A Virtual Conference

State of the Beauty Industry:
Transformed

July 21, 2020

Brands Winning in the Now Normal

Recorded On: 07/21/2020

Learn how four beauty brands successfully navigated the challenges presented in the past six months, from messaging to distribution, and new product launches

Beatrice Dixon

Co-Founder & CEO, The Honey Pot Company

When she was younger, Beatrice Dixon suffered with bacterial vaginosis for eight months. One night, an ancestor gave her the ingredients to heal herself in a dream. From that insightful dream, she created the formula for a healthy, clean feminine wash. In 2014, Dixon launched The Honey Pot Company, a plant-based feminine hygiene line created with a goal to provide women with a healthy alternative to feminine care that is free of chemicals, parabens, carcinogens and sulfates. The rest is history.

With experience in pharmaceuticals, retail and natural foods, Dixon has the insight and expertise to bring the innovative concept of a plant-based feminine care system to the marketplace. Unlike mass market and conventional feminine care brands, consumers will be able to get all of their feminine care needs met under one brand as The Honey Pot Company currently offers feminine washes, wipes, tampons, pads, mommy-to-be products, and soon-to-be additional offerings in both the feminine hygiene and feminine care segments.

Today, The Honey Pot Company’s products can be found online and in stores nationwide at Target, Walmart, Urban Outfitters, Walgreens, Bed Bath and Beyond, Wegmans and Whole Foods, among other retailers.

An empowering African American female entrepreneur, Dixon has been a recipient of the Sundial and Unilever’s multimillion-dollar New Voices fund; was 1 of the first 40 women of color to raise one million in venture capital; and has been featured in T-Pain’s School of BusinessBuzzFeed’s Ladylike series, Today Show, The New York Times, Entrepreneur, ELLE, ESSENCE and Forbes, to name a few.

Most recently, she was named one of Entrepreneur‘s top 100 groundbreaking women entrepreneurs of 2019; her company won a 2020 ESSENCE Best in Black Beauty Award; and she received a CEW Indie 65 Award in 2019, honoring beauty’s independent companies.

Through her diverse background and experience, Dixon continues to make a mark in the world of natural health and retail with a truly revolutionary approach to feminine health and sexual wellness.

Graham Jones

CEO, eSalon

Savannah Sachs

CEO, Tula

Savannah Sachs is the CEO of TULA – the clean & effective skincare brand powered by probiotics and superfoods to help you feel confident in your skin.  She’s focused on building a happy, high-performing team to deliver rapid growth.  Prior to joining TULA, Savannah held positions as COO and UK General Manager at Birchbox, which offers personalized beauty subscriptions paired with discovery e-commerce. Savannah has also worked in management consulting at Booz & Company advising Fortune 500 retail, personal care, and pharmaceutical clients. Her consulting experience in strategy, organizational effectiveness, and talent management are instrumental in driving rapid growth and scaling businesses.

Amy Zunzunegui

CEO & Founder, WLDKAT

With almost two decades of experience under her belt, Amy Zunzunegui has dedicated her career to developing iconic, industry-disrupting products, such as Urban Decay cult-favorites, the NAKED Palette and 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils. Amy entered the beauty industry in 1999 at Urban Decay and built her career there for the next 18 years holding titles including Senior Vice President of Product Development & Packaging and General Manager of Brand Strategy & Product. Though Amy never planned to start her own company, she felt a calling towards the cannabis and skin care space. When developing WLDKAT Amy set out to destigmatize recreational cannabis use with her California-based beauty brand. WLDKAT’s mission is to offer womxn representation in the cannabis beauty subculture that moves away from the traditional feminine boxes they are so regularly confined to. With an emphasis on skin care heavily focused on CBD and prestige recreational cannabis, the brand exists to elevate the beauty routine and take the guess work out of cannabis use. With a range of CBD infused products both core and unconventional, WLDKAT is the perfect fusion of prestige cannabis culture and CBD skincare.

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07/21/2020 at 3:00 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 07/21/2020
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