What Indie Beauty Brands Should Know Before Negotiating With Manufacturers

There is no beauty industry without beauty products. To make most beauty products, brands turn to contract manufacturers specializing in the mass production of market-ready skincare, haircare and cosmetics. Across the country, there are 190 skincare contract manufacturers...

From Typos To Misprints, Beauty Brand Founders Lament Label Mistakes

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 12 brand founders and executives: Have you ever made a mistake on your label?

This Brand Is Building A Powerful Makeup Wardrobe For Working Women

For many working women, a red lip and the perfect pair of heels provide the extra boost of confidence needed to conquer an important meeting. Bossy Cosmetics is offering those confidence boosters with a much cheaper price...

New E-Tailer Adaya Beauty Makes It Easy For Black Women To Purchase The Products Right For Them

When Chelsy Gray goes to her local drugstore or beauty specialty store, she doesn’t always find the right product for her. There may be one or two options addressing her needs in a product category and, if those...

Clean Haircare Brand Shaz & Kiks Puts A Modern Spin On The Ancient Practice Of Hair-Oiling

During summers in India, sisters Shaz Rajashekar and Kiku Chaudhuri were introduced to hair-oiling by their grandmother and aunties. “When we were growing up, this is how we learned to take care of your hair, basically massaging an...