Jess Hunt on Refy Beauty's signature Brow Sculpt, recent complexion launch and success at Sephora
Jess Hunt, now 27, has been creating content for over a decade. She has 1.7 million followers on Instagram, where she got started, and another 184,000 on TikTok. Through her career as a content creato...
27 Jun 202439min
DC attorney Katlin McKelvie on forming MOCRA in the Senate and the 'black box' deadline coming next from FDA
In December, America’s first big move to regulate the beauty industry in more than 80 years went into effect with the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulatory Act of 2022, best known as MoCRA. But it isn...
20 Jun 202434min
Deepica Mutyala on growing Live Tinted's complexion category
In May, Live Tinted turned five years old. The brand was founded by Deepica Mutyala, a veteran of both the corporate beauty space, as a one-time manager at Birchbox, and the creator space — Mutyala ha...
13 Jun 202437min
AS Beauty Group's Sara Mitzner: 'We keep women 40 and older in mind' at every stage of the brand
Unlike many beauty executives, Sara Mitzner, vp of brand marketing at AS Beauty Group since 2019, started her career in fashion. Her resume includes roles a Complex, Fullbeauty Brands and Swimsuits fo...
6 Jun 202449min
Taylor Frankel on 10 years of Nudestix
Taylor Frankel is one of three co-founders of Toronto-based Nudestix. And, as the beauty brand's main face, she has been spending the year celebrating its 10-year anniversary. She founded the brand wi...
30 Mai 202448min
Mielle's Monique Rodríguez on prioritizing 'innovation and meeting the needs of the ever-changing consumer'
When Mielle Organics founder and CEO Monique Rodriguez started the textured hair-care brand in her kitchen 10 years ago, her goal was to create healthy organic products for her textured hair. Now, a d...
23 Mai 202434min
Prequel Skin's Dr. Sam Ellis: 'There's space for a dermatologist-founded brand that is more approachable and not prestige'
Prequel Skin is less than a year old. But the direct-to-consumer brand, founded by dermatologist Dr. Sam Ellis, in partnership with Ben Bennett's incubator, The Center, has caught on. That can be owed...
16 Mai 202437min
Prose CMO Megan Streeter: AI is at the core of who we are
When Prose launched in 2017, custom hair care was an untapped market, allowing the brand to disrupt the space. Since then, Prose has sold over 10 million units and expanded to skin care, in May 2023. ...
9 Mai 202433min
