Our member, makeup artist, Lina Hanson, is featured in Daily Candy! In a post called, Green Your Morning (and Evening) Routine, the popular email news magazine based in New York City, features what it calls “an eco-friendly beauty product for every pretty little step.” Ingredients include baobab seed oil, argan oil, marula oil, brazil nut…
Our member, Funlayo Alabi, co-founder with her husband of Shea Radiance, is featured on the cover of the current Poize Magazine. Inside, she shares a bit about how she got her products into Target stores. Doesn’t she look lovely on the cover? According to their Facebook page, Poize is a guide for women who are…
Our member, Dawn Fitch of Pooka Pure and Simple in Orange, New Jersey, was recently invited to show viewers how to make sugar scrub on on the Ebru Today. Take a look. Dawn showed the show hosts how to make Strawberry Orange Honey Scrub with grated orange peel, strawberries, and honey, and also Coffee Body…
Iam pleased to introduce you to IBN’s new Membership Coordinator, David Boling. David is a native Charlottean, and we are so excited to have him right here with us as we prepare to open our offices in south Charlotte. David is a seasoned relationship builder who enjoys meeting and connecting people, and helping them be…
Our member, Kelly Bloom of Soapalooza in Richmond, Virginia, was recently invited to show viewers how to make sugar scrub on on the Richmond CBS affiliate. Take a look. Kelly is a high school science teacher by profession, and her natural teaching abilities shine through beautifully here as she shows the host, Cheryl Miller, how…
Our member, Sandi Garrett of Harmony Bath & Body and the Alabama Soap and Candle Association, is featured in a current local news story about a new retail shopping initiative taking place in Sandi’s home town of Birmingham, Alabama. Check it out! Like Sandi says, all of her products are handmade by her, and not…
Our members, Funlayo Alabi and her husband, natives of Nigeria, are heading back to their homeland in a few months to speak at the Global Shea Alliance conference in west Africa. Among other things, they’ll be teaching a series of classes on how to make all types of soaps and cosmetics using shea butter. They’ve…
Donna Maria shares an IBN member’s Beauty In Haiti IndieGoGo campaign to empower women through entrepreneurship.
Recently, Kelly Johnson with our member Plum Hill in Eagle, Idaho, was featured on their local ABC4 station. Watch as she shares how sugar scrub can help you take care of your skin, especially during the winter months. There are some super winter skin care tips, and for all you guys out there, check out…
This morning, our member, Lisa Kennally of lisa anne skincare, was interviewed on her local television morning show in Connecticut. Watch as she demonstrates how to make a quick and easy mask with yogurt, pumpkin, honey and herbal tea. (Click the “full screen” option to enlarge the view.) As you can see, host Al Terzi…
IBN member Jeanne Kissman of Plum Hill goes to CosmoProf Asia, the largest cosmetics show in the world.
For those of you who don’t know much about my life before IBN, I quit my job to pursue my desire to turn my passion for making cosmetics into a business. In the process, one of the most exciting opportunities that came my way was the chance to become a published author. My book, Making…
Congratulations to Indie Business Network Member Funlayo Alabi at Shea Radiance! Several of their hair care products, including conditioner, shampoo, hair milk, and hair cream, are coming to select Target stores on August 16! Funlayo and her husband run shea radiance, as they also parent two young sons just outside Baltimore, Maryland. They have been…
Donna Maria shares fun had by all during an IBN member trip to a live taping of the Martha Stewart Show in New York City.
Donna Maria shares a fun family video from one of her members about why she loves her business!
Donna Maria shares the fun from #SmallBizRoll Call, with her guest co-host, Lisa Kasper of Blue Moon Candles in San Jacinto, Ca.
Donna Maria interviews Anne-Marie Faiola, winner of the 2011 US Small Business Administration Washington State Business Person of the Year Award.
Donna Maria shares some of the amazing handmade jewelry made by IBN member Charlene Sevier, aka “The Bead Dreamer.”
Donna Maria shares a video recipe for Cheese Balls, from IBN member Henna Sooq.
Donna Maria showcases products made by members of IBN.
Donna Maria showcases products made by members of IBN.