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“The Future Is Black And Brown”: How Corey Huggins Is Paving The Path To A Truly Inclusive Beauty Industry
From a young age, Corey Huggins adored the beauty industry, but it didn’t adore him back. “I’ve been reading Vogue since I was about 10 years old,” he says. “I would literally read the masthead and look for...
The Secrets Of A Successful Bootstrapped Brand: Beekman 1802’s Controlled Growth, Baby Goats And Kindness
Today, the beauty industry is abuzz with big capital raises and valuations. When married couple Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell started Beekman 1802 a dozen years ago during the Great Recession, they had a 60-acre farm, 80...
African Botanicals Power Organic Luxury Skincare Brand Terres D’Afrique
Stephan Helary doesn’t have to look far for ingredient inspiration. Plants and trees such as buchu, kigelia and marula depended upon for centuries for medicinal purposes are common in Southern Africa, where the creator and CEO of luxury...
Why Nécessaire’s Randi Christiansen Believes Body Care Doesn’t Have To Be Commoditized
Nécessaire’s raison d’être is embedded in its name. The chic brand’s mission is to turn overlooked body care into a necessity. “We’re going to start in what’s normally an afterthought, but we’re going to make it a first...
How Being Unconventional Helped Jesseca Dupart Build A Multimillion-Dollar Haircare Empire
In the five days since Jesseca Dupart, founder of Kaleidoscope Hair Products, dropped “LAH” or “Long and Healthy,” a parody of Cardi B’s and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP video featuring YouTuber Lala Milan and reality television star...
Bijoux Indiscrets Co-Founder Elsa Viegas On Slow Sex, Overlooked Nipples And American Openness
When Marta Aguiar and Elsa Viegas launched Bijoux Indiscrets in Barcelona in 2006, the company was focused on pleasure and play for couples. It started with a collection of five themed boxes containing...
