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Brick & Mortar

The Mentor for This Clean Beauty Retail Founder Lent Her Influence and Credibility

Follain's Tara Foley started with zero experience in starting a clean beauty business -- but support from her mentor Jodie McLean, CEO of real estate company Edens, helped open doors.

By Stephanie Schomer

Business News

Marie Claire Forays Into The Indian Salon & Wellness Industry Via Franchising

By Franchise India Staff

Thought Leaders

‘You Can Have It All, But It’s a Sh*t Show,’ Find These Two Beauty Industry Mavens

By Stephanie Schomer

Thought Leaders

This Cosmetics Company CEO Turned a $1 Million Packaging Fail into Quadrupled Sales. Here’s How.

By Hayden Field

Online Presence

How Left Shark’s Super Bowl Performance Inspired a Makeup Artist to Launch Her Instagram Career

Ryan Kelly creates incredible art on her lips inspired by the likes of Harry Potter, Cup O' Noodles and the Rolling Stones -- and it's gained her nearly 73,000 Instagram followers.

By Hayden Field

Business News

The Make Up of Makeup: How One Entrepreneur is Changing the Cosmetics Industry

Energetic, enthusiastic and fun are three words to describe Alina Lucía Imbeth Luna. But her favorite words are organic, vegan and cruelty free. They're the backbone of her Medellin, Colombia-based cosmetics company, Pure Chemistry. Learn how this chemist and engineer is revolutionizing the cosmetics industry and read about her advice for future entrepreneurs.

By FedEx

Building a Business

How We Got Our Product Into Every Sephora Store As a Team of Two With No Outside Funding

You can see your products on the shelves of your dream retailer sooner than you think.

By Aggie Burnett

Thought Leaders

How This Former Makeup Artist Broke the Rules to Create a YouTube Community of More Than 2 Million

Jackie Aina's beauty tutorials for women of color have made her beloved by fans.

By Nina Zipkin

Thought Leaders

The Unlikely Inspiration That Led This Entrepreneur From Boy Band Manager to Beauty Brand Co-Founder

How working with Big Time Rush inspired Michael Cammarata to explore the world of natural personal care.

By Dan Bova

Thought Leaders

This Introverted Entrepreneur With an Oprah-Approved Brand Shares How to Rise Above Fear to Embrace Every Opportunity

Carol's Daughter founder Lisa Price says getting out of your comfort zone is what makes you a strong leader.

By Nina Zipkin

Buying a Franchise

To Compete Against Other Salons, Sport Clips Made It Easier for Franchisees to Run Their Businesses

It upgraded the point-of-sale systems at all 1,750 locations and introduced online check-in, a service popular with competitors.

By Brittany Shoot

Buying a Franchise

How Do You Innovate a Barbershop? Ask Great Clips Franchisees.

The franchise is focusing on a digital-first experience.

By Brittany Shoot

Online Presence

This Beauty Guru Turned Her Instagram Following Into Customers for an Instantly Beloved Makeup Line

Laura Lee, known for her eye-catching eye makeup tutorials on YouTube and Instagram, recently started her own brand.

By Nina Zipkin

Buying a Franchise

How These Franchisees Turned to Overlooked Talent to Grow Their Business

Giving people a second chance can be good for your operation.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

Podcast: This Trait Is Helping One Beauty Entrepreneur Build Something Rare

Thanks to this founder, beauty is becoming more useful.

By Linda Lacina

Marketing

The Self-Esteem Movement: Why Marketers Want You to Love Yourself (and How They Sometimes Fail)

Remember Dove's recent "Beauty of Diversity" ad? The message for those who would market self-esteem: Be very, very careful.

Online Presence

This Entrepreneur’s Eye-Catching Instagram Keeps Her Nail Salon 100 Percent Booked

WAH Nails founder Sharmadean Reid uses her account to give fans and customers an inside look into what it's like to work at her salon.

By Nina Zipkin

Thought Leaders

This Beauty Founder Shares the Secret Leadership Skill to Making a Company Thrive

Drybar co-founder Alli Webb says shares with us the best advice she ever took and how it helped her company scale quickly.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

This Founder Shares How She Was Able to Bootstrap Her Way to Success While Giving Back

Patricia Ivancich Dassios raised millions as a philanthropist, but launching a beauty startup with a social good mission has required self-funding.

By Lydia Belanger

Business Funding

Calling All Beauty Entrepreneurs and Innovators: Future of Beauty Summit

Take your idea or existing business to the next level.

By Entrepreneur Media Corporate Communications

Business Ideas

This Hair Dye Changes Color Depending on Your Environment

It looks like every teenager's dream.

By Rose Leadem

Building a Business

The Strategies These 3 Beauty Startups Use to Stand Out

It's about rethinking growth.

By Stephanie Schomer

Buying a Franchise

Franchise of the Day: Relax And Unwind With This Franchise

A massage or two never hurt anyone.

By Lindsay Friedman

Building a Business

How Victoria Tsai Turned a Geisha Secret Into a Cosmetics Innovation

One entrepreneur's skin problem led to a centuries-old discovery that is one of the hottest trends in beauty.

By Tracy Byrnes

Buying a Franchise

This Franchise Gives Hair Stylists a Salon of Their Own Without the High Costs

Phenix offers hair stylists, manicurists and other beauty workers a suite where they can run their own show.

By Jason Daley

Buying a Franchise

How This Veteran Franchisee Connects Hotels, Waxing and Gyms

Whether it's waxing or hotels, Sheetal Dalwadi's processes and philosophies translate to happy customers and high profits.

By Carly Okyle

Marketing

Shhh! This Philadelphia Hair Salon Is Putting a Stop to Awkward Small Talk

Stylists at BLO/OUT Blow Dry Bar are trimming more than just hair. They're cutting out the chit chat, too. Here's why.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Buying a Franchise

Meet the Franchisor Offering Manly Pedicures

A clubhouse atmosphere sets a men's grooming salon apart.

By Jason Daley

Building a Business

The Greasy, Glamorous Rise of Mascara

You won't believe the grimy gunk people used to smear on their eyelashes -- and still do.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Building a Business

Tyra Banks’s Next Chapter: Focusing on Her Beauty Startup

The cosmetics line will seek outside funding and form a 'legitimate board,' Banks said.

By Laura Entis