How’s Your Bacterial Balance? If It’s Off, Microbiome Protector Concur Has Some Skincare For You

Let our microbes live. Emerging direct-to-consumer brand Concur is getting to the nitty gritty of microbiome matters with a 12-stockkeeping unit range designed to support beneficial bacteria, fungi and viruses inhabiting human skin. Its organic skincare products...

“The Tenoverten Of The Southeast”: Clean Nail Salon The Water Room Opens In Charleston, Plans To Expand Elsewhere

Eight years ago, a visit to New York nail salon Tenoverten left an indelible impression on Jessica Morse, the Charleston, S.C.-based clean beauty and wellness influencer behind the blog Bare Beauty. “Not only was it nontoxic,...

Target Becomes Clean Beauty’s Biggest Champion Yet

Target has added a trendy new label to its merchandise mix: clean. The big-box chain is the latest retailer to define the term “clean” and indicate products adhering to its definition with a clean icon. Target’s green and...

Skincare Brand Air Repair Flies Onto The Shelves At Walgreens As Part Of The Retailer’s Birchbox Partnership

Air Repair has hit cruising altitude at retail in mass-market distribution. The skincare brand has entered six Walgreens stores as part of the drugstore chain’s affiliation with beauty subscription service Birchbox and anticipates rolling out to at...

New Baby-Care Brand Bubbsi Is So Cute Kids Can’t Resist It (And Neither Can Parents)

Have you cuddled your body cream? If the answer is no, perhaps you haven’t tried Bubbsi. The baby-care brand founded by Sweta Doshi, a mother of two who previously launched multimillion-dollar fragrance and body-care franchises as group...

The Exit Interview: Outgoing CEO Joël Palix Takes Stock Of His Five-Year Tenure At Feelunique

When Joël Palix was appointed CEO of Feelunique five years ago, he was tasked with putting the beauty e-tailer on a path to vigorous growth. It’s marched down that path. Since Palix, former president of Clarins Fragrance...

The Popularity Of Skincare Acids Has Pushed Alpha-H Into The Spotlight At Sephora

A quarter century from now, we could be purchasing skincare on Mars. The prospect is perhaps only a bit more farfetched than Alpha-H owner and director Michelle Doherty’s plan nearly a quarter century ago to build a...