As The Beauty Industry Goes Vegan, Geltor Raises $91.3M To Supply It With Animal-Free Bioengineered Ingredients
In the food industry, plant protein companies Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods sales are soaring as people seek beef substitutes. In the beauty and wellness industry, Geltor is the closest corollary, and it’s increasingly becoming a go-to...
New Culture-First Beauty Marketplace Geenie Is All About Community
There are no purposeless beauty purchases at Geenie. The online marketplace by marketer Chana Ewing, author of children’s book “An ABC of Equality,” who shut down its precursor Geeniebox in December, carries products from independent Black-,...
Five Big Challenges To Developing Sustainable Beauty Brands
After beauty brands scrutinized ingredients they used, they began to examine the environmental impacts of those ingredients and the packaging housing them. While trying to maintain human beauty, the beauty industry often doesn’t do the same for the...
Can We Pump The Brakes On Pumps?
Me: “I’m writing an article about pumps.” Husband: “Bike pumps?” Me: “No.” Husband: “Breast pumps?” Me: “No.” Husband: “Gas pumps?” Me: “No.” Husband: “Like the high heels?” Me: “No!” (I grabbed...
How South African Brand Ashaki Is Improving Women’s Livelihoods Through Haircare
If there’s any proof needed that the beauty industry isn’t superficial, Nthabiseng Duff can provide it. Affectionately called Joy, the founder of Pretoria, South Africa-based brand Ashaki is bottling healing African botanicals to support small-scale farmers through...
