
Influencer Shermeen Amin Has An Eye For Instagram And A Penchant For Beauty Products
From skincare shots to pet photography, Shermeen Amin knows how to craft pretty mean Instagram posts. The Dallas resident, who keeps one foot in the human resources world while the other dabbles in the digital space, is precise...

Is Setting An Unassailable Clean Beauty Standard At Retailers Like Sephora Impossible?
In a beauty industry full of slippery marketing concepts, clean beauty may be one of the slipperiest. Ask a dozen beauty executives to define it, and you’re likely to hear a dozen different answers. Amid uncertainty and lack...

The Doctor’s In: Visha Skincare Founder And Dermatologist Purvisha Patel Prescribes Multitasking Natural Products
Purvisha Patel, a veteran dermatologist and skin cancer surgeon, wasn’t trained to treat the skin with natural remedies. However, her interest piqued in them eight years ago when her patients, predominantly people of color, started looking for hydroquinone-...

Founder Gabriela Trujillo’s Immigrant Background Is Weaved Into New Brand Alamar Cosmetics
In the United States, immigrants have combined the best of their old countries with what they’ve learned in their new one. That’s what Gabriela Trujillo, who left Havana for Miami at 3 years old, attempts to do with...

Is The Skin-Positivity Movement Putting Acne Solution Brands In A Spotty Situation?
When Ju Rhyu, co-founder of Hero Cosmetics, first brought her Mighty Patch acne stickers to market last September, she was concerned no one would post about the product on social media, a potential kiss of death for...