Amanda West Reade

When Sarah Brown, founder of skincare brand Pai, couldn’t find a solution to her chronic urticaria, a condition that caused itchiness and hives on over 80% of her body, she created the remedy herself. “One...

When Elana Drell-Szyfer, now CEO of RéVive, was running makeup artist-founded cosmetics brand Laura Geller, she came to a critical crossroads. “One of the key points of differentiation for Laura was that her products were made in...

For brands concerned about the environment, sustainability can’t be a postscript. In a Beauty Independent In Conversation webinar last month, Brandi Parker, head of realization at design and branding agency Pearlfisher, offered four recommendations for those...

Bottles, jars and tubes aren’t the only beauty packaging units affecting the environment. Secondary packaging is a big part of the story, too. “Sixty-five-plus percent of secondary packaging is made out of paper,” said Nader Naeymi-Rad, co-founder of...

Glass isn’t a sustainable packaging panacea. As beauty brands seek to replace plastic, the material has become a go-to alternative, but every alternative has trade-offs. Glass is energy intensive to produce, heavy to ship and relatively easy to...

Being sustainable and ringing up sales aren’t at odds, according to Tensie Whelan, founding director at NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business. During Beauty Independent’s In Conversation Spotlight Series webinar last Friday, she asserted eco-friendly brands...