Pink Moon Co.’s Lin Chen On Preparing For International Expansion
The United States is a gargantuan market, but there is plenty of potential sales for indie beauty brands abroad. Lin Chen is well aware of foreign demand for American exports, and the complexities involved with steering those exports...
Monique Rodriguez Has Gone From Tinkering In The Basement To Leading A Multimillion-Dollar Haircare Brand
After Monique Rodriguez’s two daughters dozed off, she’d quietly lug the contents of her kitchen down to the basement, where she set up a makeshift haircare laboratory. During the wee hours of the night, she’d carefully mix olive...
Happy Galentine’s Day: The Empowering Holiday Powers Beauty Purchases
Three years ago, Boxfox assembled Galentine’s Day offerings without much expectation for how they’d do. COO and co-founder Sabena Suri figured the unofficial holiday gave the personalized gift box company a chance to applaud women...
Laura’s Natural Life’s Laura Ehlers Educates As She Influences
Laura Ehlers is head of a unique class of instructor-influencers. Not only does she review products and share her routines, the blogger behind Laura’s Natural Life educates the clean beauty curious on greenwashing and being a conscious consumer. Ehlers...
The Bonds Of Blood And Beauty: Indie Brand Founders Dish On Working With Family Members
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 11 founders and executives: What are the pros and cons of working with family members?
