The cosmetics brand Glossier was born out of a makeup blog, with its 32-year-old founder touted as a visionary. This year, British women are poised to get a taste of a brand that has taken the US by storm. The rise of beauty startup Glossier over the past three years has extended far beyond the narrow confines of the cosmetics …
Lowdown: Q&A with WAH Nails’ founder, Sharmadean Reid
Sharmadean Reid is founder of WAH, once a hip-hop zine and now a futuristic London nail salon, and co-founder of Future Girl Corp, a business network for women. Sum up what you do. I have loads of ideas and find the best people to execute them. Why did you decide to get into nail art? I set up WAH because …
Future faces: three British founders with a fresh take on black hair and makeup
We speak to three founders who are transforming the business of black hair and beauty. What? Makeup brand Why? To make lipsticks that cater to black women When? Founded 2013 Who? Florence Adepoju, cosmetic scientist Incumbents: Sleek, MAC, Iman, Bobbi Brown, NYX MDM Flow is a makeup brand – and a movement. ‘Three years ago I only cared about the product,’ …
Black-owned, British-made and worth a fortune
The epic transformation of the black hair and beauty industry. Black hair is a big deal – culturally and economically. Black women are estimated to spend around six times more on haircare than other women, typically change their hairstyle far more often and spend hundreds of hours in hair salons. And yet, barely any mainstream UK retailers stock hair extensions, …