K-Beauty Brand Yepoda Secures Series B Funding, Debuts In Retail At Sephora Europe

Yepoda, the fast-growing K-Beauty brand, has landed series B funding to support retail distribution, global expansion and product development. Verlinvest, the Brussels-based evergreen investment firm established 30 years ago by...

Nominations Open For Beauty Independent’s Sixth Annual Beacon Awards Program

Nominations are open for Beauty Independent’s Beacon Awards, the annual program honoring the brightest lights in the emerging beauty space. Now in its sixth year, the Beacon Awards...

Subtl Rebrands For Time-Pressed Older Millennials Interested In No-Fuss Beauty

Six years since Rachel Reid launched Subtl with stackable products she could squeeze into a tiny cross-body bag for refreshing her makeup in the morning after she spent the night at her boyfriend’s house, a...

With $2.9M In Funding, Vibrant Plastic-Free Mexican Makeup Brand Aora Expands To The US

Mexico City-based sustainable makeup brand Aora has raised $1.4 million, increasing its total pre-seed funding to $2.9 million and setting it up for expansion in the United States, where it’s entered via e-commerce in advance of launching...

NIQ Projects Indie Beauty Will Continue To Eat Into Conglomerate Market Share

The indie beauty insurgency is far from done, according to NielsenIQ. For the 52 weeks ended Jan 25, the consumer intelligence firm estimates the growth rate of indie beauty brands was more than double the growth rate...