How 20-Year-Old Entrepreneur Timothy Morris Built Gen Z Grooming Startup Vibe Body Care In His Garage

A little over a year ago, 20-year-old Timothy Morris founded Vibe Body Care in his garage with no seed funding or set plans for the brand’s future. “The idea was actually born when I was a sophomore...

Temptalia’s Christine Mielke Has Tried More Makeup Than Almost Anyone. Now, She’s Released Her Own With Sydney Grace.

A decade after Temptalia founder Christine Mielke collaborated with MAC Cosmetics on a single eyeshadow, Jealousy Wakes, for no compensation, perhaps the most prolific makeup reviewer in the world is back with another collaboration. This time, she...

Sexual Wellness Brand Cake Closes $4M Seed Round, Prepares For Nationwide Walmart Launch

Play and pleasure specialist Cake has closed a $4 million seed round led by venture firm Lerer Hippeau. Other participants in the round are existing investor Brand Foundry Ventures, which led the brand’s...

Native American-Owned Cosmetics Brand Ah-Shi Beauty Is Carefully Reopening Its Stores After Pandemic Closures

Last year, only months after founder Ahsaki Báá LaFrance-Chachere opened Ah-Shi Beauty’s studio, showroom, distribution center and gift shop in Gallup, N.M., and days after it opened a store in Navajo Nation capital Window Rock, Ariz., a...

The Six Biggest Sustainable Beauty Trends

Unlike the maximalist beauty product packaging of the past, Oyl + Water founder and CEO Rachel Roberts Mattox declares modern beauty consumers are “prioritizing minimalism.” During a Beauty Independent In Conversation webinar last week sponsored by