Full Disclosure Archives | Beauty Independent The eyes, ears and voice of beauty entrepreneurs. Daily industry news, industry knowledge, trend reports and data-driven content. Here for the Fierce Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:49:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 135095403 Rob Robillard Moves From HSN To Desert Essence Parent Company Country Life https://www.beautyindependent.com/rob-robillard-moves-hsn-desert-essence-parent-company-country-life/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/rob-robillard-moves-hsn-desert-essence-parent-company-country-life/#disqus_thread Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:38:30 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=139523 After almost seven years at Qurate Retail Group, where he spent the last two as chief merchandising officer at HSN, Rob Robillard, former CEO of Sensible Organics, ICU Eyewear and Living Proof, is back leading consumer packaged goods brands at Country Life, where he’s once again assumed the CEO

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]]> https://www.beautyindependent.com/rob-robillard-moves-hsn-desert-essence-parent-company-country-life/feed/ 0 139523 Sabbatical Beauty’s Adeline Koh On Rooting A Brand In The Local Community https://www.beautyindependent.com/sabbatical-beauty-adeline-koh/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/sabbatical-beauty-adeline-koh/#disqus_thread Thu, 04 Apr 2024 21:18:12 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=139015 The beauty conversation has dramatically changed since Adeline Koh, a former race and gender studies professor, launched skincare brand Sabbatical Beauty almost a decade ago. Early on, the idea that someone scholarly like her would consider skincare to be self-care was deemed by many to be blasphemous. In the years since,

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]]> https://www.beautyindependent.com/sabbatical-beauty-adeline-koh/feed/ 0 139015 How Incubator Magic Dusk Is Reinventing The Influencer Brand Model https://www.beautyindependent.com/how-incubator-magic-dusk-reinventing-influencer-brand-model/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/how-incubator-magic-dusk-reinventing-influencer-brand-model/#disqus_thread Tue, 02 Apr 2024 21:19:32 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=138834 Influencer and celebrity brands have a well-earned reputation for being fleeting cash grabs.

Magic Dusk, the incubator led by founder and CEO Daniel Kiyoi, former creative director at Tarte, and partner and president Melanie Hutchinson, former director of product innovation at Tarte, that works with influencers Desi Perkins

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]]> https://www.beautyindependent.com/how-incubator-magic-dusk-reinventing-influencer-brand-model/feed/ 0 138834 Why Obayaty Is Confident It Will Succeed In A Men’s Makeup Category That’s Seen Countless Stumbles https://www.beautyindependent.com/obayaty-confident-succeed-mens-makeup-category/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/obayaty-confident-succeed-mens-makeup-category/#disqus_thread Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:38:14 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=138327 Obayaty co-founders Pontus Frankenstein, creative director of Frankenstein Studio, Max Martin, a songwriter who’s penned hits for the likes of Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Usher, Coldplay and the Weeknd, longtime marketing executive Lajjo Strand, and investor and entrepreneur Anna Ryott seek to do something at their men’s

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]]> https://www.beautyindependent.com/obayaty-confident-succeed-mens-makeup-category/feed/ 0 138327 Sakara Life’s Newest Supplement Fights Against The “Mass Extinction Of Microbes” In Our Guts https://www.beautyindependent.com/sakara-life-newest-supplement-microbes-guts/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/sakara-life-newest-supplement-microbes-guts/#disqus_thread Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:25:42 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=137798 Just like a diverse set of microbes is essential for gut health, a diverse set of business drivers is essential for company health. Sakara Life is trying to foster health on both fronts with Fiber Super Powder, its newest product with a starting price of $40 for a 28-servings pouch

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]]> https://www.beautyindependent.com/sakara-life-newest-supplement-microbes-guts/feed/ 0 137798 Nakery COO And Former Becca CEO Robert DeBaker On The Overriding Importance Of Listening To Consumers https://www.beautyindependent.com/nakery-coo-former-becca-ceo-robert-debaker-listening-consumers/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/nakery-coo-former-becca-ceo-robert-debaker-listening-consumers/#disqus_thread Fri, 09 Feb 2024 05:46:31 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=134984 Over 30 years in the beauty industry, Robert DeBaker has forged a career straddling the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds. He spent five years each at Chanel and The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc., ending as VP of Bobbi Brown before diving into beauty’s startup trenches as CEO of Korres, which he joined following a short

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