Carol’s Daughter said Oct. 6 that its Lisa’s Kitchen Edge Treatment Balm was named Best Edge Treatment in Oprah Daily’s 2026 Beauty O-wards. Founder Lisa Price also presented the four product, Lisa’s Kitchen scalp and edge care line on the Tamron Hall Show on Oct. 5, according to the brand’s press release. Lisa’s Kitchen is the first collection the brand has released since Price returned it to independent ownership.
What Carol’s Daughter Announced About Lisa’s Kitchen
The Oct. 6 release, issued from Brooklyn through PR Newswire, says the Edge Treatment Balm is a 2-ounce product with a suggested retail price of $12.99. It is built on green coffee butter, which the brand describes as a skin-care-inspired ingredient meant to cushion and condition fragile edges. The release says the award places the balm in a small group of best-in-hair picks in the annual Oprah Daily roundup.
Price said in the release that she designed the line around a single idea: “I wanted it to feel like coming home.” She also described how the Tamron Hall appearance connected to Oprah Daily’s selection. In the release, she said the two moments showed that people are listening to the brand.
The release says Price used the Beauty Bar segment of the Tamron Hall Show to demonstrate how the Edge Treatment Balm and the Scalp Balancing Serum work together. The routine she described puts the scalp first and styling second. The release does not give a sales figure. Its headline calls the line a hit and the text says it is quickly building momentum, but it names no units sold, revenue or retail sell-through rate.
What Is in the Lisa’s Kitchen Scalp and Edge Care Line
Carol’s Daughter first announced the line in a Sept. 2 release. It lists four products, each with a suggested retail price of $12.99:
- Edge Treatment Balm, 2 ounces, a balm-to-oil formula with green coffee butter.
- Scalp Balancing Serum, 2 fluid ounces, described as oil-free and fragrance-free, with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid and rice protein.
- Scalp & Edge Cleansing Oil, 6 fluid ounces, a no-rinse cleanser with rice bran oil.
- Scalp Detox Cleansing Nectar, 8 fluid ounces, a sulfate-free cleanser with ceramides.
The brand says all four share a botanical blend of nettle leaf, soursop and lavender. The Sept. 2 release says the line is sold at CarolsDaughter.com, Walmart, CVS and Amazon.
At four items priced at $12.99, a customer who buys the full set pays $51.96 before tax and shipping. The Edge Treatment Balm alone costs about one-quarter of that. The brand’s own online shop lists a free shipping threshold of $35, so a customer buying any three of the products at $38.97 clears it, according to the Carol’s Daughter product page.
Why Carol’s Daughter Built a Scalp-First Collection
Price said in the Sept. 2 release that “Healthy hair begins at the scalp.” She said styling routines changed over time: styles became sleeker, protective styles lasted longer and wash days stretched further apart. In her account, that shift moved attention from the scalp to the style, and the line is meant to return attention to what she calls the foundation beneath it.
The release positions the collection against a category it describes as focused on styling, quick fixes and damage control. It does not cite a survey or clinical study to support the claim about consumer habits. The brand’s history section in the Oct. 6 release says Carol’s Daughter pioneered sulfate-free cleansing, lightweight moisturizers for curly hair and the first clinically supported anti-breakage system in the textured haircare category. The release does not include the clinical data behind that last claim.
Lisa Price and the Return to Independent Ownership
Price says in the brand’s About section that she began making products in her Brooklyn kitchen in 1993, encouraged by her mother, Carol. She named the company with the line “Lisa, Carol’s Daughter.” The brand has operated for 33 years counting from that date.
A Nov. 20, 2025 release states that Price reclaimed the brand in April 2025 and returned as an owner with the title Founder & President. That release does not say when the brand was sold or to whom, and it does not give the terms of the deal. It describes the relaunch of CarolsDaughter.com as a direct-to-consumer site with community discounts and educational content. Price called the relaunch a “homecoming” at the time.
The same release says the brand began with a $100 investment. It says Price was the first Black beauty founder to achieve record sales on HSN and that the brand’s product line is preserved in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
It also describes Love Delivered, an initiative that expands access to doula care, and a planned editorial destination called Lisa’s Love List, which the release says will feature Black- and Brown-owned brands that Price curates. The release gave a Winter 2026 timing for that project.
Timeline of the Lisa’s Kitchen Launch
The brand’s own materials give two different dates for when the line reached shoppers. The article on the Carol’s Daughter website is dated June 18, 2026, but its summary says the line launched on carolsdaughter.com on July 17, 2026, and the page does not explain the gap. The Sept. 2 release says the line is available now at CarolsDaughter.com, Walmart, CVS and Amazon.
Counting from the Sept. 2 release, the Oct. 6 announcement came 34 days later. Counting from the April 2025 reclaim, the first independent-era collection arrived about 17 months after Price returned as an owner. The Oct. 6 release does not state whether the retail partners or the brand’s own site account for most of the early sales.
What the Oprah Daily and Tamron Hall Recognition Shows
The Oct. 6 release credits Oprah Daily and the Tamron Hall Show with the exposure the line has received so far. Price said in the release that Oprah was among the first voices to bring the Carol’s Daughter line to the community.
The release lists Patricia Rappaport of Civic PR as the media contact. The award is described in the brand’s statement. The brand release says the Tamron Hall segment aired Oct. 5. For readers shopping the line, the full set is available through the four sellers named in the Sept. 2 release. The Edge Treatment Balm is the product with the award, and it sells at the same $12.99 price as the other three items in the collection.
