Jane Carlson
How Indie Beauty Brands Are Shaping The Conscious Beauty Movement
The idea of conscious beauty is spreading across the beauty industry, from brands to retailers. Proponents of the phrase are anticipating the high principles it conveys will turn into a movement that will...
What’s Behind Successful CEO-Founder Relationships
Successful pairings of creative and business minds have been pivotal to some of the most significant brands of our time. Think Christopher Bailey and Angela Ahrendts at Burberry, Marc Jacobs and Robert Duffy at Marc Jacobs...
Five Breakthrough Skinfluencers To Follow On TikTok Right Now
If YouTube spawned powerful makeup influencers, TikTok is turning creators into skincare superstars. The rise of skincare content on the gen Z-dominated social media network—there are exploding pimples, amazing glow-ups, cool new brands, forgettable and unforgettable trends, and...
Indie Beauty Retailers On Meeting Unmet Consumer Needs And What They Look For In New Brands
For independent beauty retailers, business challenges are the norm. In the abnormal environment of a pandemic, the business challenges are even greater. During Beauty Independent’s In Conversation webinar last Wednesday, the founders of
With The TikTok Ban Looming, Beauty Brands Look To Diversify Social Media Strategies
A little over a year ago, TikTok creators posted videos of themselves using Hero Cosmetics’ Mighty Patch zit stickers with the hashtag #schoolsurvivalkit. The brand’s campaign, unusual for the beauty industry at the time, reached an audience of...
Former Papa & Barkley CMO Kimberly Dillon Launches CBD Beauty Brand Frigg
As CMO of Papa & Barkley, Kimberly Dillon helped build one of the fastest-growing consumer products brands in the cannabis space. Working at the hemp-centered business was anything but chill, and she left it in 2017 after...
Where Brand Incubators Are Placing Their Bets In The Beauty Market
Brand incubator executives are betting on high-end supplements, and mass and masstige skincare and haircare to outperform the overall beauty market. Angela Umelo, founder and CEO of Salt + Earth Labs, Brandon Ford, chief accelerator director at...
