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Beyond Beauty

They Were Told They Wouldn't Fit In. So They Built the Convention Everyone Wants Into.

Dream Con, the anime and gaming convention founded by RDCWorld's Mark Phillips and Affiong Harris, grew from 800 people in Waco to more than 32,000 in downtown Houston. It is the blueprint for what Black nerd culture looks like when it owns the room.

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The Drop

Oui The People Makes Its Fragrance Debut at Sephora.

The clean beauty brand steps into fine fragrance with five eau de parfums: Sunday Lime is now at Sephora, and the full collection lives at ouithepeople.com.

The Business

Black Founders Post Their Strongest Quarter Since 2022.

Black-founded U.S. startups raised $643 million in Q1 2026, the highest quarterly total since Q2 2022 and nearly 70% of all 2025 funding combined. The gains rode on 34 deals. That is the catch.

Brand Moves

Ulta's 2026 Lineup Leans Into Black-Owned Brands.

Pattern Beauty, Mielle, and Bread Beauty are among the Black-owned names Ulta added to its shelves this year. The retailer is treating the roster as a structural differentiator versus Sephora.

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Bask & Lather Is on Track to Top $100 Million.

Founder and CEO Shaina Rainford built a scalp-health and natural-hair-restoration brand to the edge of nine figures. She did it without outside investors.

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