I help beauty and beauty-tech brands turn research into strategy.

I'm Nicholle — a beauty researcher, writer, and strategist with a background in clinical research and public health (MPH, Brown University). I write and work at the intersection of science, culture, and lived experience — on the quiet ways beauty shapes identity, belonging, and self-image, and on the business and marketing forces behind the industry itself. I believe beauty exists at the intersection of health and wellness and that people should be able to access beauty that is safe in terms of the formulation and the way it is marketed.

Writing

What I've been writing about.

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Science

innovative beauty, part 3

I went down a research rabbit hole on the skin microbiome. Here's what the science actually says (with receipts).

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Inclusion & Innovation

beauty, tech, colorism, and beyond

From pulse oximeters to shade-matching scandals — why beauty and wellness tech keeps failing darker skin tones.

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Market

i can see the future, and it's bald?

Textured hair is having a moment. I break down where the real innovation is happening, and where it isn't yet.

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Tech

should agentic AI have a place in the beauty industry?

If AI is making your purchasing decisions, are you still the consumer — or is AI?

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Consumer Behavior

innovative beauty that gets the people going, part 2

A data-backed look at Topicals' influence on under-eye patches and gamification marketing in the beauty industry.

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Research Boards

What's behind the writing

Selected Work

Braidiant, Inc.

Braidiant is a beauty-tech startup building styling devices for textured hair. I work alongside the team on the research and strategy side — helping translate what we learn about consumers into decisions the business can act on.

Research Designing and running consumer surveys
Strategy Building growth and go-to-market strategy decks
Listening Tracking consumer sentiment through social listening
Support General strategic support across the business
Contact

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What are you working on?

Brand research, writing, strategy — or something in between. Tell me what you're working on and I'll follow up.

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