Lather’s Long, Healthy History In Wellness Personal Care

Talk about jumping on a trend early. Emilie Davidson Hoyt focused on natural beauty and personal care years before Tata Harper bought a Vermont farm. Launching Lather in 1999 after migraines prompted her to avoid...

Hair Extensions Boom (With Big Help From Instagram)

Stubbly strands don’t make for great selfies. Thanks to the promise of camera-ready results, semi-permanent beauty solutions such as hair extensions are soaring. Wildly popular in the Dynasty-obsessed 1980s, interest in mane extensions has been rekindled due to...

Musely Merges Beauty Content And Commerce To Combat Amazon

Jack Jia, a venture capital investor and computer software entrepreneur, created the app Trusper to be a destination for home improvement tips, not a source of skincare information. Its users, however, had their own ideas. They weren’t as...

This Nail Salon And Spa Concept Provides Clean Beauty Services In A Squeaky Clean Setting

Clean Beauty Bar may very well be the healthiest bar in Tampa Bay and Winter Park. The growing nail salon and spa concept serves up cold-pressed juices while offering manicures, pedicures, facials, massages and more...

SkinOwl’s Annie Tevelin On Generating Profitable Growth Without Being Too Salesy

Annie Tevelin, founder of the skincare brand SkinOwl, is the original SkinOwl. Long before Facebook groups were brand-building exercises, she doled out sage beauty advice on the social media network to an invite-only assemblage of 1,600...