Nicole Rechelbacher Keeps Intelligent Nutrients At The Forefront Of Environmental Stewardship

Nicole Rechelbacher has an impressive legacy to live up to. Her father Horst Rechelbacher established Aveda in 1978 and the idea that natural products have a place in professional haircare. Before selling Aveda to Estée Lauder nearly two decades...

Silk Therapeutics Takes Science In A Clean Skincare Direction

Gregory Altman and Rebecca Lacouture, the brainiacs behind Silk Therapeutics, are smarter than Beauty Independent, but we’ll try to summarize their discoveries for simple folks like us. The skincare company founders figured out how to stabilize liquefied silk...

Argan Oil Authority Kahina Giving Beauty Is In It For The Long Haul

Kahina Giving Beauty founder Katharine L’Heureux never set out to be a beauty entrepreneur. Raised on a vineyard in Napa Valley, she received an English degree from UC Berkeley before starting her career in New York publishing and...

Kayo Is Making Body Care Much More Than A Beauty Industry Afterthought

Kayo Better Body Care is premised on a basic fact: most skin isn’t on the face. The emerging brand is bringing body into the heart of anti-aging regimens. “Our mantra is face care for body care. It’s...

Indie Beauty Stalwart In Fiore Succeeds With Steady Growth

In Fiore is one of the original indies. Founder Julie Elliott foresaw a demand for luxury natural beauty products long before it came to fruition. To take advantage of heightened consumer interest today, she’s maneuvered her brand through retailer...

Independent Beauty Brand Champion Rachel Brown Is Just Getting Started

Rachel Brown loves a good story. In just 90 days, the editor in chief of Beauty Independent has created an online content destination known in the entrepreneurial community for candidly chronicling the successes and...