Lo & Behold Gets Ahead By Not Following How Other Brands Get Ahead

Lo & Behold founder Elisabeth Chadbourne traces her passion for natural ingredients back to high school when she worked on a farm in her hometown Durham, N.C., with an herbalist. After learning how to use plants like...

Up, Up And Away: Publisher Nader Naeymi-Rad Charts Beauty Independent’s Expansion

One year on and Beauty Independent keeps gaining altitude, and Nader Naeymi-Rad couldn’t be more pleased. Naeymi-Rad is co-founder (along with Jillian Wright) of the Indie Beauty Media Group, Beauty Independent’s parent...

Black Chicken Remedies, Born In A Fowl-Embellished Bowl In Australia, Spreads Across The Globe

Black Chicken Remedies today has a sweeping assortment of 64 products spanning diffusers, dry shampoo, night serums, nasal inhalants and scalp treatments, but it started much smaller 18 years ago with founder Chey Birch mixing skin-healing tonics for herself...

Beekeeping Mother Of Three Kate Solomon Is Growing Babo Botanicals At Whole Foods, Amazon And Elsewhere

The idea for Babo Botanicals germinated while founder Kate Solomon was pregnant with her first of three children, not coincidentally a life change leading many women to reevaluate their personal care purchasing choices. Now eight years old,...

Beauty Independent Editor-In-Chief Rachel Brown Reflects On First-Year Accomplishments And Anticipates Changes Ahead

The upcoming one-year anniversary of Beauty Independent, which was launched on Aug. 21, 2017, is a cause for celebration. In the last twelve months, the publication has filled a void in the beauty market and surfed...

What Connects Kimonos, Spray Paint And Crystals? Former Victoria’s Secret Exec Ashli Stockton’s Growing Lifestyle Brand Sunday Forever

Ashli Stockton wholeheartedly believes in the power of crystals, a mainstay of her lifestyle-meets-beauty brand Sunday Forever, but somehow doesn’t come off the least bit woo woo. She’ll offer you a choice between an Egg McMuffin and...