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New Online Marketplace Beautyocracy Democratizes Indie Beauty For Clean Skincare Consumers Of Color
In 2015, Auja Little had a fateful foray into at-home relaxer that caused her to lose a big chunk of hair. Never especially interested in beauty before, the experience prompted Little to transition to natural hair and search...
This Clean Skincare Subscription Service And E-Tailer Is Creating A Comfortable Space For Women Of Color
In a clean beauty arena that hasn’t been overly responsive to women of color, skincare e-tailer and subscription box service Glory offers a welcoming refuge. “We’ve still got a long way to go,” says founder Alisia Ford,...
Why Clarisonic Is Closing—And What It Means For The Beauty Device Market
Time’s almost up for Clarisonic, the brand behind the facial brush producing 300 movements per second. On Sept. 30, L’Oréal is shutting down the beauty device trailblazer that convinced consumers to upgrade from hands and wash clothes to...
How Clean Beauty Retailers Are Trying To Fix Their Diversity Problems
In 2016, Gwyneth Paltrow literally published the book on clean beauty. That book, “Goop Clean Beauty,” recommended detoxing, seeing expensive dermatologists, improving gut health by curbing consumption of gluten, chlorinated water and food preservatives, and shopping for beauty...
Beauty Independent’s Beacon Awards To Recognize Guiding Lights In The Indie Beauty Segment
We love beauty entrepreneurs. We love covering the brand founders, retailers, investors and solution providers driving this industry forward. We love celebrating the community bringing change to the beauty industry. After three years of chronicling the...
New Luxury Brand Monpure Takes A Skincare Approach To Scalp Care
As consumers wake up to the importance of scalp health, Monpure is staking a claim to being an upscale, sustainable solution for them. The new London brand joins an expanding roster of beauty companies such as Briogeo,...
New Beauty Subscription Service SelfE Box Celebrates Black Girls
Kelly Smith Beaty long dreamt of launching a magazine for Black tweens and teens. “For me, that began as a girl, when I was a Seventeen subscriber,” she recounts. “I used to love getting it because that was...
