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How Caliray Founder Wende Zomnir Is Reinterpreting Urban Decay Classics For Today’s Clean Beauty Shoppers
Today, Caliray, the clean and eco-conscious beauty brand from Urban Decay founding partner Wende Zomnir and Jenna Dover, who previously worked in global business and growth strategy at Urban Decay and Frost & Sullivan, is...
KraveBeauty Founder Liah Yoo Talks Beet The Sun’s Relaunch, Sunscreen’s Testing Problem, And Why She Agrees With AOC
KraveBeauty’s cult-favorite sunscreen Beet The Sun is back Founder Liah Yoo made the difficult decision in 2021 to take the product off the market when an independent third-party test discovered its SPF was lower than the...
From Gross-Out Posts To Gross Sales: How Dr. Pimple Popper Turned Social Media Fame Into A Multimillion-Dollar Skincare Brand
Blackheads, whiteheads, cysts and more, if it’s raised, oozing, sticky and stuffed, dermatologist Sandra Lee has popped it—and shown it to the world. Since 2010, she’s been producing videos for YouTube, where she’s...
Uni Founder Alexandra Keating On Her Brand’s Fundraising Process And Future Stores
At 20 years old, Alexandra Keating created the platform GoFundraise while a student at University of Sydney after soliciting money for a charity and realizing nonprofits could use a low-cost fundraising platform. Five years after selling that company...
“Progress Has Been Undone”: Uoma’s Sharon Chuter On Make It Black, Empty Promises And Beauty’s Big Reset
As Uoma Beauty founder Sharon Chuter gears up for year three of Make It Black, an initiative raising funds for emerging Black founders and reclaiming the word “black,” her excitement for it is coupled with fatigue....
Why Jordan Samuel Skin Is Sticking With A DTC-First Approach Even As It Falls Out Of Favor
In 2020, nearly seven years after Jordan Samuel Pacitti, a ballet dancer-turned-aesthetician and former Kate Somerville trainer, started Jordan Samuel Skin, the brand branched out from its website for the first time to British...
