
Pearl Butter And CAP Beauty Collide Over Coconut Butters As Concerns About Copying Grow In The Indie Segment
Pearl Butter, a brand that’s made a splash with colorful adaptogenic spreads, asserts retailer CAP Beauty is causing confusion in the marketplace by producing and selling coconut butters resembling the brand’s offerings. Repudiated by CAP Beauty,...

This Green Beauty Blogger Can’t Be Bought
Don’t call Arjun Sudhir an influencer. He doesn’t believe in the term. The Melbourne-based blogger behind “Just Ask Arjun” is serious about sussing skincare products, not flashing his face on Instagram and amassing the most followers. Instead, Sudhir...

Inspiration Matters: Where Indie Beauty Brand Founders Find That Spark
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 11 founders and executives: What do you draw inspiration from?

Sana Jardin Tests The Business Impact Of Being Driven By A Social Mission
Can providing economic opportunity persuade consumers to purchase perfume? That’s the question Sana Jardin is attempting to answer. The fragrance brand that launched at Harrods Salon De Parfums last August and is slated to enter the new...

U.K. Brand Contour Cosmetics Makes A Play To Sculpt American Faces
Contour Cosmetics, the brand that popularized the sculpting makeup technique tied to Kim Kardashian in the United Kingdom, has arrived in the United States. This month, 500,000 Contour Cosmetics units are being deposited in the hands of...