Jenny Berg

The Essentials Of EU And UK Beauty Product Regulatory Compliance
“Get your compliance right. Then, get your marketing off the ground,” said Peter Mudahy, CEO of Pak Group, speaking about beauty product regulatory compliance in the European Union and United Kingdom. “Without compliance, you don’t have a...

Native American-Owned Cosmetics Brand Ah-Shi Beauty Is Carefully Reopening Its Stores After Pandemic Closures
Last year, only months after founder Ahsaki Báá LaFrance-Chachere opened Ah-Shi Beauty’s studio, showroom, distribution center and gift shop in Gallup, N.M., and days after it opened a store in Navajo Nation capital Window Rock, Ariz., a...

The Six Biggest Sustainable Beauty Trends
Unlike the maximalist beauty product packaging of the past, Oyl + Water founder and CEO Rachel Roberts Mattox declares modern beauty consumers are “prioritizing minimalism.” During a Beauty Independent In Conversation webinar last week sponsored by

How Indigenous-Owned Brand Satya Is Helping The Kamloops Community After The Discovery Of 215 Buried Schoolchildren
“When the news came about, I wasn’t shocked,” says Patrice Mousseau, the Vancouver-based Ojibway founder of Satya Organic Skin Care. “Initially, I was like, yes, of course they found that—and they’re going to find more. I’ve seen...

What Beauty Entrepreneurs Need To Know To Develop Clean Beauty Brands Relevant To Today’s Consumers
Even though they’re not usually chemists, Hayley Hoffman Peri, founder and CEO of the conscious beauty insights firm Dandi Day, asserts brand founders must have an intimate knowledge of what’s going into their products in order to...

“Haircare Is Skincare”: Dermatologist-Founded Haircare Brand Seen Launches At Ulta Beauty
When dermatologist Iris Rubin started struggling with breakouts in 2014, the culprit wasn’t immediately clear. “I was getting acne from my haircare products, and it took me a while to make the connection,” she says. When Rubin did...

As States Pass Anti-Trans Legislation, Beauty Brands Are Vocal In Support Of Trans Rights
Although it’s not even halfway over, 2021 has been an unprecedented year for legislation to curb the rights of transgender people. The legislation includes and goes far beyond restrictions on bathroom access, which were at the center...