IBA President Don Frey On 'Inside The Box' Innovation And Sensible Cosmetics Legislation

The Honest Company alum brings to the Independent Beauty Association an extensive R&D background and the conviction that constraints on businesses today can and should foster innovation. That said, unduly burdensome legislation threatens to have a stifling effect on cosmetics innovation, the group’s new president and CEO tells HBW Insight in Part 2 of this interview.

The Independent Beauty Association aims to be more proactive in its US legislative advocacy work under Don Frey, appointed president and CEO of the trade group in July.

Reforming the US framework for cosmetics oversight has been a discussion in Congress for more than a decade, fueled by...

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