4 Popular Wellness Ingredients Crossing Over To Beauty

Resveratrol, niacinamide and vitamin C are among the many ingredients that have transitioned from supplement standards to skincare stars. As the wellness category has exploded into a multitrillion-dollar behemoth with new super-science-y ingestible offerings multiplying, we were wondering,...

Product Developer Julie Pefferman’s Top 8 Indie Beauty Predictions For 2025

The first time Beauty Independent asked cosmetic chemist Julie Pefferman for her annual beauty industry predictions in 2019, she offered several that resonated for years, including a greater emphasis on customer retention and brand acquisitions at earlier...

25 Bold Indie Beauty Predictions For 2025

In writing about China and Japan, economist and outgoing New York Times columnist Paul Krugman refers to properly “downshifting” (in the case of Japan and not so much in the case of China) or managing the economy...

Sula Labs Founder And Cosmetic Chemist AJ Addae Identifies 5 Beauty Industry Themes To Watch For Next Year

“In an industry that’s so fast paced, supersaturated and increasingly becoming more costly, we’re all exhausted,” wrote cosmetic chemist AJ Addae in a recent email newsletter from Sula Labs, the research and development lab she founded in...

6 Beauty Trends The Future Laboratory Forecasts Will Be Big In 2025 As Consumers Focus On Health And Connection

In its Future Forecast 2025 report, The Future Laboratory compiled 50 trends and innovations spanning 10 industries, including beauty, design, retail, pop culture, food and drink, travel, technology, and health...

From Supplements To Sheets, Grounding Products Gain Ground Among Anxious Consumers

In a chronically online world in which people are increasingly anxious and depressed, they’re seeking solace by putting down their phones to practice grounding or earthing—and brands are responding by...