DedCool Is Really That Cool (So Says Riley Rose And Neiman Marcus)

Most people have mementoes from their teenage years they recall with a mixture of nostalgia and embarrassment. For Carina Chazanas, that memento is her first fragrance business. “When I was 16, I did a brand called Carina Chaz....

BeauTeaBar Becomes Aurum Rose Beauty To Raise The Bar For Natural Beauty Retailing

Out with the scold. Four years into building BeauTeaBar, founder Marissa Waller is teeing up the boutique and e-tailer for expansion by changing its name to Aurum Rose Beauty and positioning it as a leading...

Follain Arrives At Fivestory To Bring Upscale Clean Beauty To Uptown

For a neighborhood loaded with designer boutiques and pricey salons, Manhattan’s Upper East Side is woefully devoid of chic clean beauty stores. A shopper has to go to Soho or – gasp! – all the way...

Coffee Skincare Specialist The Dirty Lamb Generates Retail Buzz At TJX Cos. Locations

Two weeks ago, The Dirty Lamb founder Ahlam Abbas quit her job as a NICU nurse to commit full-time to the skincare brand. The 25-year-old was emboldened by a purchase order from The TJX Cos., parent company...

Whole Foods Changes And Stays The Same For Beauty Brands

Whole Body’s Alyssa Vescio has a message for indie beauty entrepreneurs: Whole Foods isn’t vacating its commitment to emerging brands. After the...

Seed To Serum Shuttering As Founder Steps Into New Career

Seed to Serum, an online plant-based beauty apothecary, is shutting its virtual doors. After months of pondering the fate of her business, founder Megan Schwarz has chosen to turn her focus away from the e-tailer to...