Indie Beauty Brand Founders Share Their Worst Rookie Mistakes

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 20 founders and executives: What’s a rookie mistake you made in business?

Doctor Rogers Restore Goes From One SKU To Two With The Launch Of Face Wash At Violet Grey

In a trend-driven industry in which fast beauty is the order of the day, Doctor Rogers Restore takes a slow beauty approach that’s anything but trendy. Three years after introducing its debut product, Healing Balm, the...

At New Lifestyle E-Tailer Confidants, Quality And Affordability Aren’t Opposites

Confidants aims to be Goop for the 99%. The new e-tailer from Lauren Fennema, former head of buying at men’s gear mecca Huckberry, is based on the premise that covetable premium goods don’t have to be bank...

Sundial Brands CEO Richelieu Dennis On What Beauty Entrepreneurs Should And Shouldn’t Do When Seeking Capital

Richelieu Dennis hasn’t slowed down since selling Sundial Brands, the company he launched with his mother Mary and college roommate Nyema Tubman in 1991, to Unilever last year. In addition to staying atop Sundial Brands as CEO...

What Role Will Indie Beauty Play At A Publicly-Traded Revolve?

Do the expectations of Wall Street align with indie brand cultivation? The answer to that question may become clearer once Revolve, the Southern California-based e-tailer known for fostering rising vendors with a millennial bent, is publicly-traded on...