
Indie Beauty Media Group Announces 2018 Best In Show Nominees
With the conclusion of its fourth season—one that includes its first international destination—Indie Beauty Media Group, producer of Indie Beauty Expo, has released the list of 2018 Best In Show nominees. The 2018...

After Its Sales Soared 250% Digitally, BioClarity Takes To Stores With A Launch At Urban Outfitters
BioClarity is bounding into Urban Outfitters on a course to ban blemishes with its green goop. The apparel and lifestyle retailer represents the plant-based skincare brand’s first brick-and-mortar partnership after two years sticking to a direct-to-consumer model...

Blue Beauty, Regenerative Agriculture, Community Gardens: How Mission-Driven Brands Raise Environmental Consciousness Among Suppliers and Consumers
Independent beauty companies are on a mission to change the industry from the outside, so it’s no surprise that there are so many mission-driven brands among them. Beauty brands align themselves with particular health issues or...

At Urban Pearl Collective, Clean Beauty Shoppers Can Get It All (Or They Will Be Able To Soon)
At Urban Pearl Collective, a shopper can pick up a biodegradable yoga mat, matcha whisk, blue light-blocking glasses, dry shampoo, eye shadow, serum, silk pillow and smudge sticks. Founded by Marguerite Gray Buer, the new e-tailer’s concept...

While Others Go Niche, Small World Brands Has Big Plans For Its First Of Several Global Brands
Small World Brands, a new beauty and wellness company, is going big with its first brand, Nuria, by establishing a global footprint and advocating for gender equality through girls’ education. Led by Naomi Furgiuele, a 15-year...