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,...

Four Leading Beauty Entrepreneurs On Tweaking Business Models, Pinning Down Labs And Taking On Investment

Scrappiness can be a small beauty brand’s best asset. At a panel last month hosted by Stacklist, a community-driven effort to document entrepreneurial learnings, in New York City, founders from Cocokind, Atolla, Prose and Scentbird delved into the...

PCOS Sufferer Nicole Hawthorne’s Endocrine Disruptor-Free Brand NHCO Botanical Lands At Soft Surroundings

NHCO Botanical Bodycare was born out of and created in tribute to its founder’s personal tragedy. In 2016, after undergoing many rounds of fertility treatments that didn’t work, Nicole Hawthorne got pregnant naturally, but she ultimately miscarried....

40 Over 40: Indie Beauty Brand Founders Breaking Age Barriers (Pt 3 of 4)

One of the biggest mysteries of the beauty industry is why it neglects affluent beauty consumers by often excluding gen X and baby boomers from advertising and product development. The value of baby boomers’ economic activity tops $7.6...