West African native Olowo-n’djo Tchala, founder of personal care brand Ayeya, now available in Sprouts and Whole Foods, speaks to Happi from Ghana about how he’s using his brand to address poverty in Africa and provide millions with clean water. 

Global Personalized AI and AR Beauty Platform Revieve CEO Sampo Parkkinen sits down with Happi to discuss the origin of this nearly 10-year-old company, its impressive growth into reaching 120 brands and retailers across five continents. Plus, he shares the guiding principles of being a great entrepreneur and what the future has in store. 

When Sandra Velasquez, a single mother of Mexican descent, was at her nadir in 2019, unemployed and caring for a teenage son, she did what any smart person in dire straits would: plant seeds. 

These seeds would grow a beauty business called Nopalera, the Spanish word for prickly pear cactus. One of the most versatile, sustainable and regenerative plants in the world, prickly pear cactus served as the star ingredient to a lineup of hydrating skincare products that eventually caught the attention of “Shark Tank.” 

In this Happi Podcast, Velasquez opens about how her dogged determination to build a beauty business from scratch led to a burgeoning Latina-owned enterprise.  

Frequent traveler Kimberly Currie knows the ick factor that sometimes comes with travel.

Traversing customs at the airport on a recent business trip, the licensed esthetician, Oui Beauty Founder and new product consultant was lost in a daydream about washing her face in the comfort of home, when it hit her: what if she could lather up with a beloved facial cleanser on-the-go?

Enter Wanderluxe, and its dissolvable, paper-thin “petals” which – when mixed in water – deliver on-the-go facial care.

 On this Happi podcast, Currie explains why her invention may just be the globetrotter’s new “holy grail” of personal care this travel season. 

Aromatherapy has a new nose. 
Consumers summon Alexa to play their favorite song and answer a question. The virtual assistant can even comfort lonely seniors. Now, Alexa is consumers’ right-hand device when it comes to filling their home with the aroma of their preferred fragrance blend at their chosen intensity level. 
Enter Atmos. 
The new tech-savvy device – born out of a desire to find calm amidst the anxiety-inducing lockdown during the covid era – promises to create uplifting lifestyles, say company executives. They insist Atmos can make fine fragrance enthusiasts out of practicing connoisseurs while mastering the perfect scent for every time of day depending on mood and energy level. 
On This Happi Podcast, Kristen Knight, cofounder of Atmos, sit downs to discuss a futuristic approach to home fragrance. 

Past Pfizer executive Keith O’Briant — now CEO of Lacerta Life Sciences — saw the “remarkable” benefits that its Lacertamatrix Hyaluronic Acid Foam Dressing had on patients with severely compromised skin. 

Feeling a “moral obligation” to capitalize on the benefits of hyaluronic acid used in this capacity, he sought to find his own company, Hydrinity Accelerated Skin Science. On this Happi Podcast, O’Briant discusses its role in wound healing and the story behind the company’s name, which means “hydration to the power of infinity.” 

Esthetician and entrepreuneur Justine Kahn cultivates botanicals on her mircro farm in Sausalito, CA to create her organic skincare line, Botnia, inspired by her favorite book, "The Chronicles of Narnia."

Paula Pennypacker's Just for Redheads celebrates its 30th year anniversary. The color cosmetics line has a range of products suited for the ginger-haired consumer from lipsticks to henna to its flagship ginger-brown mascara that started it all in 1994.