Why Sarah Otto Went Back To The Drawing Board To Reimagine Her Dream Skincare Brand

Sometimes you have to start over, even when you just started. After working in dermatology for six years as a nurse practitioner, Sarah Otto identified what she thought was a gaping hole in the skincare segment. “People came...

Sons And Daughters Aren’t Purchasing Beauty Products For Mother’s Day. What Should The Beauty Industry Do?

Americans are forecast to spend a record $25 billion on Mother’s Day purchases. That’s up from $23.1 billion last year, according to an annual survey from the National Retail Federation. On average, people plan to shell out...

High-End Supplement Brand Movita Organics Moves Into Beauty And Prenatal Offerings

Tonya Lewis Lee, founder and chief creative officer of vitamin brand Movita Organics, isn’t going to sell you on a miracle pill. “I’m not a quote unquote expert. I’m just like every other woman trying to figure...

Urban Skin Rx Founder Rachel Roff Is Out To Prove It’s Possible To Be Successful In Both The Mass And Prestige Beauty Segments

In May 2017, medical aesthetician Rachel Roff received the news that Target decided to pick up Urban Skin Rx, the multicultural skincare brand she introduced six years earlier at her med-spa Urban Skin Solutions in Charlotte,...

Krystn Keller’s Effort To Stop Her Son’s Eczema Has Turned Into A Growing Brand That Caught YouTube’s Attention

Before Elliott Keller was a year old, he had been to 14 doctors, even one in California across the country from his home in Mobile, Ala., to find solutions for the intense eczema that covered his face and...

Once-Promising Niche Fragrance Brand Commodity Seems To Have Come To An End

In an astonishing turn of events, once-promising niche fragrance brand Commodity appears to have shuttered. On April 12, employees at the brand’s branches in the United States and United Kingdom, which operated under the corporate entities Commodity Inc....