Carta Is On The Map With Limited-Edition Fragrance Moena 12 | 69

Heather D’Angelo of Carta, perhaps the oddest multihyphenate in the beauty business with a background bridging synth rock, tropical ecology and perfumery, is out to deliver fragrances with a multifaceted purpose: to be exceedingly unique and exclusive while...

Tracy Trellis Gori Follows Her Passion And Launches A Clean Beauty Retailer In Raleigh

Tracy Trellis Gori is giving Raleigh residents the clean beauty boutique she believes they’re longing for. After starting with a website on Oct. 1, Trellis Beauty is expanding to an 825-square-foot physical location at the city’s Lafayette Village...

Brandon Cross Develops Cedra Pharmacy’s Beauty Selection With Customers In Mind

Cedra Pharmacy is the antidote to impersonal conglomerate-owned drugstores. At its locations in New York, Dallas and Houston, the three-year-old concept crossing wellness and beauty distinguishes itself by paying close attention to the health concerns of its clients...

Genie Supply’s Megan Cox Breaks Down The Basics Of Cosmetic Product Manufacturing In China

Megan Cox was fed up. After two failed attempts at brushes for her brand Amalie’s Wink lash and brow oil, she decided to take tackle the matter head-on and ventured to China to nail down...

Twelve Beauty’s Pedro Catalá Is the Intellectual Soul Of The Clean Beauty Movement

Twelve Beauty hasn’t merely jumped on the clean beauty bandwagon. Long before his 12-product brand materialized, founder Pedro Catalá studied plants to determine their usages for skin and piled up degrees while doing so. “Because I have a...

Unilever Steps Into The Growing Natural Deodorant Segment With Purchase Of Schmidt’s Naturals

Unilever isn’t taking natural beauty lightly. The consumer packaged goods conglomerate has acquired rising natural deodorant player Schmidt’s Naturals for an undisclosed price, a move that follows the creations of in-house brands Apothecare Essentials and Love Beauty...

20 Bold Indie Beauty Predictions For 2018

This year has been monumental for indie beauty. Emerging brands siphoned market share from behemoth beauty conglomerates. Retailers across the spectrum from department stores to discounters pounced on the upstart bandwagon. Mergers and acquisitions soared with brands such...