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A New Crop Of Wellness Startups Is Joining The Mushroom Rush
In recent years, mushrooms have gone from side dish to nutritional supplement staple. Now, a new crop of startups is seizing on the myriad of mycelium opportunities that abound across the wellness space. Interest...
How Beauty Entrepreneurs Who Are Mothers Handle The Many Challenges The Pandemic’s Thrown At Them
We’re now a year into a global pandemic that’s been especially hard on small business owners and working mothers. Many independent beauty brand founders occupy both roles, making the challenging stretch all that more challenging. A...
Asian American Beauty Brand Founders On The Ethics Of Selling Gua Sha
In its Instagram Stories last week, beauty industry watchdog Estée Laundry highlighted claims that skincare brand Wabi-Sabi Botanicals hasn’t been crediting the origins of its name—it comes from the Japanese concept of accepting imperfection that’s grounded...
Beauty Entrepreneurs And Executives Share Advice From Women Who Inspire Them
To mark International Women’s Day, we asked 49 brand founders and executives to identify women who are an inspiration to them and answer the following question: What great advice did they impart to you?
What Founders Need To Know About Developing Skincare Suited To Spas
Even with all of prestige beauty’s troubles in 2020, skincare is still a star. The segment is the fastest-growing category in beauty and now has more users than makeup, according to Larissa Jensen,...
Beauty On Amazon Part 4C: Established Indie Brands Play Offense On Amazon
In part four of our Amazon series, we investigate the relationship between brands and Amazon using data from two surveys conducted by Beauty Independent of 300 brand founders and key decision-makers. The first survey was conducted at the...
