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The Ins And Outs Of Retail Intermediaries With Broker Mia Bell
Retail brokers are unheralded middlemen with the critical, yet underappreciated, task of drumming up sales. Mia Bell, one such broker, argues vociferously that sales shouldn’t be considered a bad word. “People don’t particularly like to do sales,...
Hindsight Is 20/20: Expensive Mistakes And How Brands Learn
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 11 brand founders and executives: What expense did you shell out for at the start of your brand that you wish...
Hullosam’s Sammie Kolk Is The Friendliest Influencer On Instagram
When social media is at its best, it introduces the world to relatable personalities the Hollywood machine with its handled shellacked goddesses couldn’t possibly produce. Sammie Kolk is such a personality. Your steadfast bestie with perhaps cooler hair,...
The Indie Beauty Take On Fragrance Ingredient Disclosure
Like many beauty entrepreneurs, Lite + Cycle founder Kristi Head’s penchant for design and love for quality products influenced her decision to launch a brand. Unlike many beauty entrepreneurs, anger played a role in the...
Essential Intel From OG Essential Oils Guru Hope Gillerman
In 2008, the year doTerra started, Hope Gillerman was trying to break through to beauty shoppers at Henri Bendel with her essential oil blends line H. Gillerman Organics. She had a tough task. The recession...
Creativity And Occasionally Creepy Makeup Fuels Julia Salvia’s Social Media Following
In a telltale sign of the times, Julia Salvia perfected her social media persona during entrepreneurial studies classes in college and graduate school. She learned that being another Kim Kardashian clone wasn’t going to score her a passing...
