How Former Sephora Chief Merchant Margarita Arriagada Is Redefining Luxury Beauty With Her Brand Valdé

After the pandemic took hold in the United States in the spring of last year, former Sephora chief merchant Margarita Arriagada was faced with one of the most difficult decisions of her storied beauty industry career. Should she...

SeneGence Founder Joni Rogers-Kante Wants To Set The MLM Record Straight

Some of beauty’s most iconic brands—Avon, Mary Kay and Rodan + Fields, for example—have grown into business empires utilizing multi-level marketing models. As popular as these brands’ products may be, direct-sales or MLM

More Than 200 Asian American- And Asian-Owned Beauty Brands And Retailers To Support Now And Forever

In three shootings at Atlanta-area spas last week, eight people senselessly lost their lives, including six women of Asian descent. In the wake of the horrific tragedy and the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes in the...

New Beauty Brand Fiils Is On A Mission To Make Refills Easy And Fun For Everyone

“I’m a recovering hypocrite really because I’ve worked for big beauty brands and pushed product for so long,” says Anna Priadka, former global artist for Nars in the United Kingdom and regional makeup artist for Dior. “In my...

The Detox Market Flexes Its Curation Skills With French Clean Beauty Capsule Collection

Most years, Romain Gaillard, a longtime Los Angeles resident who grew up in Paris, takes at least four trips to France, but 2020 and 2021 aren’t most years. Due to the pandemic, the founder and CEO of clean...