Brand Report

How Indie Beauty Brands Are Shaping The Conscious Beauty Movement

The idea of conscious beauty is spreading across the beauty industry, from brands to retailers.  Proponents of the phrase are anticipating the high principles it conveys will turn into a movement that will...
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Why Chocolate Is So Much More Than A Guilty Pleasure

Until a few years ago, most people in the western world may have considered chocolate merely a guilty pleasure. Today, the people behind various cacao-infused items, from foods to skincare products, believe it could be much...
No Stupid Questions

To TikTok Or Not? Where Indie Beauty Brands Stand On The App

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 15 founders and executives: Is your brand on TikTok?
Brand Report

From Bergdorf Goodman To Net-A-Porter, Royal Fern Expands Distribution Globally

Royal Fern isn’t cut from the classic doctor brand lab coat. Dermatologist Timm Golueke, who launched the anti-aging skincare brand five years ago, isn’t a fan of the model behind many of the physician-led beauty concepts with...
Social Beauty

Social Media On Defense: Five Developments From The Digital Week That Was

Just when you thought this year couldn’t get any tougher, this week brought protests and boycotts in the wake of white police officer Rusten Sheskey firing seven shots at the back of Black man Jacob Blake in Kenosha,...