Brands

Biomilk’s Valerie Casagrande Is Banking On Good Bacteria To Build A Great Skincare Brand
Milk does skin good. That’s the premise of Biomilk, a probiotic-propelled beauty brand created by veteran marketer Valerie Casagrande. Not yet a year old, Biomilk is making headway in e-commerce driven by a growing hunger for helpful bacteria, eye-catching...

Brenda Brock Brings Farmaesthetics’ Kitchen Chemistry To Japan This Spring
Farmaesthetics is significantly expanding its global footprint in the spring when a new distribution partner will introduce the brand to Asia. The plan for Farmaesthetics’ expansion into Japan was born in the treatment room. “My now-partner, Mariko Suzuki,...

Reverie’s Indie Rocker Chic Kicks Natural Hair Care Up A Notch
Reverie founder Garrett Markenson injects an indie rocker sensibility into a natural hair care segment that’s often high on the granola quotient. The brand’s stark black-and-white packaging and single-word product names are so chic that

Beauty And Wellness Pros On The Business Of Beauty Sleep
Businesses are waking up to the potential of beauty sleep. A fitting place to address the topic is mattress company Leesa’s New York showroom, where last Thursday online business community Radiche put together a panel of beauty and...

Indigo Private Label Cosmetics Is A Manufacturer For Indie Beauty Brands By Indie Beauty Brand Founders
Necessity is the mother of invention, at least in the case of Indigo Private Label Cosmetics, a makeup manufacturer. Cindy Holland-Rodriguez and her daughter Andrea Rodriguez were developing the soon-to-be-launched natural beauty brand Ariza when they ran...

Self-Tanning Brand CleanTan Gives A Whole New Meaning To Tea Time
Tina Rowhanian loves the sun-kissed look. “I’m just a beach bum, I really am. I was born and raised in Hermosa Beach. Obviously, I was all about bikinis and tans. Now, I live in Boise, so I’m a...