After Key Press Placements And A Pandemic Sales Surge, Meraki Moves To The Next Level

Amber Makupson is busy. After her vegan, crystal-infused haircare brand Meraki was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine’s October issue, which landed on newsstands earlier this month, stocks of its Quart Conditioner dwindled to almost nothing. The...

This New Makeup Brand Imagines A Beauty Industry That Isn’t Obsessed With Youth

Imagine a world that isn’t obsessed with age. Women could fulfill potential often limited as they enter midlife. Looking youthful wouldn’t be a fixation sucking inordinate time and money. Men could embrace grays, baldness and dad bods as...

Rising Stars In CBD Beauty And Wellness: Part 2

The hemp plant is known to be highly durable. Certainly, its invasion of the beauty and wellness segment has been a durable trend. The pandemic hasn’t stopped new cannabidoil or CBD brands from popping up and being bullish...

RHONY Alumna Cindy Barshop’s Vspot Medispa Launches Cosmeceutical Vaginal Care Products

Serial entrepreneur, “The Real Housewives of New York” alumna and self-professed “expert in women’s taboo subjects” Cindy Barshop is expanding her Vspot Medispa’s business with three vaginal and bikini area care products.  The products—Bye...

Ellis Brooklyn Demonstrates The Indie Fragrance Segment’s Broad Reach By Launching At Ulta Beauty

Ellis Brooklyn is bringing Brooklyn to Middle America. The clean fragrance brand is rolling out to 350 locations at Ulta Beauty, where its Myth, Salt and Sweet fragrances will join a selection with perfumes from Ariana Grande,...

Beauty Independent Expands Webinar Content With Spotlight Series On Sustainability

Beauty Independent is expanding its In Conservation webinar platform with Spotlight programming taking deep dives into topics of interest to the beauty industry.  The Spotlight programming will launch on Oct. 2 with...