Kaleigh Fasanella

Growing up in the South of France, Natacha Bonjout revered the French Riviera’s stunning beauty and the region’s simple approach to life. Coupled with her professional background in beauty and desire to bring something new to skincare, they...

Breaking into the men’s makeup category is no easy feat, as evidenced by the limited number of brands selling cosmetics directly to men. Yet, attitudes toward makeup for men, not to mention masculinity generally, are rapidly changing, with...

At 5 years old, Amish Taploo was diagnosed with vitiligo, an autoimmune skin disorder affecting an estimated 70 million people globally. Characterized by blotches that can occur anywhere on the body, vitiligo causes the skin to lose...

Roughly three and a half years ago, Plant Beauty Distillery founder Gary Grey read an article about liquor distillation that included a section about how the age-old process is employed in perfumery and cosmetics. As an entrepreneur...

A little over a year ago, 20-year-old Timothy Morris founded Vibe Body Care in his garage with no seed funding or set plans for the brand’s future. “The idea was actually born when I was a sophomore...

Vive Cosmetics is a fast-growing Latina-owned indie beauty brand famed for its lip products, which come in high-voltage hues like flamingo pink, neon orange and fire-engine red. Recently, it stepped out of its makeup comfort zone to...

For most of the modern beauty industry’s history, black-owned beauty brands weren’t getting the mainstream credit or visibility they deserved. Now, with growing recognition of the strong demand for skincare and haircare catering specifically to black women, we’re...