Clean Beauty Is A Rich, White Club That Hasn’t Let Me In. Here’s How It Can Make Real Change.
In 2016, Stephane—my life and business partner—called me to tell me about two new stores he found that he strongly believed our brand Kreyol Essence belonged in. We were new to the business of beauty and were...
What It’s Really Like To Pitch Retailers As A Black Beauty Entrepreneur
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 20 founders: As a Black brand owner, what’s it been like for you to pitch retailers, and how do you think they could...
Beauty Independent’s Beacon Awards To Recognize Guiding Lights In The Indie Beauty Segment
We love beauty entrepreneurs. We love covering the brand founders, retailers, investors and solution providers driving this industry forward. We love celebrating the community bringing change to the beauty industry. After three years of chronicling the...
New Luxury Brand Monpure Takes A Skincare Approach To Scalp Care
As consumers wake up to the importance of scalp health, Monpure is staking a claim to being an upscale, sustainable solution for them. The new London brand joins an expanding roster of beauty companies such as Briogeo,...
New Beauty Subscription Service SelfE Box Celebrates Black Girls
Kelly Smith Beaty long dreamt of launching a magazine for Black tweens and teens. “For me, that began as a girl, when I was a Seventeen subscriber,” she recounts. “I used to love getting it because that was...
