Alpyn Beauty’s President Nance Hastings Is Using Strategies She Learned At Estée Lauder To Grow The Indie Brand

Once beauty brand founders reach a certain scale, there’ll come a time when they need to shore up executive leadership, perhaps for the first time in their brands’ history. That time arrived...

Versed Product Developer Tamerri Ater-Ntonni Creates Egyptian- And Astrology-Inspired Aromatherapy Brand Gift Of The Nile

When Tamerri Ater-Ntonni was gearing up to launch her brand Gift of the Nile, she didn’t want to drop it on just any day. As a certified astrologer and Reiki healer, it was important to take the...

Why At-Home Wellness Centers Are 2022’s Biggest Luxury Must-Have

Sales of at-home beauty devices boomed after the onset of the pandemic as spa and salon closures forced consumers to take beauty upkeep into their own hands. An equally impressive sales boom that received less...

Wonder Valley’s Alison Carroll On Letting Go Of Strict Expectations And The Joy Of Packaging Material Limitations

At some point in the short history of cool direct-to-consumer brands remaking consumer categories, entrepreneurs turned their sights to olive oil. There are sustainable chic olive oil brands like Onsuri, Brightland and Citizens of Soil, CBD-tinged players such...

This Microbiome- And Eco-Minded Brand Shrinks Skincare Into Concentrated Tablets

Laurie Mias is an entrepreneur four times over. In 2010, she opened a natural wine cellar in Copenhagen. Four years later, she stuck to the beverage theme, with a plot twist, by founding a cold press organic juicery...