Category Archives: Lucky Break News

Beauty brands: Are You Tracking The New Personal Care Products Safety Act?

Lela Barker

Oh, the irony…   Last night, I was sitting with a table full of LBU graduates (hi, gang!) at the fancy awards dinner on the final night of the Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetics Guild annual conference. I’d spent the last four days teaching, networking and supporting my fellow beauty makers and this was our final…

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Lucky Break Isn’t Simply For Beauty Brands!

Lela Barker

Since Lucky Break launched in late 2012, I’ve had the great privilege of working with a few hundred creative brands from all around the word, from San Francisco to Brooklyn and Sydney to Hong Kong. I launched my first company, a globally-inspired spa brand, in 2003 so I earned my stripes in the bath +…

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There’s an exciting new way to enjoy LBU!

Lela Barker

Have you met my beloved LBU? It’s a pretty amazing program for makers of all stripes, designed to infuse emerging creative brands with savvy business strategy. It’s my pride and joy and I’ve invested more than 3,000 hours into making it the go-to how-to-wholesale program. I’ve had the great pleasure of graduating more than 120…

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Today’s The Day That Our Outside Matches Our Inside…

Lela Barker

Seven loooong months in the making, a brand new Lucky Break was born today! I’m thoroughly exhausted, but so incredibly proud of this rebrand, this new site, and the thousands (!) of hours that it took to bring it to life. I hope you’ll grab a floor pillow, slip into your jammies and make yourself right…

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Meditating On Entrepreneurship + Obstacles

Lela Barker

You might have read on the Lucky Break Facebook page or through my newsletter that I recently underwent surgery for a cranial tumor. I’ve been completely overwhelmed (in the best way possible) with the incredible support this community has shown! Today, I am officially nine days post-op and I wanted to share both an update…

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