Rachel Brown
How Natural Beauty Brand 100% Pure Took Over Distribution To Control Its Own Destiny
Ric Kostick, co-founder and CEO of 100% Pure, has a confession to make. “I’m not that good at convincing buyers to take the brand,” he says. “We aren’t really partnered with any big retailers, and it might...
“Part Of A Movement Away From Consumerism”: Daughter Of The Land Is The Beauty Industry’s Conscience
These days, consumers are increasingly demanding companies have qualities they admire in people, and be real, ethical and trustworthy. Ashley Spierer’s Daughter of the Land is meeting the exacting expectations to become a do-no-evil role model for...
Aleph Beauty Enters The Clean Cosmetics Segment With Purposeful Multipurpose Products
Aleph Beauty’s promise to busy women is they don’t have to watch lengthy YouTube tutorials to figure out its products. The new Auckland-based clean cosmetics brand from Emma Peters, a veteran makeup artist and founder of former...
New Makeup Brand LIPP Beauty Builds Custom Lipsticks To Build Women’s Confidence
During the winter of 2015, makeup artist Aleah Rae Dorsey was working at Nordstrom’s beauty department when a customer came in searching for a lipstick in a berry hue that was just so. Dorsey suggested some 30 shades,...
What’s Behind Once-Promising Retailer Beauty Brands’ Struggles?
In early 2014, news broke that Lyn Kirby, former president and CEO of Ulta Beauty, had joined forces with a private equity firm later revealed as TSG Consumer Partners to buy Beauty Brands from advertising magnate Bob...
IBMG And Douglas Partner To Bring Indie Beauty Brands To Europe’s Largest Beauty Retailer
Douglas, a giant of European beauty retail, is taking a serious interest in the little guys. The omnichannel company is partnering with Indie Beauty Media Group, producer of Indie Beauty Expo, on a multifaceted program to...
Lacquerbar Nail Salon Founder Heli Rodriguez Prilliman Is Taking Steps To Rectify The Broken Beauty School System
When Heli Rodriguez Prilliman enrolled at the now defunct San Francisco School of Cosmetology in January 2017 to become a licensed nail technician in anticipation of launching her overtly feminist nail salon concept Lacquerbar, she was shocked...
