No Day At The Beach: Playa Founder Shelby Wild On Coping With The Pandemic While Pregnant And Running A Growing Brand

Navigating the challenging new reality created by COVID-19 is incredibly hard as an entrepreneur. It’s even harder for an entrepreneur who’s pregnant amid the pandemic. That’s the position that Shelby Wild, founder of Playa, finds...

Makeup Artist And Hairstylist Rob Harmon Shifts Gears Amid The Pandemic To Launch His Brand’s Face Wash For Free

Broadway went dark over five weeks ago. Bustling film and television sets in New York City have been dormant, too. The shutdowns have left countless actors and crew members, including hair and makeup artist Rob Harmon, who...

Skincare Masks Are Getting Caught Up In Amazon’s Efforts To Stop Face Mask Price Gouging

For Refresh Skin Therapy, doing business on Amazon amid the coronavirus pandemic has been a rollercoaster ride. A major dip in the rollercoaster ride was having its bestseller, Fruit Acid 15% Gel Peel with Kojic, removed from...

Suja And Kopari Backer’s Brand Liveli Relaunches As A CBD Specialist

Less than two years after launching, supplement brand Liveli has shifted away from the popular nootropics category to the even more popular CBD wellness category. With the rebrand, Liveli, part of the Enlightened Brand Ventures portfolio...

“A Huge Step For Representation”: Botanika Beauty Breaks Into The Haircare Assortment At Walmart And Target

Ada Rojas demands that the beauty industry include Afro-Latinas like her—and she isn’t one to sit on the sidelines if it doesn’t. In 2009, about a year before Instagram started, Rojas, a first-generation Dominican-American, entered the beauty blogosphere...