Beauty, Fashion and Wellness Recruiters: 14 Firms Compared

Norman's homepage reports a 2023 brand president placement at OneSize by Patrick Starrr and multiple assignments across the Luxury Brand Partners portfolio in 2024. It also ran a CEO search for Tricoci Salon & Spa, retained by the chain's core investor, Agman Partners. Its fashion cases include STAUD's first head of digital and marketing search and a 2024 CEO placement at the golf apparel brand Ashworth Golf.

Its beauty page describes a specialist beauty and personal care search firm working on a retained model at C-suite and VP level across the US. The roles run from CEO and president to CMO and commercial, product development, e-commerce, sales and retail, and operations, finance and people leadership. The homepage reported in October 2026 that 90% of roles are filled within three months of the search starting, without giving a reporting period or search count.

Professional Recruiting Consultants lists companies it has worked with, including Sol De Janeiro, Makeup By Mario, Milk Makeup, Hourglass Cosmetics and IL MAKIAGE. Beside them it lists positions filled, from VP of marketing and VP of operations to e-commerce director and brand manager, without saying which role was filled for which company. Marc Capra, co-founder and creative director of Sol De Janeiro, says Lisa Malatesta found "a range of highly qualified candidates" and that the company identified the right one.

The firm was founded in 1985. Lisa Malatesta, its VP of recruitment, created its beauty, lifestyle and personal care division in 2017. Its searches cover C-level roles to individual contributors, as direct or contract hires, and it lists an affiliation with Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW).

Most testimonials on Veblen's client page name the role hired: a UK and EU head of sales at Nails Inc, a head of sales at Medik8, a VP of sales and marketing at Kayali and a director of operations at ColorWow, among others. Several of these testimonials come from the people placed. Lucy Parkyn of Nails Inc, for example, says a Veblen consultant helped her secure a senior commercial role in beauty.

Veblen describes itself as a beauty recruitment and headhunting agency for the beauty, aesthetics, technical, women's health and FemTech, wellness and lifestyle sectors. Its CEO, Kirsty Fenella Smith, founded it in 2012 and has recruited for roles with an international scope, including C-suite global relocation hires. Its retained search page (opens in a new tab) describes an exclusive partnership with market-mapped shortlists and weekly progress updates. Veblen also offers contingent search and freelance, interim and fractional options.

CP&KRELL's clients page reported a 98% repeat client rate, a 97% offer acceptance rate and a 10-week average time to fill in October 2026. It gives no reporting period or search count and does not define whether time to fill ends at an accepted offer or a start date. It says its placements span 16 nationalities and that 64% of candidates speak two or more languages. Recent placements are listed by level and function, from board members and chief executives to VPs, general managers, directors and managers, with no client named.

Its homepage testimonials are anonymous. They come from the founder and CEO of a US beauty company, the CEO of a global homecare products company and the global HR executive director of an international beauty company, who says the firm helped it recruit C-level executives. The firm says it has 30 years of experience in the beauty, wellness, fashion and CPG industries. Alongside executive search and specialist recruitment, it offers market research and salary surveys, pre-employment checks and assessment, relocation and immigration support, and contract staffing.

ForceBrands' wellness case study describes a CMO search for Vital Proteins, a Nestlé Health Science brand, that began soon after the two companies integrated. The client paused the search for nearly a year, and ForceBrands kept in touch with the top candidates until it resumed. The case lists 12 candidates sourced, 6 introduced and 91 days to hire, without saying how the pause was counted, and it is undated.

Its industries page names beauty and wellness among six consumer categories it recruits for and says 226+ beauty brands trust its team. Its direct hire page (opens in a new tab) describes direct hire for permanent roles, often at director or VP level, with fees tied to placement. Executive search is a retained model, typically for C-suite or board roles, in which ForceBrands engages exclusively. It also offers fractional and interim placements and advisory services.

For Primally Pure, a clean skincare brand, Good People recruited marketing talent in social media, content writing, creative design and partnership management within a two-hour drive of San Diego, according to a case study posted in June 2023. Primally Pure's VP of marketing says the firm helped build "a capable marketing team that shares our brand values". Its case-study index (opens in a new tab) also lists work for Peace Out, quip, Trace Minerals and Spring Foods, among others.

The agency calls itself purpose-driven and works with wellness, CPG, clean beauty and sustainable fashion brands, prioritizing companies "doing something good". It fills full-time and contract roles across marketing, PR, e-commerce, creative, sales, HR, finance, operations, product development and supply chain. Its hiring page (opens in a new tab) lists retained, contingency and "contained" searches without defining them.

Fourth Floor's page carries testimonials from talent leaders at Tory Burch, Richemont and LVMH. Tory Burch's talent acquisition manager says it helped identify talent "across all facets of our business", and a CMO at an unnamed fashion brand also recommends it. The testimonials do not name the roles filled.

Fourth Floor is the fashion, beauty and lifestyle division of Career Group Companies. It offers six ways to hire: direct hire, temp-to-hire, temporary staffing, retained executive search, payroll services and recruitment process outsourcing. Its executive search roles run from creative and design directors to heads of merchandising, chief marketing officers and SVPs of fashion. Career Group's FAQ (opens in a new tab) says bill rates depend on the position, employment type, experience level and length of assignment.

On Nigel Wright's UK beauty page, a senior manager at Wella says the firm recruited an HR business partner, a brand manager, an area sales manager and an interim account manager across Europe. A senior manager at eos describes the hire of a marketing manager and a senior account manager, and Helen of Troy's head of sales and marketing calls the firm its main health and beauty recruitment partner for sales and marketing roles. The beauty page also lists Coty, Henkel, Rituals, Procter & Gamble and LR Health and Beauty among companies that have used it, and its fashion and lifestyle page names J. Barbour & Sons, Castore, END. and Revolution Beauty among its clients.

The firm recruits for CEO and managing director roles and for mid-management to C-level positions in sales, marketing, supply chain, manufacturing, HR, IT and finance. Its fashion page says it handles board and director-level appointments across fashion, lifestyle and beauty. It is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Fashion Network is a New York recruiter for fashion, wholesale, e-commerce and retail companies, recruiting since 2001. Its employer page (opens in a new tab) lists roles from sales executives, designers and production staff to marketing, e-commerce managers, logistics and distribution, and says clients work directly with the firm's owners throughout the search.

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ACCUR's case-study index lists two beauty searches, a US president for Bondi Sands and a US president for a digitally native nail care brand, among assignments in wine and spirits, watches and luxury retail. The index gives no dates or outcomes. On its beauty page, Jane Lee, AVP of human resources at L'Oréal Group, praises its "accurate, personalized & fast response", and Arnaud Naintre, president of the Americas at Sisley, says he has worked with founder Edouard Thoumyre several times over eight years.

ACCUR describes itself as an executive search firm for consumer and luxury goods, and its beauty page says it has connected companies with beauty executives since 2006. Retained search covers C-suite, SVP and VP roles under an exclusive agreement with an upfront retainer. Professional search for mid-level roles is largely contingency-based, with most of the fee due on placement, and contingency search is offered only to long-term clients and for specific opportunities.

Alpha Apex Group's beauty, fashion and wellness page reported firm-wide figures in October 2026: 2,000+ placements worldwide and a 43-day average time to fill full-time hires. The page adds that new candidates reach the hiring manager's inbox within 72 hours, with no starting point or scope given. None of these figures is identified as a sector measure, and no beauty, fashion or wellness client or case is named.

The page describes leadership assessment, global talent acquisition, recruitment strategies tailored to the sector and ongoing support after placement. Its roles run from the C-suite to VPs, directors, managers and technical staff. It publishes no fee or search model, so agree both directly.

Keller's beauty page lists placements including a chief marketing officer for a cosmetics brand and a chief financial officer for a fragrance house, without naming the employers. Its testimonials identify the author by first name, initial and title.

The same page carried an "18% Client Success Fee" line in October 2026, but its fee FAQ says a typical beauty fee cannot be estimated and that the payment structure is discussed with each client at the first meetings. Keller also offers a replacement program of up to 365 days, under which it repeats the search at no extra charge if the hire can no longer perform the role. Its approach page (opens in a new tab) says it typically presents a shortlist within 2 to 3 weeks and that its complete search, which ends with offer and acceptance, may take 30 to 60 days or more.

The practice covers C-suite, SVP, VP, director and manager roles across skincare, fragrance, haircare, clean beauty, beauty tech and spa and wellness brands.

For cosmetics and fashion employers, Monroe's sector page offers executive search and headhunting for roles in any department, including executive management, engineering, finance, procurement, production, supply chain, IT, e-commerce, product management and sales and marketing. It cites offices across Asia and a global network across 20 countries. Monroe is part of Empresaria Group plc.

The sector page names no client or placement, and its testimonials page (opens in a new tab) does not identify a cosmetics or fashion employer. Its executive search FAQ (opens in a new tab) explains retained and contingency search without saying which model or fee Monroe uses.

Dana Toor of Ralph Lauren's talent acquisition team says she worked with Jane Gerard at Calvin Klein and Rubenstein PR, and RF|Binder's director of talent acquisition says she has worked with her since 2007. The firm's clients page says it recruits PR talent for clients in sectors including beauty, fashion, and fitness and wellness. Most other testimonials on the page come from PR professionals describing their own job moves.

Her services page (opens in a new tab) describes nearly 20 years of executive recruiting and HR experience centered on New York City's PR agencies, with roles from junior executives to senior managing directors. For a wider comparison, see PR and communications recruiters.