Elise Minton Tabin
How Beacon Award Winner Sisterwould Hit Six Figures With A Minimal Marketing Budget
When sister-in-laws Rina Gocaj-Bekiri and Floriye Elmazi couldn’t find hair products that catered to pressing condition-based concerns, such as dandruff, psoriasis, alopecia, hair loss and the effects of chemotherapy on hair, they decided to combine their passions for...
How Kahina Giving Beauty Unexpectedly Found Success In China
While indie beauty has been tough in the United States, Kahina Giving Beauty has ventured abroad, specifically to China, for growth. The 16-year-old clean skincare brand centered on fair-trade argan oil extracted by Berber women in Morocco...
Everyday Chemist Creates Skincare Through The Lens Of A Cosmetic Chemist And R&D Lab
Cosmetic chemists make the beauty products consumers know and love, but they’ve largely stayed hidden from public view, toiling behind the lab bench for beauty brands that aren’t theirs. That’s changing. Adriana Zhamo is the latest cosmetic chemist...
As Macy’s Moves Higher End, Its Revamped Beauty Department In Miami’s Dadeland Mall Offers A Glimpse At Its Future
Contending with falling sales, Macy’s announced Tuesday that it’s slimming down its retail fleet to 350 stores by closing 150 over the next three years, including 50 this year. Simultaneously, it’s concentrating on...
Former Nécessaire Exec Teams Up With Cancer Researchers To Launch Exosome-Driven Brand SickScience
Years of cancer research led molecular scientists Merve Yildirim and Polen Koçak to develop NX35, a proprietary exosome technology based on bioengineered plant cells and the key ingredient in their new beauty brand SickScience.
What’s With The Sudden Interest In Biomimetic Skincare?
When Jennifer McClure, founder of Melach 33, was reformulating the skincare brand’s Nourishing Eye Cream, she wanted to add a gentle active ingredient proven to provide anti-aging benefits and decided on ChroNOline, a compound supplier Lucas...
Raising A Teenager Is Hard—And I Learned Building A Teen Skincare Brand Is Pretty Hard, Too
Short of giving birth to my daughter, building a skincare brand is one of the most challenging projects I’ve taken on—and I took it on even though I never had a deep burning desire to become a beauty...
