2025 CEW Visionary Awards: Honoring Innovative Beauty Founders

Honorees for the 2025 CEW Awards, Andrea Nagel, Chief Content Officer at CEW, and Kelly McPhilliamy, managing director in the Harris Williams Consumer Group and global health & beauty lead

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Honorees for the 2025 CEW Awards, Andrea Nagel, and Kelly McPhilliamy, managing director in the Harris Williams Consumer Group

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Innovative founders and brands like those honored at this year’s CEW Visionary Awards exemplify the growth opportunity in health and beauty.

2025 CEW Visionary Awards: Honoring Innovative Beauty Founders 

Tangle Teezer Acquired by BIC

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Harris Williams advised BELLAMI on its sale to Beauty Industry Group, a portfolio company of L Catterton and HGGC. Founded in 2012 by Nikki Eslami and Julius Salerno, BELLAMI provides premium hair enhancement solution products to consumers and salon professionals worldwide through its e-commerce platform and its company-owned stores, the BELLAMI Beauty Bars.

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Livingbridge has made a growth investment in Absolute Collagen, an anti-ageing marine collagen supplement. Harris Williams advised Livingbridge on the transaction.

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Trive Capital Acquires Formula Wellness

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Harris Williams advised Two Sigma Impact and Avance Investment Management on their investment in Wholesale Supplies Plus (WSP). WSP is a leading e-commerce provider of ingredients and supplies to commercial artisans who create personal care, beauty, and home fragrance products.

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Spotlighting the Honorees

Alisa Metzger and Jen Shane, Co-Founders, INNBEAUTY Project

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Baylee Relf, Co-Founder, DIME Beauty

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Carly Guerra, CEO & Founder, SAVOIR

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Cynthia Sakai, Founder, evolvetogether

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Hillary Peterson, Founder and Board Chair, True Botanicals

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Janell Stephens, CEO & Founder, Camille Rose Naturals

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Olamide Olowe, Founder & CEO, Topicals

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Tina Chen Craig, Founder, U Beauty

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