Eight Initiatives Aimed At Improving Inclusivity At Hair Salons

Conversations around salon segregation have moved to the fore in the beauty world this year as the United States attempts to come to grips with systemic racism. In the wake of global protests following the killing...

To TikTok Or Not? Where Indie Beauty Brands Stand On The App

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 15 founders and executives: Is your brand on TikTok?

Social Media On Defense: Five Developments From The Digital Week That Was

Just when you thought this year couldn’t get any tougher, this week brought protests and boycotts in the wake of white police officer Rusten Sheskey firing seven shots at the back of Black man Jacob Blake in Kenosha,...

Will Conscious Beauty Catch On?

It’s often possible to tell when someone started in the nonconventional, largely botanical beauty segment by the term they use for it. Dating back to the 1980s, when the Natural Products Expo and Whole Foods started, natural beauty...

Beauty Brand Founders And Parents On Juggling Work And School Schedules During The Pandemic

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 12 founders and executives: With school getting underway, what’s your plan to operate your business while handling the coronavirus-era education arrangements?

What’s Behind Successful CEO-Founder Relationships

Successful pairings of creative and business minds have been pivotal to some of the most significant brands of our time. Think Christopher Bailey and Angela Ahrendts at Burberry, Marc Jacobs and Robert Duffy at Marc Jacobs...