Bellami’s Scott Friedman On How To Hire The Right CEO
Scott Friedman is a favorite executive of beauty entrepreneurs. Along with founder Toni Ko, he guided the mass-market makeup authority NYX Cosmetics to a $500 million deal with L’Oréal in 2014. Seven years earlier, he...
The Spirit Of Holiday Markets: Customer Relationships, Ethical Standards And Sales
‘Tis the season for holiday markets and pop-up events galore. Whether its OM For The Holidays in Cleveland, Unique L.A., SF Made and Women X Made in San Francisco or Lightfoot Market and Union Square Holiday Market in...
Kalumi’s Marine Collagen Beauty Bars Are Kicking Into High Gear At Retail
Kalumi’s protein bars are packing a powerful retail punch. After the beauty food brand launched in January, Free People picked it up in March and sold out of some 500 bars within a month. Goop...
How Indie Beauty Brands Foster Workplaces Free Of Sexual Harassment
In light of recent high-profile sexual harassment claims, in this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask nine founders and executives: How do you foster a healthy...
Velvet Pops The Cork On Serious Skincare With A Not-So-Serious Attitude
Kate Lee has a dual professional personality. By day, she’s busy crunching numbers to evaluate clinical research as a health informatics analyst. By night, she dreams up beauty product formulas and packaging design for her emerging brand, Velvet,...
