Dr. Shereene Idriss on building a community and rarely accepting brand partnerships
For the past 10 years, Dr. Shereene Idriss has been a practicing dermatologist in New York City. And in 2018, she also became a social media star. Today, Dr. Idriss has 657,000 followers on Instagram,...
5 Okt 202340min
Noble Panacea CEO Céline Talabaza on why luxury beauty ‘cannot be copied’
It is notoriously difficult to succeed in the luxury indie beauty space, and not many brands do. But by all accounts, Noble Panacea has superseded all expectations. Noble Panacea launched in Oct. 2019...
28 Sep 202345min
Sabrina Elba on creating S’able Labs with husband Idris Elba: 'We never wanted this to be about us.'
When Idris and Sabrina Elba, husband and wife, launched their gender-neutral skin-care brand, S’able Labs, in July 2022, it was just ahead of the boom in celebrity beauty launches. The brand had been ...
21 Sep 202343min
Mango People founder Sravya Adusumilli: 'Launching the brand was the hardest part'
Sravya Adusumilli, the founder of Mango People, never thought she would become a makeup brand founder. But, after spending her academic career in a chemistry lab, she found she preferred being an entr...
14 Sep 202341min
Jerrod Blandino and Jeremy Johnson on going clean and glam with new makeup venture, Polite Society
When Jerrod Blandino and Jeremy Johnson first launched Too Faced back in 1998, the beauty startup world was a whole different game. Over the decades, the co-founders powered through all the big change...
7 Sep 202352min
Curie founder and CEO Sarah Moret on leveraging 'Shark Tank' and Walmart to grow the business
It's no secret that natural deodorant gets a bad rap. Clean beauty consumers looking for brands that leave out ingredients such as aluminum have long complained of having trouble finding something tha...
31 Aug 202339min
Makeup artist and founder Patrick Ta on finding success through social media
Patrick Ta has come a long way from the MAC counter, where he started working over 12 years ago in Scottsdale, Arizona. Today, the brand founder and full-time makeup artist travels the country creatin...
24 Aug 202337min
Scotch Porter founder Calvin Quallis: 'Beards have staying power’
Back in the day, the men’s grooming category was synonymous with shaving products. But not anymore. The rising acceptance of facial hair has led to a boom in beard-care products. Take Scotch Porter, ...
17 Aug 202341min
