Beacon Awards 2021: Nominee Testimonials Now Open

If we weren’t talking about community involvement, would we really be relevant in 2021? We don’t think so—and that’s a great thing. We’re inviting our community (Beauty Independent’s amazing paid subscribers) to share testimonials on this year’s Beacon...

“A Diversified Brand”: Undefined Enters Whole Foods With Adaptogenic Mushroom Products As It Expands From CBD

Undefined hit the market with CBD beauty products a few months prior to the federal Farm Bill that legalized the hemp trade in the United States being signed into law in December 2018. Since then, the...

What Indie Beauty Brands Need To Know About Employing Third-Party Logistics Services

When the pandemic brought much of brick-and-mortar retail to a screeching halt last year, many beauty brands pivoted their focus to direct-to-consumer orders. Although retail rebounded during the first half of this year, most haven’t pulled...

Dispensing Customized Skincare Prescriptions, Docent Acts As A Digital Liaison Between Dermatologists And Patients

Docent founders Nathan Gunn and Sierra Manker want to make obtaining skincare prescriptions less cumbersome by bridging the gap between dermatologists and patients. Around 40% of millennial women grapple with skin issues, co-founder and physician Gunn tells Beauty...

Live Tinted’s Deepica Mutyala Thinks Venture Capital Investors Have A Tokenism Problem

“I fell into it,” says Live Tinted founder Deepica Mutyala of the fortuitous move into content creation that catapulted her into entrepreneurship. Shortly after graduating from business school at The University of Texas at Austin in...

VI Peel Creator Vitality Institute Launches The Brown Skin Agenda To Increase Awareness Of And Education On Treating Skin Of Color

For most white consumers, going to the dermatologist to address a skin issue is a relatively straightforward process involving examination of the issue followed by solution recommendations. For most people of color, the experience isn’t nearly...