How PPC’s Brandon Frank Is Shifting Links In Beauty’s Packaging Supply Chain Amid Tariff Turbulence

As the CEO of distributor Pacific Packaging Components, Brandon Frank’s job is solving packaging puzzles for beauty companies such as Drunk Elephant, Briogeo, Shiseido, Dr. Bronner’s, Sun Bum and Hims & Hers. Where can they...

Beyond The Black Square: Tower 28’s Amy Liu On Why DEI Is More Important Than Ever In Beauty

Clean Beauty Summer School, a 10-week mentorship program for minority-owned clean beauty brands and content creators, has been a highlight of Tower 28 founder Amy Liu’s six years as a beauty entrepreneur. Applications for CBSS,...

The Next 85 Days Are Critical For Future-Proofing Beauty Supply Chains, According To Atelier’s Nick Benson

Whether a beauty brand generates $1 billion or $1, it can’t be disentangled from the global supply chain. That’s because it’s practically impossible for some part of its business, whether ingredients, packaging, manufacturing, distribution or marketing, to...

Bulletin Co-Founder Ali Kriegsman On Why Founder-Led Brands Are The Future—And Not All Founders Will Like It

At Bulletin, Ali Kriegsman and Alana Branston built an unexpected empire. After a series of pivots—it went from a newsletter spotlighting cool indie brands they started in 2015 while working at content marketer Contently to a membership...

Highstock Wants Beauty Brands To Stop Being Embarrassed And Start Getting Smarter About Surplus Inventory

When Camille van Horne launched Highstock, a startup connecting beauty brands with excess inventory to buyers globally, a smidge over six months ago, she was chagrined by just how emotional decisions about excess inventory are. “Brands...

Behind The Scenes With “GlowJob,” The Dishy Podcast Bringing “Call Her Daddy” Candor To Beauty

Whether they’re dissecting the cost of boob jobs or predicting the next big celebrity beauty brand (their money is on Alix Earle and Saweetie), Julia Bellary and Sasa Li don’t hold back on “GlowJob,” where they...