Rachel Brown
What Will The Sustainable Beauty Store Of The Future Be Like?
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we asked 11 retail and sustainability specialists, beauty industry experts and brand founders: What will the sustainable beauty store of the future be like?
Formula Botanica’s Lorraine Dallmeier Says Beauty Isn’t Getting Real About Sustainability Unless It Focuses On Degrowth
Businesses racking up carbon credits as they launch product after product, even if those products housed in recyclable packaging, aren’t going to save the earth. Biologist Lorraine Dallmeier, CEO and owner of Formula Botanica, the online organic...
HelloBiome Launches To Help Companies Gain Insights Into The Skin Microbiome To Make Products Effective For It
Did you know that people with similar dry patches can have vastly different skin microbiomes? That’s among the insights HelloBiome, an AI-powered microbiome assessment and data platform by the people behind microbiome-friendly skincare brand Dr. Elsa...
Perelel Secures $4.7M In Seed Funding From Unilever Ventures, Willow Growth Partners, Aimee Song And Others
Perelel, the brand specializing in supplements designed for different stages in women’s reproductive life cycles, has reached a new stage in its life cycle. It’s drawn $4.7 million in seed funding to grow its staff, product assortment...
Meet The Skincare Entrepreneur And Former Editor Trying To Make Success For Woman-Founded Brands Far More Common
In an Instagram post from content and event platform Female Founder World, Cinch Skin founder Renee Moore shared what brands should include in retail pitches. During a podcast episode, Blueland CEO and co-founder Sarah...
Natural Contract Manufacturing Opens With Low MOQs To Serve Emerging Beauty And Personal Care Brands
Responding to demands for minimum order quantities smaller than most beauty and personal care co-packers will handle, the company behind men’s personal care brand American Provenance has opened production facility Natural Contract Manufacturing. Rather than quantities...
What Beauty Segment—Prestige, Mass, Masstige Or Value—Will Win In A Shaky Economy?
Inflation in the United States hit 9.1%, a four-decade high, in June in yet another reminder of the economic quagmire the country is stuck in. Facing the effects of persistent inflationary pressure, interest rate hikes and supply chain...
