Taylor Bryant
New Skincare Brand La Fervance Combines Luxury Positioning And Clean Formulation
La Fervance combines the penchant for natural ingredients of founder Melissa Obeid’s native Australia with the cultivated luxury of her adopted homeland France. The high-end clean skincare brand is kicking off with a single stockkeeping unit, the...
Former John Lewis Buyer Rebecca Saunders Opens London Pop-Up Shop Seekology To Showcase Emerging Beauty Brands
Seekology is definitely not your average Boots. The pop-up concept store in London’s Richmond area displays merchandise on tables rather than shelves and presents emerging brands with descriptions sharing their reasons for...
New Eco-Conscious British Brand Kind2 Is Reinventing The Shampoo Bar
Sue Campbell, a former managing director at Asian arm of professional search firm Korn Ferry, didn’t set out to launch a haircare brand. She wanted to develop a plastic-free product that would be used frequently to do her...
The Startups Changing The Broken Beauty School System
There’s been plenty of reasons to become a beauty school dropout. Professional beauty training in this country has been largely administrated by small privately-owned entities teaching techniques many salon and spa industry experts consider outdated and frequently leaving...
New Plant-Driven Brand Rowse Makes DIY Skincare Fabulously Chic
At an event in London last month to fete Rowse, co-founders Barcelona resident Nuria Val and Paris resident Gabriela Salord invited attendees to create artwork out of pressed flowers, a simple form of...
Tired Of Black Friday? Brand Founders Lead New Shopping Initiatives To Make Holiday Purchases More Well Meaning
From GivingTuesday to Small Business Saturday, alternatives to Black Friday’s consumerist frenzy have been increasingly popping up. This year, brands have joined the movement to remake holiday shopping with initiatives prioritizing women and environmental causes. Created by Cassie...
Former Harvey Nichols Buyer Zahra Broadfield’s New Site SUST Beauty Makes Clean Beauty Easy And Cool
Whatever remnants of crunchiness are left in clean beauty, SUST Beauty wants to banish them for good. The new London-based e-tailer from Zahra Broadfield, formerly beauty buyer at Harvey Nichols, puts its initial lineup of nine eco-friendly...
