'Talking to those two extremes is where we come alive:' The Inkey List co-founders Colette Laxton and Mark Curry on their skin care brand
"We've been in failed startups, we've been in tough times in early days," said The Inkey List co-founder Mark Curry. But Curry credited early business non-starts for the cautious and measured way he a...
20 Feb 202037min
E.l.f. Cosmetics CEO Tarang Amin on the strategies that turned the beauty company around
When E.l.f. Cosmetics went public in 2016 after a majority investment from TPG just two years earlier, it seemed like the sky was the limit for the millennial-minded beauty brand. "E.l.f. has always b...
13 Feb 202027min
Francesco Clark on founding, selling and buying back his skin care company
When Francesco Clark started experimenting with skin care formulas, it was to help himself. At 24, a diving accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. That might sound like the beginning of Clark...
6 Feb 202035min
Beautyblender founder and CEO Rea Ann Silva on elevating "a throwaway product"
As a makeup artist for 25 years, Rea Ann Silva was intimately familiar with the pain points for those in her line of work. She tried to avoid bringing unwieldy airbrush kits on set when she could, and...
30 Jan 202033min
Annie Lawless on making lipstick that's safe enough to eat
Annie Lawless is on a mission to make clean makeup as luxurious as its classic counterparts. "As a makeup girl who loves full coverage and wears a full face of makeup every day, I just couldn't find c...
23 Jan 202035min
Maesa's Scott Oshry on why retail isn't dead: 'Newness drives sales'
Scott Oshry didn't get into the beauty industry because of a life-long love of cosmetics or hair care. He, alongside his college friend Sean Brosmith, created the CD storage sleeve in the early 90s, w...
16 Jan 202033min
Skyn Iceland founder Sarah Kugelman on surviving a break-up with Sephora and coming back stronger
Sarah Kugelman compares having her products dropped from Sephora stores to “being on a date with someone you really like and them not wanting to go out with you again.” Sales at Sephora’s 200 stores r...
9 Jan 202030min
Beekman 1802 founders Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge on the magic of goat milk soap
Most businesses start with an idea before getting the right resources to make a product. With Beekman 1802, it was the other way around. Founders Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge had bought a farm ...
19 Dec 201935min
