Gostrider builds beauty brands for music artists, carrying their creative identities from product development through global distribution. The company’s distinctive model joins more than five decades of experience across the music and beauty industries with an accelerator program for emerging talent. Its artist-linked portfolio includes Beauty For Certain, co-founded by multi-platinum artist BIA, and Mo-Beauty Shop, co-founded by drag artist Mo Heart.
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Slate BrandsSlate Brands is a digitally native beauty brand incubator that develops and scales fragrance and men’s wellness brands. Its data-first in-house team works with master perfumers, creators and strategic partners to take ideas from concept through product development, e-commerce and distribution. The company’s portfolio includes creator-led names such as Auden Lueur, founded by XO MaCenna, and Bella Perversa, created by Daisy Marquez.New York, NY
Debra MackiAfter 30 years in the beauty industry, Debra Macki is a global celebrity makeup artist and style editor rooted in the North Shore of Boston. She splits her time between Salem and Los Angeles, serves celebrity clients, and teaches makeup artists through classes held around the world.NEW YORK, NY
Hung Vanngo BeautyFounded from professional makeup artist Hung Vanngo’s decades of global artistry, Hung Vanngo Beauty makes high-performance makeup designed for every skin tone, texture, and style. Vanngo, who emigrated from Vietnam to Canada before moving to New York City, brings an artist’s eye to products such as color-story eyeshadow palettes and longwear eyeliners, balancing bold pigment with everyday wearability. The brand also supports working makeup artists and students through its Pro Artistry program.
Luxe BrandsLuxe Brands develops and distributes prestige beauty products, building fragrance and other beauty lines around celebrity, designer and lifestyle identities. Based in Florida, the company has built a portfolio that includes Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj fragrances alongside partnerships with Cosmopolitan and Hummer, using brand-specific collaboration from product design through creative campaigns. Its Ariana Grande fragrance business surpassed $300 million in retail sales in less than five years, with several releases earning major fragrance-industry awards.NEW YORK, NY