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Wellness Center To Watch: Seyhart Offers Acupuncture To Angelenos And Indie Brands To Everyone Via E-Commerce
While coronavirus vaccines illustrate the power of Western medicine, many Americans are keenly aware of its shortcomings. Taryn Violé is one of them. For the past decade, she’s dealt with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune condition that isn’t easily...
As Sustainability Efforts Increase, Should The Beauty Industry Rethink The Flood Of New Products?
In this edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we ask 36 beauty entrepreneurs and executives the following questions: Do you believe the beauty industry should rethink the barrage of beauty product launches to...
Amyris CEO John Melo’s Views On Why “Everything Is Chemicals” Is An Oversimplification And Clean Beauty Is The Future
The critique of clean beauty vocalized by an outspoken group of cosmetic chemists, influencers and beauty brands often pits clean beauty against science. In a descriptor of its “Everything is Chemicals” campaign, for example, The Ordinary owner Deciem...
Temptalia’s Christine Mielke Has Tried More Makeup Than Almost Anyone. Now, She’s Released Her Own With Sydney Grace.
A decade after Temptalia founder Christine Mielke collaborated with MAC Cosmetics on a single eyeshadow, Jealousy Wakes, for no compensation, perhaps the most prolific makeup reviewer in the world is back with another collaboration. This time, she...
Unilever Veteran Joins Hand In Hand As CEO, Looks To Lift Brand Awareness
Hand in Hand has a new leader at the helm to direct its path forward. Piyush Jain, a 23-year veteran of Unilever who was most recently global brand VP of haircare for the United States at the...
Natural Household Cleaning And Personal Care Brand Puracy Secures $6M Line Of Credit, Sets Path For Growth
Puracy has secured a $6 million line of credit from Gerber Finance to expand its retail network and propel plastic-saving product development on its own terms. The funding comes after the natural household cleaning and personal...
This New Brand Wants To Make Clean Makeup A Drugstore Mainstay
“Everyone talks about inclusivity through the lens of skin tone and gender, but what about inclusivity through the lens of budget?” asks Sarah Biggers, founder of 4-year-old clean cosmetics brand Clove + Hallow and new accessible clean...
