Eight International Beauty Trends Spotted At IBE London 2019

The first Indie Beauty Expo London last year, one of parent company Indie Beauty Media Group’s most successful debut shows to date, was going to be a tough act to follow. But its follow-up, IBE London 2019,...

Barneys New York Was Known As A Brand Builder. With Its Liquidation, What Retailers Will Assume The Brand-Building Role?

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions pertinent to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 12 beauty industry experts: Barneys New York, which has been taken over out of bankruptcy by Authentic Brands Group, was known as a...

A Glance Inside Grove Collaborative’s New Clean Beauty Concept Roven

Darby Smart co-founder Nicole Farb knows a thing or two about cultivating a community. A glance at the former investment banker’s track record shows she helped to attract 5 million viewers to the online DIY destination and, then,...

Biotic Broth Is Brewing In Brooklyn: Fermented Skincare Range Biophile Launches

Brooklyn’s severely contaminated—and smelly—Gowanus Canal is an unlikely backdrop for the birth of a clean beauty brand, but scientist-turned-skincare entrepreneur Alison Cutlan draws formulation inspiration from the superfund site that neighbors her lab.  “It’s...

Pacifica Makes Tough Decisions To Ready Its Surging Business For The Next Phase Of Growth

After nearly a quarter century in business, Pacifica is strengthening its infrastructure to stick around for another quarter century—and more. President and founder Brook Harvey-Taylor describes one of her primary responsibilities as “future-proofing” her clean beauty brand,...