Brands
Eric Sakas, Former Boyfriend And Business Partner Of Kevyn Aucoin, Reflects On Working With The Makeup Master And Developing A Brand Of His Own
If the beauty industry was simply about hawking products, lipstick would be sold at swap meets instead of department stores, and salons would be gas stations and to-go places instead of informal counseling centers. Kevyn Aucoin, a gay...
First Amazon, Then The World: Herbal Dynamics Looks To Expand From The Web To Retail Distribution
While some beauty companies still shun Amazon, Herbal Dynamics Beauty embraces it wholeheartedly: the plant-based beauty brand launched on the e-commerce behemoth exclusively as it got its own website up and...
This Wildcrafting Brand Born In The Mountains Of Wyoming Has Landed At Goop And Credo
Over nearly two decades enduring the New York grind in the beauty and public relations industries, Kendra Kolb Butler confronted the stressors of work: tight deadlines, demanding performance expectations, critical management decisions and long hours. Burnt out, she...
Skincare Brand Jordan Samuel Is Riding A Direct-To-Consumer Model To $1M In Sales This Year
Skincare customers can buy a product from Jordan Samuel Skin for less than it costs to attend the Pacific Northwest Ballet, where founder Jordan Samuel Pacitti spent 11 years as a professional dancer. The brand’s relatively low...
O’o Hawaii Sweeps Deal Appeal Competition At BeautyX Capital Summit
Holly Harding and her skincare and wellness brand, O’o Hawaii, walked away with a clean sweep at Deal Appeal, the investment-focused live learning competition that capped off BeautyX Capital, Indie Beauty Media Group’s third...
Lo & Behold Gets Ahead By Not Following How Other Brands Get Ahead
Lo & Behold founder Elisabeth Chadbourne traces her passion for natural ingredients back to high school when she worked on a farm in her hometown Durham, N.C., with an herbalist. After learning how to use plants like...
