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Gressa Skin Sorts Through How To Grow And Remain The Same
The green beauty sector is filled with successful brands that started from humble beginnings. Gressa Skin is one of the more poignant examples. A Russian refugee who escaped severe anti-Semitism to settle in the United States during...

Hero Cosmetics’ Mighty Patch Is Fighting Pimples And Winning Over Retail Partners
The latest accessory that’s all the rage has nothing to do with jewelry, handbags or shoes. It’s acne stickers from Hero Cosmetics. The rising brand’s Mighty Patch zit remedy entered Anthropologie in January, and is set to...

In OWA Haircare’s Vision For Future Showers, Water Comes Out Of Shower Heads But Isn’t In Shampoo
The future of dry shampoo is in the shower, at least according to OWA Haircare. The yet-to-be-launched brand has a vision to remake liquid hair-care products in dry powdered formats and the funding to bring that vision...

Gallinée’s Cleansing Bar May Be The Most In-Demand Soap On The Planet From An Indie Beauty Brand
While Gallinée founder Marie Drago was riding a bus during an otherwise unspectacular February evening, she checked her young brand’s website on her phone and noticed it had received 6,000 hits. The catalyst for the traffic spike...

Indie Beauty Expo Dallas 2018: Exclusive Trend Report
Sometimes it pays to get away from New York and L.A. That was the case from May 9 to 10, when Indie Beauty Expo touched down in Dallas for its sophomore trade show in the...

Oral Care Brand Popwhite Pops Onto Television Screens With Its QVC Debut
Popwhite will be proving the power of purple on QVC starting today. The oral hygiene brand is launching on the television shopping channel with a $29 set of two 4-oz. toothpastes. Peroxide-free Popwhite is based around the...

Don’t Mess With Podiatrist Cary Gannon: After A Polish Brand Didn’t Respond To Her, She Launched A Competitor
Cary Gannon is as type A as they come. When the practicing podiatrist became disgruntled with a nail polish line she carried in her office promoting itself as healthy, she figured she could probably create a superior one...