You can't talk about inclusive makeup without spotlighting Mented Cosmetics. The brand launched in 2017–led by KJ Miller and Amanda E. Johnson—offering nude lipsticks made for melanin-rich skin. Nine ...

Black woman-owned beauty brand Mented Cosmetics has been acquired by West Lane Capital Partners, Beauty Independent reports. The company, co-founded in 2017 by KJ Miller and Amanda E/J Morrison, ...

Mented Cosmetics has closed a $5 million Series A round led by Corazon Capital and CircleUp Growth Partners. Mented plans to use the capital to build the team and grow distribution with Ulta Beauty, ...

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Mented Cosmetics founders Amanda E. Johnson and KJ Miller (Photo provided by Mented Cosmetics) Mented Cosmetics changed the beauty industry for the better when it was founded in 2017. Mented Cosmetics ...

Founders: KJ Miller (CEO), Amanda Johnson Launched: 2017 Headquarters: New York City Industries: Retail, consumer products Pictured above (from left to right): Amanda Johnson, KJ Miller Mented ...

When KJ Miller and Amanda E. Johnson came up with the idea to build a beauty brand for women of color two years ago out of their frustration with the choices of beauty products for black women, they ...

We love any and all forms of #BlackGirlMagic and Mented Cosmetics‘ recent win is definitely yet another reason to keep an eye on the brand. The company recently announced a new round of $3 million in ...

When KJ Miller and Amanda Johnson started Mented Cosmetics in January 2017, the cofounders spent the year navigating two industries that have long overlooked African-American women: high-end organic ...

Friends since they were students at Harvard Business School, KJ Miller and Amanda Johnson found themselves lamenting a problem many women of color shared — finding appropriately pigmented cosmetics.

The cofounders of Mented Cosmetics, a makeup line for women of color, have become the 15th and 16th African-American women ever to raise $1 million in venture capital to grow their business. Amanda ...