The Beauty Investor Diligence Tool

Most beauty due diligence stops at the financials. This one doesn't.

This two-part investor framework covers 11 categories of operational and regulatory risk — with specific questions and the stakes attached to each — plus a forward-looking intelligence layer on where the next wave of exposure is forming in beauty and personal care. Written for investors and advisors, not founders. Read it before the conversation begins.

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    Melory Johnson

    Founder, Pretty Equity | Beauty Industry Advisor & Strategist

    Who am I?

    Melory Johnson is a beauty industry veteran with 25+ years of experience across product development, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, and commercialization. Pretty Equity is her advisory and publishing platform — translating that experience into tools, research, and insight for investors and founders navigating beauty execution risk.

    What will you learn?

    • How to evaluate a brand's regulatory, manufacturing, and documentation infrastructure — before capital is committed
    • What contract manufacturer risk looks like from an investor's seat, including how a CM's compliance record becomes the brand's exposure
    • Which forward-looking market signals — MoCRA enforcement, clinical validation, tariff exposure, leadership dependency — should change how you weight your diligence questions today