Rachel Brown
The Good Face Project Grades Product Safety And Suggests Alternatives To Products With Low Grades
Rating beauty products for their safety is great, but rating them and finding replacements for products that rate low is even better. That’s the aim of The Good Face Project, a startup kicking off May 15 with a...
Fox Naturals Finds A Retail Home In Grand Rapids
After a decade of working at stores such as Bath & Body Works, Forever 21, PacSun and Banana Republic, Fox Naturals founder Patrick Stoffel has opened one of his own. The 27-year-old’s beauty brand has taken root...
Why A Growing Number Of Skincare Brands Questions Skin Types
Dermatologist Harold Lancer’s practice has reached 35,000 patients and, amazingly, almost all of them report to have a single skin type: sensitive. He isn’t convinced by their self-identification. “I spend much of my time consulting them to...
Ristrah Heads To H-E-B With Its Natural Antidote To Stubborn Hair-Color Stains
Of all the messes caused by beauty products, those from at-home hair color may be the worst. When Kamakshi Kata’s engineering expertise didn’t help her avoid hair-dye debacles, she set out to stave them off by creating Schild...
S.W. Basics Widens Distribution With Launches At CVS And Whole Foods
S.W. Basics’ purpose is in its name. The brand strives to sell skincare basics and, to do that, it has to be available where people shop for basics. Increasingly, it is. After launching in 2014 at Target...
Makeup Artist Kristen Arnett Champions Healthy Beauty As The Next Big Movement In Makeup
After perfecting her beauty skills on the runway, Kristen Arnett is turning her focus to real people. The pioneering ingredient-conscious makeup artist has stepped away from fashion weeks to deliver educational content worldwide. Arnett is particularly interested in...
Retailer Lynn Steven Relocates And Renovates With A Focus On Clean Beauty
Retailer Lynn Steven is committing to clean beauty after years of selling both clean beauty and clothing, and a renovation and relocation in Vancouver, B.C. Clean beauty had risen to the top category at the store prior...
