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How Melissa Scanlon Went From Hollywood Assistant To Founder Of Essential Oils-Centered Brand Fleur 333
When Melissa Scanlon was a personal assistant for actor Kevin Connelly, she’d typically wind up at Erewhon three times a week picking up provisions for the “Entourage” star. As she perused the kombucha and organic bone broth...
The Story Behind The Number-One Exfoliant At Space NK
Gary Goldfaden is an oddball for his profession. When most of his fellow dermatologists were reluctant to recommend natural products, he began creating them for his patients a quarter century ago. And, when most dermatologists were isolating patients...
Ingredient Anthropologist And Skincare Chef Graydon Moffat Has Guided Her Brand From Yoga Sessions To 100 Stores And Counting
Graydon Moffat dabbled in several occupations, including artist, yoga teacher and chef, before her interests collided in clean skincare. Moffat’s namesake brand Graydon is propelled by her chef-like enthusiasm for formulating and finding potent natural ingredients, artist-like creativity...
Terra Luna Beauty Has Gone From Underwhelming To Upscale On Its Path From Etsy To Urban Outfitters
In May, Urban Outfitters contacted Terra Luna Beauty via Instagram and requested the brand’s hero products. Among the array of plant-based goods founder Sara Khan sent in a sample package to the retailer, she snuck in Saturn Detox...
Eric Sakas, Former Boyfriend And Business Partner Of Kevyn Aucoin, Reflects On Working With The Makeup Master And Developing A Brand Of His Own
If the beauty industry was simply about hawking products, lipstick would be sold at swap meets instead of department stores, and salons would be gas stations and to-go places instead of informal counseling centers. Kevyn Aucoin, a gay...
In Time For Labor Day, Fragrance With Benefits Brings Its Mosquito-Banishing Scent To J. Crew And Madewell
Olivia Jan must be very sweet. If there’s a mosquito anywhere in the vicinity of her, she ends up covered with bites. “Even if I’m in a room of 100 people, it finds me,” says Jan, a perfumer...
After Making Several Improvements, Hand In Hand Arrives At Ulta Beauty
In January, Hand in Hand met with Ulta Beauty about the possibility of entering its locations. Less than six months later, the brand shipped fixtures and products in new packaging to almost 400 of the specialty retailer’s...
