The Art Of Shaving’s Founders Are Back In The Brand Business With Skincare Startup Ingredients
Eleven years after selling The Art of Shaving to Procter & Gamble for an estimated $60 million, the brand’s co-founders Myriam and Eric Malka are innovating in the beauty industry again. The married couple’s organic skincare brand...
Grind Pretty’s Mimi J Is Building A Beauty Empire By Helping Other Women Build Their Businesses
Mimi Johnson, the Atlanta-based makeup artist and budding beauty mogul better known as Mimi J, isn’t satisfied simply building a business. Instead, the founder of product line-cum-retailer The Glamatory and content-commerce vehicle Grind Pretty wants to...
Stryke Club Brings Skincare For Teen Boys To Target
Stryke Club, the skincare range for boys, is the latest addition to Target’s ever-expanding roster of indie brands picked to fill in market gaps. “There’s white space out there, and Target knows it,” says Stacy Blackman, co-founder...
In 2020, Programs To Support BIPOC Brands Proliferated. What Should Be Done Now?
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 36 brand founders and executives: Following Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, retailers and brands such as Credo and Tower 28...
British Haircare Brand Umberto Giannini Expands To The US At Target
There’s a British beauty invasion beginning today at Target as Umberto Giannini, the haircare brand based in Birmingham, England, launches its at-home hair color exclusively at the retailer. Eight products from Umberto Giannini’s Flowerology color range will...
