Arian Simone’s Fearless Fund Is Out To Close The Funding Gap For Women Of Color Founders
By now, the abysmal percentage of venture capital funding going to women of color founders is well-known. For effect, it bears repeating: it’s less than 1%. The figure is even more pitiful considering that...
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...
