I never thought I'd go into business. Now my sugar wax brand is on shelves in Ulta — here's what I've learned so far

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Aliyah Marandiz holding Sugardoh
Sugardoh's TikTok page boasts over 530,000 followers with over 19 million likes, and features tips and tutorials on how to use their products.

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Olaplex is losing top employees as it faces falling sales and a hair-loss lawsuit

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An Olaplex shampoo bottle.
Olaplex employees, including two C-suite executives, have left the brand over the past several months.

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3 things plaguing Olaplex that have nothing to do with the hair loss lawsuit

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An Olaplex shampoo bottle.
Olaplex faces multiple challenges, from fending off competitors to getting more stylists to recommend its products to customers, TD Cowen analysts say.

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The 'lipstick index' strikes again: Beauty shoppers are still spending big, even as US consumers dial back on everything else

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A shopper looks at beauty products at an Ulta Beauty shop inside a Target store.
Target says Ulta Beauty sales in its stores increased fourfold from 2021 to 2022.

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TikTok's new Bold Glamour filter has gone viral for simulating 'mainstream beauty' but it's a reminder of how far AI has to go to integrate 'faces of color'

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Lakshmi Varanasi
The "Bold Glamour" version of me on the left and my minimal "no makeup" face on the right.

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See Glossier founder Emily Weiss's wild ride from Teen Vogue 'super intern' to head of the billion-dollar beauty brand — and what's next now that she's no longer CEO

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Glossier is known for its low-key and natural-looking makeup and skincare.

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Walmart says it charged Beauty Box subscribers nearly $700 instead of $6.98 due to a 'coding error'

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Walmart began selling its Beauty Box products in 2014.

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Day in the life of the founder of Rebundle, a hair-extension brand that closed a $2.1 million pre-seed round with investors like Colin Kaepernick

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Ciara Imani May
Ciara Imani May is the founder of Rebundle

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Olaplex CEO says hair loss complaints are 'sadly, a fact of life in our industry' as she's slammed with a new lawsuit and PR nightmare

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JuE Wong wears a teal dress and speaks at a podium in 2015.
JuE Wong, the CEO of Olaplex, defended the hair care company in a LinkedIn post on Thursday as it faces a lawsuit from users.

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I'm a plastic surgeon. More people are 'bundling' procedures — here's when it's a great idea and when it can get risky.

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Dr. Robert Westreich

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