Are Rising Costs In The Supply Chain Translating To Beauty Product Price Increases For Consumers?

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we ask 26 entrepreneurs and executives at beauty companies: Given rising costs throughout the beauty industry supply chain and inflationary pressures more broadly, have...

Supply Chain Chaos Looks Like It Will Make The Holiday Season Less Bright For Beauty Brands—And Continue Into 2022

Kinks in the supply chain continue to hamstring the beauty industry, bringing delayed launches, reworked production schedules, expensive air freight, threat of higher prices, squeezed margins and the potential of holiday shortages with them. Alicia Yoon, founder and...

Athleisure Haircare Brand Sunday II Sunday Launches At Ulta Beauty

A year and a half after its debut, athleisure haircare brand Sunday II Sunday has a new partnership with Ulta Beauty. “What we’re seeing is the demand for Sunday II Sunday is growing so much that we...

Curator Quentin Smith Partners With Régime Des Fleurs Founder Alia Raza To Launch “Climatic Skincare” Brand Topi

Even if you know nothing about Topi, a cursory glance at the packaging will lead you to assume its creators have impeccable design pedigree—and you’d be right.  The new “climatic skincare” brand is...

New Brand Barb Is Making Sure Underserved Short-Haired Consumers Are Understood

Sheena Lister, co-founder of Barb, a haircare brand designed to celebrate women and others with short hair, grew up with long, curly hair. “I hated brushing it when I was young,” she says. “Fast forward to my early...