Imagine going on a fertility journey, having a baby, and launching your own brand in the midst of a pandemic. Sounds stressful, right? Well, that’s exactly what beauty YouTuber and social media sensation Desi Perkins did. In late 2020, Perkins and her husband decided to take a long and emotional fertility journey, all while planning…

No beauty entrepreneur has a completely smooth trajectory from mixing potions in their kitchen to selling their brand to a multinational conglomerate. They are bound to make some mistakes along the way. But one thing successful entrepreneurs have in common is that they’re able to learn from their mistakes and apply those lessons moving forward….

Migraine with aura, which Brandes says occurs in about one in four patients, includes visual or sensory disturbances that usually occur before the headache. She tells Allure that some people have both types of migraine attack. “Typically, if you ever have aura with an attack, then you are labeled or diagnosed as someone who has…

Patrick Ta and Shay Mitchell back in 2014 Patrick Ta A couple of months ago, I celebrated my 30th birthday, and I just feel so much more confident in who I am. Things aren’t necessarily easier, but little things don’t bother me anymore. It’s amazing what time does to the human brain. I’m constantly learning,…

To launch the brand, CEO Zahir Dossa, 34, and his co-founders chipped in about $30,000, then got $5,000 here and there from various family members. But then Silicon Valley, where Dossa had roots, came calling. Function of Beauty was one of the first direct to consumer companies start-up accelerator Y-Combinator backed, which meant the brand…

I’m not gonna lie, I think I hold a bit of resentment over my boyfriend’s 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner bottle in our shower. I like to glare at it in frustration as I rinse three different hair care products down the drain every night before I spend another five minutes brushing out all the knots…