Freck Beauty founder Remi: Everyone thought the brand concept was 'crazy'
When Freck Beauty's founder, who goes by Remi, first launched her brand on Kickstarter, her idea was a novel one: a makeup product that could recreate the look of freckles. Not everyone understood the...
27 Jan 202243min
Pai Skincare founder and CEO Sarah Brown: 'Clean is not a term I like'
When U.K.-based brand Pai Skincare first launched 14 years ago as an organic beauty brand, the clean category was barely in its infancy. Since then, Sarah Brown, founder and CEO of Pai, has seen the r...
20 Jan 202237min
Flamingo Estate founder Richard Christiansen: 'Pleasure is a priority'
In the heart of Los Angeles lies a seven-acre oasis known as Flamingo Estate. Flamingo Estate, the brainchild of Richard Christiansen, is a modern take on an apothecary-meets-sanctuary. Nestled in the...
13 Jan 202251min
Year in Review Beauty Podcast: NFTs became hot, shop-in-shops dominated retail and curly hair became popular
In a special edition of the Glossy Beauty Podcast, Jill Manoff, editor-in-chief, sat down with senior beauty reporters Liz Flora and Emma Sandler to review the year in beauty news. The previous 12 mon...
6 Jan 202236min
Kinship’s Alison Haljun and Christin Powell: ‘A lot of people told us not to do Gen Z’
Not long ago, skin-care options for teens were limited to the traditional players in the market. In November 2019, beauty industry veterans Alison Haljun and Christin Powell set out to change that wit...
30 Des 202139min
111Skin founders on building an expert-led brand: 'We make product decisions based on patients'
When Dr. Yannis Alexandrides first formulated a healing serum for patients of his London-based plastic surgery clinic, he had no intention of turning it into one of the beauty industry’s most sought-a...
23 Des 202136min
L'Oréal’s Erica Culpepper: ‘What's happening now is the perfect example of people truly walking the talk’
At L’Oréal, Erica Culpepper has overseen a portfolio of brands that have been at the forefront of the beauty industry’s transformation, when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion. With a tenure...
16 Des 202137min
Shani Darden and CEO Michelle Shigemasa on retinol: ‘Efficaciousness’ trumps ‘Percentages'
While many children begin to pursue hobbies around eight years old, they are not typically along the lines of curating a skin -care routine, unless of course, you are Shani Darden. The founder of her ...
9 Des 202134min
