Go Big, Young Brand: Indie Entrepreneurs Discuss The Challenges Of Scaling Up

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 18 founders and executives: How did you scale up?

“Everything You Do Is Content”: Winky Lux, Lawless Beauty and Glossier Execs Discuss Engaging Consumers

“The publisher pain point for years was: Where are we going to find content? That’s now the brand’s pain point,” said Henry Davis, president and COO of Glossier, at Citi’s Consumer Disruptive Growth Conference last week....

Bluemercury’s Marla Beck On The Importance Of Specialization, The Beauty Industry’s Favorable Demographics And The Vetting Process For Emerging Brands

Remember when indie beauty wasn’t everywhere? Marla Beck certainly does. Its scarcity in 1999 was a big part of why she founded Bluemercury with her husband Barry. The specialty retailer generated excitement for beauty junkies like Beck...

Founder Story: Elaine Sterling Reveals Favorite Ingredients Coming Out Of Her Living Laboratory

 Elaine Sterling calls it her living laboratory. Others know it as her eponymous school, The Elaine Sterling Institute in Atlanta,...

Allyoos Is The Clean Haircare Equivalent Of Your Cool Cousin Who Knows The Awesomest Products And Loves To Share Them

Everyone’s on the inside at Allyoos, a forthcoming brand that strives to bring universality and family sensibilities to the sometimes highfalutin and exclusive clean corner of the beauty industry. “We care about quality the way our grandparents...