What’s With The Sudden Interest In Biomimetic Skincare?
When Jennifer McClure, founder of Melach 33, was reformulating the skincare brand’s Nourishing Eye Cream, she wanted to add a gentle active ingredient proven to provide anti-aging benefits and decided on ChroNOline, a compound supplier Lucas...
Subscription Box Company Kinder Beauty Shutters
The cruelty-free beauty and lifestyle subscription box service Kinder Beauty has been dissolved, according to an email to vendors obtained by Beauty Independent. “Kinder Beauty has never been profitable,” wrote...
Farmacy Founder David Chung Has A New Brand At Sephora And Growing Manufacturer Out To Transform The Supply Chain
Serial beauty entrepreneur David Chung is far from done with serial beauty entrepreneurship. After selling Sephora-native clean beauty brand Farmacy to Procter & Gamble in 2021, he’s back with another brand hitting Sephora, The Rootist, a...
Former Onda Beauty President Reopens Luxury Retailer Sommetbeauty In New York City
Four months after launching in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, Sommetbeauty is reopening in the Upper East Side. The luxury retailer from Jane Fernandez, former president of clean beauty retailer Onda...
Why Hum Nutrition Shifted To The Mass Market
Nearly a decade ago, digitally native Hum Nutrition was a central figure in a wave of ingestible brands that entered prestige beauty retail. Prestige beauty retailers wanted in on a skyrocketing wellness category and saw ingestible products...
