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Dollars And Scents: Skylar Body Raises $3M To Fuel Growth
In a sign that the investor appetite for natural perfumes is swelling, Skylar Body has snapped up $3 million in funding after less than a year on the market. The budding brand attracted heavy hitters in the...
Hello Old Friend: Facebook Reemerges As An Important Platform For Influencers
Is Facebook cool again? According to Mehdi Mehdi, head of digital at NYX Cosmetics, and Corey Weiss, head of business development and sales at Ipsy, who participated in a panel discussion on...
Digital Influencers And Beauty Brands Discuss Fake Followers And Real Relationships During The First Day Of BeautyX
The latest beauty trend in social media is spotting the fakes. On Monday at BeautyX, the two-day summit held by Beauty Independent and Indie Beauty Expo in Los Angeles at The LA Hotel Downtown, digital...
BLK + GRN’s Purpose Is Much Bigger Than Selling Beauty Products
It’s not usual for the idea of revolution to come up in a discussion of beauty products, but Kristian Henderson isn’t a usual e-commerce entrepreneur. The founder of BLK + GRN as well as a public health...
Quw’utsun’ Made Founder Arianna Johnny-Wadsworth Honors Indigenous Plant Medicines With Her Skincare Products
A salve can tell an awe-inspiring story. Take Quw’utsun’ Made Devil’s Club Salve. It contains extracts from native plants founder Arianna Johnny-Wadsworth harvests in the mountains of Washington and judiciously transforms into a healing product. The ingredient devil’s club...
Melody Bockelman Reveals The Best-Kept Secrets Of Successful Beauty Brand Launches
Melody Bockelman is tearing down the wall of beauty industry secrecy. With several years working in contract manufacturing and launching e-commerce sites on her resume, she introduced the blog Private Label Insider in 2010 to answer questions founder...
Natural Beauty Retailer Aillea Advances To Charleston And Raleigh
After stretching from Denver to Atlanta last year, clean beauty retailer Aillea is amplifying its presence in the Southeast with two store openings by the spring. The upcoming locations — a 1,100-square-foot unit in Raleigh’s Cameron Village and...
