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Amazon To Launch Indie Beauty Shop Within Its Marketplace
With many big prestige beauty players sitting on the Amazon sidelines, the e-commerce giant is turning to friendlier crowds: indie brands that are hungry to get in front of its massive audience. In June, Amazon will...

Little Seed Farm’s Founders On Moving Out Of The City, Milking Goats, Overcoming Setbacks And Selling Deodorant
Little Seed Farm founders James and Eileen Ray have done what so many people dream of: They gave up stressful city lives for blissful country existences. Except, their 2012 move from New York City to rural Lebanon,...

Attention British Natural Indie Brands: Rare Beauty Is A New E-tailer Dedicated To You
Rare Beauty offers a rare online stage for British indie beauty brands. The e-tailer carries around 50 face, body and hair products from eight natural brands: Alexa Sky Botanicals, Bloom Remedies, Freyaluna Skincare, Magical Tree, Myroo, Supernatural...

SaltyGirl Waves Goodbye To Other Brands To Concentrate On Its Own
SaltyGirl is transitioning from beauty boutique to brand. Breast cancer survivor Sarah Kelly and her oncology nurse sister Leah Robert are stepping away from the store they launched in 2016 that carries 15 brands, including Josh...

Perfumer’s Apprentice Acquires Scent Trunk To Extend Its Reach To Consumers
Perfumer’s Apprentice has acquired subscription service Scent Trunk to add a consumer component to a business that’s been behind the fragrance scenes. The Scotts Valley, Calif.-based company supplying fragrance ingredients to niche brands has been closely...

Aesthetician Kathryn Sawers Takes A Considered Approach To Skincare And Her Brand Eventide
Aesthetician Kathryn Sawers doesn’t believe in skincare quick fixes and has extended that philosophy to the making of her brand Eventide. Developed over more than three years in her skin therapy practice, the brand’s mask and facial...

Credo’s Joshua Pierce: Dallas Is Embracing Clean Beauty
The television show “Dallas” cemented the beauty stereotype of the city’s women as favoring big bouffants and shellacked faces. While longtime resident Joshua Pierce admits the cliché might characterize some locals, he proclaims a completely different look is...