Mermaids And Natural Ingredients Are Much More Than Merely Trends To The Founder Of Captain Blankenship

Like an acrophobe becoming a helicopter pilot, Jana Blankenship overcame fragrance sensitivity to build the beauty brand Captain Blankenship. The trick to surmounting her scent incompatibility was switching from synthetic to natural ingredients. Captain Blankenship aims to...

Devin Donaldson’s Sage Words Of Wisdom On The Subscription Model

Dollar Shave Club, Stitch Fix, Birchbox, Blue Apron, Scentbird and Petit Vour have vastly different businesses, but they’re all based around a similar premise: capturing customers for more than single purchases. Subscription models are an eminently...

The Intermediary Goes Digital: OPAL Avenue Launches To Connect Clean Beauty Retailers And Brands Online

Mia Bell Brands is bringing technology to the fore to match retailers with clean beauty and wellness brands as a new entity called OPAL Avenue. The move comes after the retail brokerage firm acquired Kind Eye For...

How Brands Get Their Clean Beauty Messages Out

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 10 founders and executives: How do you educate the public on using natural beauty products?

Shop Good Serves Up Self-Care Staples In San Diego

The clean beauty boss has a new domain. Leah Kirpalani, who started Good Life in 2015 as a health coaching venture, is opening the 750-square-foot store Shop Good in San Diego showcasing brands such as...