Knowledge
Lola Gusman, The Influencer Behind The Hermes Hippie, Provides Comprehensive Counsel On Clean Beauty
Lola Gusman, the attorney behind The Hermes Hippie, is the most lawyerly of beauty influencers. Not in a Michael Cohen way, but in the best way of scholarly counsellors. She presents compelling arguments for her product choices, which...
How Indie Beauty Brands Break Into Retail
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask nine founders and executives: How did you land your first brick-and-mortar retailer, and what advice do you have for others on getting into...
The Green Product Junkie’s Kate O’Sullivan Stays Her Straightforward, Sassy Self On Social Media
Like the natural beauty products she reviews, Katie O’Sullivan of The Green Product Junkie doesn’t mess around with unnecessary content. In this interview and on her blog and social media accounts, the native New Yorker keeps it...
Words To Work By: Founders Share Their Favorite Mottos
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 16 founders and executives: Do you have a favorite business motto or quote?
The Good Face Project Grades Product Safety And Suggests Alternatives To Products With Low Grades
Rating beauty products for their safety is great, but rating them and finding replacements for products that rate low is even better. That’s the aim of The Good Face Project, a startup kicking off May 15 with a...
Bond En Avant’s Amy Chang Proves Beauty And Brains Are A Good Pair For Content
Amy Chang of Bond en Avant is a thinking person’s beauty influencer. Formerly in public relations for L’Oréal-owned Shu Uemura, she flipped the script two years ago to be on the receiving end of the pitches. “I decided...
