Trends That Will Define Fragrance In 2023—And A Few That Won’t

As we continue to look forward to next year, for the latest edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we asked 19 fragrance brand founders, executives and experts the following questions: What fragrance trend...

Digital Beauty Consultation Startups Take Professional Product Guidance Beyond Spas, Salons And Stores

It’s not easy to find the right beauty product. That’s a major reason why assistance from retail staff and in-store purchases have been so important in the beauty industry. To this day, around two-thirds of prestige beauty and...

Uoma’s Sharon Chuter and Pacifica’s Brook Harvey-Taylor On Aligning Activism With Running A Business—And The Price They Pay For It

Increasingly, people are participating in consumerism based on their personal credos, whether they involve workers’, women’s or animal rights, environmentalism, racial equity, poverty alleviation or another issue. Nearly 85% of gen Zers, for example, say they buy based...

The Uneven Evolution Of Beauty Accelerator Programs

With a biopharmaceutical and not beauty industry background, AbsoluteJOI founder Anne Beal figured she only knew 10% of what she needed to know to operate a successful beauty business when she launched her skincare brand in...

Brands Forecast Skincare Trends That Will Be Big In 2023—And Ones That Will Be Over

As we look forward to next year, for the latest edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we asked 31 skincare brand founders, executives and experts the following questions: What skincare trend do you...

Tips From Pound Cake, Winner Of The $1M Black Ambition Prize, On How To Create A Persuasive Pitch Deck

After a little over a year in business, cosmetics brand Pound Cake won Pharrell Williams’ $1 million Black Ambition grant. The money will be dedicated to staff, marketing and support of the brand’s new retail partnership...