La Bella Figura Cuts A Fine Figure In The Clean Beauty Landscape

Victoria Fantauzzi is celebrated by clean beauty cognoscenti as the mastermind behind 2015’s A Night For Green Beauty events in New York and Chicago, but the co-founder of La Bella Figura has spent...

Phlur Reimagines Fragrance With Clicks Driving Sniffs

In a tricky direct-to-consumer scent segment, Phlur has been anointed by none other Symrise as a startup to contend with. The fragrance supplier recently led a series A round that’s filling Phlur’s coffers with $6 million. Symrise,...

Votary’s Founders Are On A Mission To Convert Customers Worldwide To Plant-Based Face Oils

Votary resulted from the pairing of beauty authority Arabella Preston, a London-based makeup artist whose client list includes Kate Middleton and Stella McCartney, and business brainiac Charlotte Semler, an entrepreneur with luxury companies crowding her resume and...

Glamcor’s Mirrors Reflect The Multiplicity Of The Beauty Market

Erik and Wanchen Kaiser’s personal partnership preceded their professional partnership. The co-owners of mirror company Glamcor and sister brand Riki Loves Riki met in 2010 when Wanchen was in school in China. Erik traveled to the...

Silicone Sells: SiO Beauty’s FaceLift Fights Wrinkles And Finds Customers

You know how after you begin to notice something it’s all of a sudden everywhere. That was case for Gigi Howard with décolleté wrinkles. An unsubtle woman pointed out to the longtime public relations executive that her crinkled...

Couple Goals: Greg And Joanne Starkman Interweave Family With Business Fearlessness To Build Innersense

Greg and Joanne Starkman are the dynamic duo of natural hair care. Their superpowers are staying together while leading the beauty brand Innersense and persuading salon professionals that going green is good business. Twenty-two years into their...