Brands

“Standing The Test Of Time”: CBD-Infused Skincare Brand Nakie Coquette Debuts With Collectible Face Oil
As the pandemic carries on, beauty brands are emerging that came to fruition thanks, in part, to the realities of life during it. For some new beauty entrepreneurs, previously unimaginable free time spurred them...

Customers Act As Co-Creators Of Italian Beauty Brand Superfluid
Every couple of days or so, skincare and makeup brand Superfluid poses a question to its more than 50,000 Instagram followers. There are silly questions such as, “Which comes first, cereal before milk or milk before cereal?”...

Olura Launches With A Multifaceted Skincare Device, Raises $1 Million To Support Growth
After the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, consumers skipped services at their local spas and dermatologist offices, and transformed their bathrooms into skincare sanctuaries with newfangled products and devices. Olura’s co-founders and its investors don’t think consumers...

Clean Haircare Pioneer Evolvh Launches At Anthropologie And Will Soon Enter Free People
“The world should know about us at scale,” says Boris Oak, founder and CEO of Evolvh, who’s working to make that happen with new distribution and marketing initiatives. The clean haircare brand has entered Anthropologie and...

Clean Beauty Summer School Pitch Competition Winner Pholk Starts Fundraising And Expands At Retail
Niambi Cacchioli has been building Pholk Beauty since 2018 when she launched the line of clean skincare products for people of color from her home in Jersey City, but her the brand’s story starts long before that....

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...