Beauty’s New Bosses Explain How They’re Pioneering the Business
From Hollywood to mass retail, these four women are rewriting the business of influence, rooted in science, wellness, longevity, and trust.
Female Founders Are Underfunded, Yet Outperform Their Male Peers, New Study Shows
Female founded companies do more with less, according to a report by the NYC-based Female Founders Fund.
All the Swells Who Brought Inspiration, Insights, and Style to CEW’s 2025 Achiever Awards
Two parties. One thousand-plus beauty executives. Eleven unmatchable female beauty leaders. See who came out to celebrate this year’s 2025 CEW Achiever Award Honorees, which turned 50 this year.
Shoptalk Spring 2025: Cross-Industry Lessons for the Future of Beauty
Shoptalk Spring 2025 brought together more than 10,000 retail and tech leaders, including a strong beauty presence, where industry executives shared insights, trends, and cross-category inspiration shaping the future of commerce.
Jill Scalamandre: Disrupting the Expected, Defining What’s Next
By fearlessly reinventing brands, redefining leadership, and challenging the norm, Jill Scalamandre has transformed the beauty industry from the inside out.
L’Oréal Groupe’s Carol Hamilton to Retire After 40 Year Career
To recognize Carol Hamilton’s extraordinary leadership and contributions to the beauty industry, Hamilton will be the recipient of CEW’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented at this year’s annual Achiever Awards Luncheon on April 30, which this year is celebrating its 50-year anniversary.
5 Minutes with 111Skin CEO Vanessa Goddevrind
In the few years since Vanessa Goddevrind joined 111SKIN, the luxury skin care brand has successfully expanded its presence in a competitive market. Now, as CEO, she discusses the strategies driving growth, her commitment to consumer education, and how a blend of science and sensory experience sets the brand apart. Most recently, the brand took on financial investment from SKKY Partners. The brand’s co-founders retain majority ownership and continue to lead the company, along with Goddevrind and the rest of the 111SKIN management team. With SKKY Partners’ support, the brand looks to strengthen its direct-to-consumer business while expanding the customer base in key markets, including North America and Asia.
NYSAE Honors CEW President Carlotta Jacobson
Carlotta Jacobson received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the NYSAE 2024 Synergy Awards, recognizing her leadership in the beauty industry
Blooming Brands’ CRO Makes Wearing Many Hats Look Easy
It’s no mystery that a key secret to executive success is wearing multiple hats every day — and doing everything exceedingly well. This skill has CRO Brianne Price overseeing everything from finance to social media to product launches for multiple brands that are sold in more than 85,000 doors globally. Here’s how she does it.
5 Minutes With L’Oréal Luxe Division President Silvia Galfo
The longtime L’Oréal executive sat down with CEW for a state-of-the-industry of sorts, covering how and where today’s consumer shops, as well as her newly minted position heading up 15 prestige beauty brands for the largest beauty company in the world.
5 Minutes with Eighth Day’s Savannah Sachs
The CEO’s knack for building and scaling brands has earned her a reputation for turning up-and-comers into major industry players. In her new role at the helm of luxury skin care darling Eighth Day, Sachs brings her strategic, thoughtful approach to the brand’s growth plan and is creating plenty of buzz in the prestige market.
Nancy Twine, CEO and Founder, Briogeo Explains Life After an Acquisition
Nancy Twine is a beauty-industry pioneer. She helped usher in the “skinification” of hair care with the launch of Briogeo in 2013, and then became the youngest Black woman to introduce a product line at Sephora. When she sold Briogeo to Wella in 2022, a whole new role for her began. Here, Twine, the Keynote speaker for CEW’s 2024 Visionary Awards, reveals what she’s been up to since the acquisition (hint: a lot) — as well as why she believes a trailblazer must pave a path for others.