
Marcelo Camberos
CEO & Founder of ipsy
Founder of ipsy.
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About ipsy: ipsy is an online beauty community that home delivers a box of 5 beauty samples for a monthly subscription fee.
Jeff Lee
CEO & Co-Founder of DIBS Beauty
Jeff Lee is the CEO and Co-Founder at DIBS Beauty.
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About DIBS Beauty: DIBS is a new makeup brand reimagining your everyday beauty staples, making them easier, mood-boosting and worthy of desert island status.
Nils Johnson
Co-founder,CEO & Chief Merchant of Beautylish
Nils Johnson is the founder of Beautylish. Previously he was the founder of Gorilla Mobile.
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About Beautylish: Beautylish is a social commerce website for the cosmetic industry that enables users to share beauty-related content with other users.
Chris Hobson
President & CEO of Rare Beauty Brands
Chris Hobson is the president and CEO of Patchology, a company that offers targeted skin care treatments. He was previously the COO of txteagle before which he was the CEO of Iontera. Hobson holds a bachelor’s degree in North American Studies from McGill University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Iontera, Rare Beauty Brands: Rare Beauty Brands is a genuine innovation with unbridled creativity.
Tim Warner
CEO of Drunk Elephant
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About Drunk Elephant: Drunk Elephant is a non-toxic skin care brand.
Heela Yang
Co-Founder & CEO of Sol de Janeiro
Heela Yang is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sol de Janeiro.
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About Sol de Janeiro: Sol de Janeiro is a cosmetics company that celebrates everything that is unique and joyful.
Jaleh Bisharat
Co-Founder & CEO of NakedPoppy
Jaleh is an experienced marketing professional with 25+ years marketing experience, and a history of growing startups into vibrant brands. From 2011 to 2015, Jaleh served as the Vice President of Marketing at oDesk followed by taken on the role of SVP of marketing at Upwork (formerly Elance-ndoDesk). Previously, she acted as Vice President of Marketing at companies including OpenTable, Jawbone, and Amazon.com. She also served on the board of directors at OpenTable and Homestead Technologies. Jaleh writes and speaks frequently about the future of work and women in the workplace, and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. Jaleh holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Harvard-Radcliffe and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About NakedPoppy, Novi: NakedPoppy is a clean beauty company that curates better-for-you beauty brands and tailors them to you.
Joe Cloyes
Co-Founder & CEO of Youth To The People
Founder & CEO at Youth To The People.
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About Youth To The People: Youth To The People is a provider of skincare products that helps to replenish and renew tired skin.
Marla Beck
Co-founder and CEO of Bluemercury
Marla Malcolm Beck is the co-founder and CEO of Bluemercury Inc., a luxury beauty retailer and cosmetics brand developer, founded in 1999 when she was twenty-nine years old. In 2015, Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) acquired the company. Ms. Beck also co-founded M-61 Laboratories, makers of M-61 Skincare, the first highly technical, natural cosmeceutical brand and makers of Lune and Aster Cosmetics, a vegan cosmetics line. Ms. Beck is often invited to share her entrepreneurship, branding, and innovation expertise. Bluemercury’s innovative retailing and human resource model has been the topic of numerous books, including Shopping: Why We Love it and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience and Be Happy at Work: 100 Women Who Love Their Jobs and Why. She has appeared as a guest on CNBC, CNN and Fox Business News and has been a guest speaker for WWD’s Beauty Innovation Forum, Harvard University’s Luxury Branding Speaker Series and Columbia University’s Lang Center for Entrepreneurship’s Distinguished Speaker Series. In 2014, Ms. Beck received an appointment by Harvard Business School as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and was named as one of Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs. Ms. Beck was Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005. Prior to founding Bluemercury, she was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. She holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.P.A. from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She serves on the Advisory Board of Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, the Board of Directors of the National Retail Federation, the Board of Trustees at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C., the Board of Council for Public Leadership, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and is an independent director on the Board of Directors of The Children’s Place (NASDAQ:PLCE). She resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband and three children.
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About Bluemercury, edX: Bluemercury is widely recognized as the nation’s largest and fastest growing luxury beauty products and spa retail chain.
Daniel Khesin
President and CEO of DS Laboratories
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About DS Healthcare, DS Laboratories: DS Laboratories is a cosmetics company developing and selling personal care products.
Nicci Levy
Founder/CEO of Alchemy 43
Nicci Levy is the Founder of Alchemy 43. As a cosmetics and skincare expert, and a forever lover of the beauty space, some of her earliest childhood memories are watching mom get ready for date nights with dad, and being the go-to makeup artist of her social circle. When it came time to find a part-time job in college, Nicci took her passion to Benefit Cosmetics where she gained formal training, and even had the opportunity to work abroad. It was at Benefit Cosmetics that she realized she could have fun, experience professional success, and have a meaningful impact on the confidence and lives of others—all through a career in the beauty industry. Nicci enjoyed a 10-year career in corporate cosmetics at companies including MAC Cosmetics and Nordstrom—where she piloted a personal shopping program for cosmetics and skincare—and ck Calvin Klein Beauty, where she launched their cosmetics line as the Director of Global Sales and Education. With an insatiable appetite for growth and a pure fascination with the ever evolving trends and techniques of the industry, Nicci was excited to learn about the medical aspects of microtreatments, and saw the shift as a natural next step in her career.
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About Alchemy 43: Alchemy 43 is a brand of cosmetic injectable clinics that delivers the highest quality cosmetic injectable treatments
Noam Levavi
Co-Founder and CEO of ByondXR
Noam Levavi is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of innovations in user experience technologies, including several patents in the areas of personalized media delivery and user-interfaces. In 2017, Noam founded ByondXR, a retail-tech startup that empowers brands and retailers to improve sales and customer engagement through a new groundbreaking 3D visualization technology. Using ByondXR’s 3D Commerce Platform, brands can transform into the new digital era, creating experiences to enhance Wholesale, Merchandising and eComm that boost sales and improve efficiency. Prior to founding ByondXR, Noam founded and was the CEO of YCD Multimedia, a world leading on-site digital media provider, helping brands deliver personalized content to their customers, reaching more than 100 million people every month within thousands of venues worldwide, including some of the world’s most recognized brands such as Mercedes, Ferrari, Nike, Chanel, Hugo Boss, AT&T, Microsoft and Coca Cola. In 2008 Noam was honored to be featured by Forbes Israel as one of the country’s most influential young professionals. Prior to establishing YCD, Noam founded Netune, which provided network communication services and Intranet web applications for small and medium sized businesses. Before that, he served as a system communication manager in the Israeli Defense Force’s elite Intelligence Unit. He is a graduate of the Israeli Military Computing and Information Systems Institute. Noam loves sharing his experiences and have been the keynote speaker about consumer behavior and the evolution of digital experiences for The Economist, DLD, DSE and Digital Signage Investor, a guest speaker at Washington University, Parsons School of Design and IDC research college, and contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Frost & Sullivan and Platt Retail Institute. Being a long-time SciFi fan, Noam has been fascinated with advances in virtual reality and human-machine interfaces. He visualizes an emerging reality of digital enhancements to the human body and seamless brain-machine interfaces that extend our mental abilities into a complete and immersive sensory experience, forming new perceptions of reality.
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About ByondXR: ByondXR transforms eCommerce through immersive experiences that increase engagement, conversion and ROI
Hyungseok Dino Ha
Founder & CEO of Memebox
Dino is co-founder and CEO of Memebox Corporation. Dino grew up fascinated by computers and self-taught himself C+ coding language at a young age. During university, Dino pursued a degree in Environmental Engineering until he joined the Army as a trooper, and volunteered to be deployed to Afghanistan where he worked with over 20 coalition forces. It was there where he encountered his first American and decided to go to New York after he finished serving, to pursue a career in fashion. While attending Parsons School of Design, Dino joined Tom Ford as the first intern, working for 2 years in the PR department until he was asked to return to South Korea and help launch the brand abroad. After Tom Ford, Dino joined Ticket Monster until its acquisition by Living Social (LS Korea) and it was then when he found inspiration to start his own entrepreneurship. With a passion for computer science and a background in fashion design, Dino is building the world’s first tech and trend-driven beauty company, in hopes of bringing a new age of beauty culture to the rest of the world. Dino graduated with a degree in Fashion Market from Parsons School of Design and is currently located in San Francisco, CA.
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About Memebox: Memebox is a consumer company that provides customers with the Asian beauty products, culture, and trends.
Katonya Breaux
CEO & President of Unsun Cosmetics
Katonya B. Breaux is the founder and CEO of Unsun Cosmetics, Inc. a Los Angeles-based cosmetics company dedicated to providing beauty and skin protection to women of all skin tones. Breaux’s ability to identify specific needs coined with her entrepreneurial spirit led her to create an all-natural SPF 30 sunscreen that doesn’t leave a white residue, which is quite common with other natural products used by women of color. More importantly, she wanted to create a product that would be inclusive of all skin tones – light and dark. Breaux has grown Unsun Cosmetics to include hand, face and lip products – but more importantly as a platform to educate people on the importance of sunscreen in all forms.
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About Unsun Cosmetics: UNSUN is a lightweight, mineral-based sunscreen that provides SPF 30 and is perfectly tinted to blend into multiple skin tones.
Gary Roman
CEO of House of Beauty World
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About House of Beauty World: House of Beauty World is a beauty and style superstore and online site carrying the best names in the beauty industry at reasonable prices.
Adam Ross
CEO and Co-Founder of Heyday
Adam Ross is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Heyday.
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About Heyday: Heyday is a skincare company offering customized facial treatments.
Jasmina Aganovic
Chief Executive Officer of Arcaea
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About Arcaea: Arcaea’s mission is to build a new foundation for the beauty industry through expressive biology.
Alexis Maybank
Founder & CEO of Creative Beauty
Alexis Maybank is the Founder and CEO of Creative Beauty. She was the Founder and Founding CEO of Gilt Groupe before that. Alexis has dedicated her career to building and launching innovative and compelling e-commerce experiences for consumers. In 2007, Alexis, along with a founding team, launched Gilt Groupe. She served as Gilt’s Founding CEO, and today she serves as the company’s Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to founding Gilt Groupe, Alexis served as General Manager and Business Development Director for AOL’s e-commerce businesses. In 1998, she became an early member of the eBay team, where she helped launch the company’s first strategic planning group working for Founder Jeff Skoll, and later launched and ran eBay Canada, which grew to become Canada’s largest e-commerce business. She later helped found eBay Motors, which grew to over $2.5 billion in gross sales in its first two years and continues to be the largest category of goods sold on eBay today. Alexis holds a BS and MBA from Harvard University. She is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, a Director for Audubon Alaska, and actively involved in the Robinhood Foundation. She currently mentors many emerging entrepreneurs in both the technology and fashion sectors.
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About Creative Beauty: Creative Beauty is a platform that develops digitally-native beauty brands.
Kate Twist
Co-Founder, CEO & Board Chair of Ever/Body
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About Ever/Body: Ever/Body is a cosmetic dermatology provider of personalized and tech-enabled services.
Amy Shecter
Chief Executive Officer of Ever/Body
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About Ever/Body: Ever/Body is a cosmetic dermatology provider of personalized and tech-enabled services.
Annie Lawless
CEO of LAWLESS Beauty
Annie Lawless Exuding confidence, self-worth, and passion, Annie Lawless has become a force in the wellness space with a stylish flair. After experiencing years of chronic eczema in her childhood, Annie was diagnosed with Celiac disease. She learned very quickly at a young age the direct correlation between the foods you put in your body to how you look and, most importantly, how you feel. Her knowledge and passion for nutrition led her to become a certified holistic health coach, a yoga instructor, and ultimately a founder of one of the largest organic juice companies in the U.S., Suja Juice. Forbes has named Suja in the top 3 Most Promising Companies in the country for two years running. In 2015, Suja sold a 30% minority stake to Coca Cola at a $300 million valuation. A New York Times Best Selling author and Forbes 30 Under 30 winner, Annie uses BLAWNDE as a platform to share a scope of lifestyle tips to be your best self. From recipes, to travel to fashion and beauty, you’ll be ready to go BLAWNDE.
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About LAWLESS Beauty: LAWLESS Beauty is a cosmetic company that offers clean color cosmetics focused on high-impact, full-coverage products.
KJ Miller
Co-Founder & CEO of Mented Cosmetics
KJ Miller is the Co-founder and CEO of Mented Cosmetics, a pigment-first beauty brand celebrating women of all hues. Since its launch in January 2017 Mented has achieved rapid growth by helping women feel seen and empowered with their inclusive shade range. The company has been featured in several publications including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Glamour, and was hailed as having the “best nude lipsticks we’ve ever worn” by Essence Magazine. Prior to founding Mented KJ spent most of her career working in retail, with a two-year hiatus to attend Harvard Business School graduating in 2014. While leading Mented’s product development and fundraising efforts, KJ has overseen the launch of five successful product categories and led the company in securing $4M in venture funding. She is passionate about helping women and minorities develop their entrepreneurial visions and navigate the often murky startup world.
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About Mented Cosmetics: Mented is a luxury beauty company targeted to women of color.
Arnaud Plas
Co-Founder & CEO of Prose
Arnaud Plas is a Founder & CEO of Prose. He pushed the boundaries of new beauty in his long time role in digital at L’Oréal in New York. With the dream of leveraging artificial intelligence to benefit every day consumers, he set out to create Prose. Without much hair himself, Arnaud has a lot of time to dedicate to yours.
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About Prose: Custom hair care made fresh in NYC with natural active ingredients
Mary Fisher
Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Colorescience
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About Colorescience, Sientra: Colorescience is a luxury aesthetic makeup products line in the medical and resort spa sectors.
Mariya Nurislamova
CEO/ Co-founder of Deck of Scarlet
Mariya Nurislamova is Founder of Scentbird Inc. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Mariya Nurislamova She has a strong vision for Scentbird, a clear understanding of the tech industry, as well as a great nose and the ability to translate fragrance into moving visuals. She is a Speed Reading Coach and danced Ballroom professionally for 8 years- but her true passion is Perfume. She moved to NYC from her native Russia, began a scent blog and started Scentbird in early 2013 by running “Scent Discovery Soirees” (perfume “tasting” events where got tipsy on perfume instead of wine!). Prior to starting Scentbird, she was Chief Operating Officer of Neuvey, an IT outsourcing company, and co-founded Beta Week – an invite only IT conference based in Moscow. She has a background in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Marketing.
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About Deck of Scarlet, Scentbird: Deck of Scarlet is a new makeup line that offers an exclusive makeup subscription service.
Grace Choi
Founder & CEO of Mink
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About Mink: Mink is a company that manufactures 3D printers capable of printing beauty makeup.
Jean-Marc Plisson
Chief Executive Officer of Kosas
Jean-Marc Plisson is a Chief Executive Officer at Kosas.
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About Kosas: Kosas operates as a color cosmetics company.
Tara Foley
Founder & CEO of Follain
Tara Foley is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Follain.
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About Follain: Follain is the retail destination for beauty products by over 80 brands.
Mark Peter Rice
CEO & Co-Founder of Ogee
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About Ogee: Ogee is an organic skin care platform that provides organic beauty products.
Amy Chiu
Co-Founder/CEO of DearBrightly
Amy Chiu is the Founder of Dear Brightly. She is a former Software Engineer at Optimizely and Associate Product Manager of Airbnb.
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About DearBrightly: DearBrightly offers prescription strength retinoids and a variety of other skincare essentials.
Chad Joshi
Founder & CEO of Advonex International
Dr. Chad Joshi is an entrepreneur and educator whose expertise is in industrial and utility-scale energy systems. He is currently an Adjunct Faculty at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies teaching courses in Renewable Energy and Power Generation. Dr. Joshi also currently provides strategic energy consulting services to a number of companies in the alternative energy and clean tech sectors, a role which he has held since September 2007. In addition, Dr. Joshi currently serves as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Altranex Energy, LLC, renewable energy company focusing on the development of a biofuels technology, a position which he has held since April 2009. Dr. Joshi also currently serves as an adjunct professor at Northeastern University, College of Professional Studies where he teaches courses related to renewable energy and power generation, a position which he has held since October 2008. Previously, from February 2008 to April 2009, Dr. Joshi served as the founder, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the board of directors of Owl Power Company, a developer of cogeneration systems that run on waste vegetable oil. From March 1996 to December 2007, Dr. Joshi served as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Energen, Inc., a precision motion control solutions company.Dr. Joshi holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Joshi has authored of over 40 papers and 18 patents.
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About Advonex International: Their Science. Your Business. Better World.
Naa-Sakle Akuete
CEO & Founder of Eu’Genia Shea
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About Eu’Genia Shea: Eu’Genia Shea is a family-run company that produces natural premium shea moisturizers.
Alex Avritch
CEO of Hello Gloss
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About Hello Gloss: We’re a next-gen community and social platform for beauty/fashion influencers and enthusiasts.
Dallas Robinson
Founder, President & CEO of Kisstixx
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About Kisstixx, The Kokua Project: Kisstixx manufactures and markets lip balm of different flavors.
Mona Zhao
Co-Founder, CEO of Dotfully
Co-Founder, CEO at Dotfully
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About Dotfully: Dotfully is the first free makeup store where you can regift your beauty products.
Natalie Mackey
Founder & CEO of Winky Lux
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About Winky Lux: Winky Lux is a line of color cosmetics made from the highest quality ingredients known to woman-kind.
Meghan Maupin
Co-Founder and CEO of Atolla
Meghan has a graduate degree in Engineering and Management from MIT, and previously worked in design roles at Patagonia, The MIT Design Lab, and Formlabs. With an expertise in integrating new technology into user experience, her work includes designing an AI-powered personal assistant and launching multiple products for mass customization in 3D printing.
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About Atolla: Atolla is a skincare system that creates simple custom routines and provides virtual guidance to support your best skin each month.
Parrish Medley
Co Founder & CEO President of Davi Luxury Brand Group
Parrish Medley is a Co-Founder & CEO President at Davi Luxury Brand Group company.
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About Davi Luxury Brand Group: Davi Luxury Brand Group focuses on developing, licensing, and commercializing luxury skin care products.
Holly Thaggard
Founder & CEO of Supergoop
Holly Thaggard–teacher, harpist, mom–found her true calling as a sunscreen evangelist and entrepreneur. In 2009, she founded Supergoop!, which makes mineral sunscreens (in all skin tones) and other products free of harmful chemicals. But Supergoop!’s true value lies in its ultimate goal: “I’ve been so laser-focused on making sure everything we do ladders up to our mission, which is to stop the epidemic of skin cancer,” says Thaggard. “I don’t think I’ve taken the time to think about much else.” And yet, she’s built the brand into a shining success, with $40 million in revenue last year, retail partnerships with FAO Schwarz, Nordstrom, and Sephora, and a recently-opened New York office in addition to its San Antonio headquarters. To further that mission, Supergoop! donated 1,000 pumps of Supergoop! to schools across America last year and works on skin cancer issues with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. –Tim Crino
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About Supergoop: Supergoop is a skincare brand completely dedicated to sun protection.
Bryce Goldman
CEO of Kopari Beauty
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About Kopari Beauty: Kopari Beauty is a digitally native e-commerce beauty brand
Elsa Jungman
CEO & Founder of ELSI Skin Health Inc. (dba Dr. Elsa Jungman)
Dr. Elsa Jungman has a Ph.D. in Skin Delivery and began her career working in Research and Development for L’Oreal in Paris. In 2015 she moved to San Francisco and has worked with several biotech and skincare companies such as AOBiome. She is an expert for the Clean Beauty Council at Credo Beauty and mentors/consults with local small companies. Today, she is the founder and CEO of ELSI Skin Health, a science-backed and clean skincare startup.
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About ELSI Skin Health Inc. (dba Dr. Elsa Jungman): We are redefining how women treat their skin. Research first, skincare second. First Microbiome-Friendly Skincare.
Romain Gaillard
Founder, CEO of The Detox Market
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About Odacité Inc, Pelime.com Inc., The Detox Market: The Detox Market is a passion project, an experiment that turned out well.
Karissa Bodnar
Founder, CEO of Thrive Causemetics
Karissa Bodnar is the founder and CEO of Thrive Causemetics.
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About Thrive Causemetics: Thrive Causemetics offers cosmetics that are cruelty-free, vegan, and formulated with safe ingredients.
Sarah Akkari
Owner and CEO of Senteurs d’Orient
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About Senteurs d’Orient: Senteurs d’Orient is specializing in handcrafted fine fragrance soaps inspired by the bathing rituals.
Mario Alcaraz
Co-Founder & CEO of BeautyAdvisor
Founder at BeautyAdvisor.com • Bay Area entrepreneur • honey badger
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About BeautyAdvisor, Clout Ventures: BeautyAdvisor is the fastest-growing beauty & fitness platform. Discover new looks, get advice, find pros and more – all in one place.
Cat Chen
Founder & CEO of Skylar
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About Skylar: Skylar designs an online retail platform that offers clean and consciously crafted fragrances that inspire happiness.
Audrey Napoleon
Co-Founder and CEO of Gostrider
Founder, CEO of Gostrider. Gostrider places Talent in the driver’s seat for their future by monetizing their audiences in a way that is efficient, easy, and most of all, their own. Our business model expands Talents’ franchises while creating sustainable revenue, and supercharging growth. Multi-Platinum, Award-Winning, Electronic Music Producer/DJ with 10+ years of Global Touring, Creative Direction, Brand, and Product Development successfully launching various global Beauty companies and campaigns with notable big name brands.
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About Gostrider: Beauty brands for the next generation of Creators
Chloe Takahashi
Founder & CEO of Cosme Hunt
She has pioneered the J-beauty phenomenon in the US. She travels regularly between San Francisco and Tokyo to find the best products and new, innovative skincare.
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About Cosme Hunt: Cosme Hunt is an online Japanese cosmetics platform with fun and truly effective Japanese Beauty.
Diane Dietz
CEO of Rodan & Fields
Diane M. Dietz was appointed a director of Whirlpool Corporation in February 2013. She is a member of the corporate governance and nominating committee and the finance committee of the board of directors. Dietz is the president and chief executive officer of Rodan & Fields, LLC, a leading premium skincare company, a position she has held since January 2016. Dietz served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Safeway, Inc., a leading food and drug retailer, from July 2008 to January 2015. Prior to her position at Safeway, Inc., Ms. Dietz was employed with Procter and Gamble, where she ran a broad range of brand management and marketing functions across the P&G organization, and held positions of increasing responsibility starting in 1989 until her departure in 2008. Dietz holds a bachelors degree in marketing and economics from Northern Illinois University.
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About Rodan & Fields: Rodan & Fields is a premium skincare brand that offers unparalleled beauty personalization from its R+F Independent Consultants.
Jay Tapper
Founder & CEO of La Lumiere
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About La Lumiere: La Lumiere is a skin care device company that offers advanced treatment technologies for home use.
Nhu Le
Founder & CEO of Finding Ferdinand
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About Finding Ferdinand: Finding Ferdinand provide high-quality, customizable products that allow customers to define their own aesthetic.
Devir Kahan
Co-Founder and CEO of Stryx
Devir Kahan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Stryx.
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About Stryx: Stryx offers men’s cosmetic and skincare products.
Courtney Jones
Founder & CEO of Sweat Cosmetics
Courtney is a former professional soccer player for the Boston Breakers and Kansas City Blues. She graduated in 2010 with a degree in Management and Society from NCAA soccer powerhouse UNC Chapel Hill. Since her collegiate career as a four-year starter, captain and two-time national champion, Courtney still breaks a daily sweat, whether grinding through an early Soul Cycle class or hitting weights in the afternoon. A skincare and makeup enthusiast, she leads Sweat’s operations with expertise in products, pricing, ingredients and product performance.
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About Sweat Cosmetics: Sweat is the only mineral powder foundation created and tested by athletes who have competed at the highest level.
Vish Banthia
Chief Medical Officer & Founder and CEO of ZendyHealth
Dr. Banthia is a double Board Certified surgeon and a graduate of Stanford, UCSF, and Columbia / Cornell University hospitals. Dr. Banthia and his Medical Advisory Team are responsible for the vision of ZendyHealth and the array of services and procedures that can be delivered to the consumer in safe and cost effective ways. Dr. Banthia has specialized expertise in minimally invasive procedures and has delivered lectures to plastic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons and dermatologists throughout the country as well as internationally. In 2006, 2008, and 2011, Dr. Banthia was recognized as a “Top Doctor” or “Top Surgeon” in Silicon Valley.
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About ZendyHealth: ZendyHealth (ZH) makes it easier than ever before to search and save on health and dental services.
Marty Louis
Co-Founder and CEO of Merci Handy
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About Merci Handy: Merci Handy is a cosmetic brand.
Peter van Niekerk
CEO of Sunless
Peter van Niekerk is the CEO of Sunless.
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About Sunless: Sunless provides UV-free tanning and related beauty products.
Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro
Founder, President, CEO of Levita Magnetics
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About Levita Magnetics: Levita Magnetics develops an innovative magnetic surgical platform that serves as a catalyst of less invasive surgery.
Cassandra Grey
Founder & CEO of VIOLET GREY
Cassandra Grey is a Co-Founder and CEO of Violet Grey.
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About VIOLET GREY: VIOLET GREY is an e-commerce beauty company focused on makeup recommendations, reviews, and information.
Tuan Ho
Founder & CEO of Global Product Solutions
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About Global Product Solutions: GPS they want to help find the best solutions for their clients.
William Lee
CEO of EpigenCare
William Lee is an entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience in both the biotechnology and entertainment sectors. He is currently a shareholder and senior executive of EpiGentek Group Inc., a biotechnology reagents company specializing in epigenetics, and had also previously founded music licensing and gaming ventures. He has significant experience in management, operations, web development, and both B2B and B2C marketing. Having a passion for disruptive technologies, he invested in Bitcoin in 2013 and subsequently Ethereum in its early days. William Lee studied at New York University and Carnegie Mellon University. While pursuing his MBA at the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business, William realized the vast startup opportunity in the blockchain space and sought to bring the disruptive technology into consumer biotech.
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About EpigenCare: EpigenCare connects consumers with skincare companies through a direct-to-consumer skincare test and web platform on the Ethereum network.
Britney Winters
Founder and CEO of Upgrade Boutique
Britney Winters is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Upgrade Boutique.
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About Upgrade Boutique: Upgrade Boutique is a managed marketplace that provides beauty products and services.
Dennis E. Condon
CEO & President of NuvesseMD
Condon has served on our board since December 2017. He brings 35 years of experience in the plastic surgery sector, including the breast implant market as President of Mentor Aesthetics from 1990 to 1998. Most recently, Mr. Condon was the CEO and President of Nuvesse Skin Therapies, a venture-backed cosmeceutical skincare company serving the U.S. medical device and retail skin care markets, until its sale to a Korean pharmaceuticals company in 2016. Previous to Nuvesse, he was CEO and President of Merz Aesthetics, Inc. and President and Chief Business Officer of BioForm Medical. BioForm was acquired by Merz Pharma in January 2010. Mr. Condon has also lead other aesthetic companies, acting as CEO of a cosmetic laser company and CEO of a national chain of cosmetic surgery centers. Mr. Condon currently serves on the boards of two other companies in the aesthetic medical field: AirXpanders Inc., a unique breast reconstruction device, and Suneva Medical Inc., which commercializes the longest lasting dermal filler for facial fine lines and wrinkles. Mr. Condon has a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Davis.
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About NuvesseMD: NuvesseMD takes skin care to a new level.
Dave Cho
Co-Founder & CEO of Soko Glam
An ex-combat military guy who now knows way too much about cosmetics
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About Soko Glam: The most trusted lifestyle brand in Korean Beauty for customers, brands, and content.
Rachel Reid
Founder and CEO of Subtl Beauty
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About Subtl Beauty: Developing the industry’s first cohesive packaging experience to better meet the needs of busy women, today.
Jihan Thompson
Chief Executive Officer of Swivel
Jihan Thompson is the Co-founder and CEO at Swivel.
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About Swivel: Swivel creates a mobile app that helps black women find the perfect hairdresser.
Regina Gwynn
Co Founder & CEO of TresseNoire
Regina Gwynn is the Founder at TresseNoire.
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About Pipeline Angels, TresseNoire: A virtual multicultural beauty coach that personalizes each users’ beauty regimen of products & services!
Dang Tran
CEO, Co-Founder of Butterfly Hub
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About Butterfly Hub: Beauty & Health . Everyday . Together
Patricia Ivancich Dassios
CEO & Founder of La Mienne
CEO & Founder at La Mienne
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About La Mienne: Beauty as you like it. On-demand makeup, hair, nails and more.
Oliver Zak
Co-Founder and CEO of Mad Rabbit Tattoo
Oliver Zak is the Co-Founder and CEO at Mad Rabbit.
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About Mad Rabbit Tattoo: Mad Rabbit is a California-based tattoo aftercare brand that offers natural products for skin and tattoo maintenance.
Eva Moss
Founder & CEO of Sugaring Factory
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About Sugaring Factory: Sugaring Factory is a producer and seller of sugar paste and accessories for home and professional body hair removal.
Frank Borchetta
Cofounder, CEO, and General Counsel of Repairogen
Frank Borchetta, JD serves as CEO and President of Repairogen. Prior to joining Repairogen, Frank served as an attorney at Loeb & Loeb LLP representing global healthcare and pharmaceutical companies, most notably Hatch-Waxman in patent litigation involving a drug with over a billion in sales. Frank also served as an attorney at Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik. Frank received his JD at Boston University School of Law. Frank grew up in Maryland and resides in New York.
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About Repairogen, Turret Capital Management: Repairogen employs proprietary DNA-repair technologies to create advanced, scientifically-proven skincare products.
Mireille Liong
Owner, Founder and CEO of Going Natural
Mireille Liong-A-Kong, a Suriname native with a Master Degree in Information Technology, is an award-winning Social Entrepreneur, author and founder of a series of web communities that highlight the beauty of natural hair and expose the reality of unequal of hair rights.
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About Going Natural: only growing helping change the perception of natural hair.
Marlena Stell
CEO/Founder of Makeup Geek
Marlena Stell is the CEO & Founder of Makeup Geek.
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About Makeup Geek: Makeup Geek is an exclusive online cosmetics company that focuses on providing high-quality, cutting edge products at affordable prices.
Rebecca Lima
CEO & Co-Founder of The Lieu
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About The Lieu: The Lieu is a grooming and feminine care subscription service for workplaces and amenitized spaces.
Don Wayne Berry
Founder, CEO of CelSana Beauty & Health
As is often the case with the great companies in American history, the inspiration for the innovation sometimes comes from the most unexpected of circumstances. For CelSana and Don Wayne Berry, M.D., retired Texas heart surgeon, the spark of innovation was the direct result of something dramatically simple. A neighbor provided Dr. Berry with a salve for his troubled skin and he put it on his hand. The results were dramatic. The M.D. discovery was so remarkable in fact that Dr. Berry devoted the next decade of his life to research, testing and providing for the commercialization of a product that is going to change the world of skin care.
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About CelSana Beauty & Health: Celsana strives to bring you the most unique products for the care of your skin.
Jean Sim
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Fresh Monster
Co-Founder at Fresh Monster.
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About Fresh Monster: The first mass brand of USDA Organic certified hair care for kids
Carolina Reis Oliveira
Chief Executive Officer of OneSkin
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About OneSkin: OneSkin is a longevity company developing products designed to extend skin and body health by targeting aging at its source.
Rea Ann Silva
Founder, President & CEO of Rea.deeming Beauty
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About Rea.deeming Beauty: Manufacturer of the award-winning elliptical-shaped beautyblender® makeup applicator.
Jessica Iclisoy
Founder and CEO of California Baby
Jessica Iclisoy embarked on a journey to create a non-toxic environment for her family. Launching in her kitchen with ingredients she had sourced, Jessica began to create the beloved formulas for what is today, the industry standard in natural skincare, California Baby. Since then, Jessica has built California Baby into a globally recognized brand, with more than 90 products available at retailers nationwide and through a global distribution network. California Baby is a recognized Women Owned Business, with its own certified organic and FDA registered manufacturing operation and farm.
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About California Baby: California Baby is premium skincare that includes organic, gentle, plant ingredients for babies, children, and adults with sensitive skin.
Ben Jones
Chief Executive Officer of Haus Beauty
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About Haus Beauty: Haus Beauty is a new beauty Startup.
Iman Abdulmajid
Founder and CEO of IMAN Cosmetics
Iman Abdulmajid is the founder and CEO of IMAN Cosmetics.
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About IMAN Cosmetics: IMAN Cosmetics provides cosmetics and skincare products for women with skin of color.
Ohad Bendror
Founder and CEO of NanoSpun Technologies
Ohad Bendror is the founder and CEO of NanoSpun Technologies.
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About NanoSpun Technologies: NanoSpun Technologies develops and produces live-active biological tissues for cosmetics and health applications.
Valerie Belizaire
Founder & CEO of BeautyPlatinum
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About BeautyPlatinum: BeautyPlatinum is a manufacturer and retailer of cosmetic eyelashes.
MJ Kim
Founder and CEO of FlyngCat
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About FlyngCat: FlyingCat is Wish for Korea
Adrienne Blanks
CEO of D.I.D. Nail Paint
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About D.I.D. Nail Paint: D.I.D. Nail Paint is a highly pigmented, eco-friendly, nail color collection.
Dara Levy
CEO and Founder of DERMAFLASH
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About DERMAFLASH: DERMAFLASH is a revolution In skincare.
Tina Marie Morgan
CEO & Founder of Morgan’s Product
CEO & Founder at Morgan’s Product
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About Morgan’s Product: Morgan’s Product is a premium quality bathroom basics without the outrageous prices.
Tina Marie Morgan
CEO & Founder of Morgan’s Product
CEO & Founder at Morgan’s Product
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About Morgan’s Product: Morgan’s Product is a premium quality bathroom basics without the outrageous prices.
