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Sana Jardin Tests The Business Impact Of Being Driven By A Social Mission
Can providing economic opportunity persuade consumers to purchase perfume? That’s the question Sana Jardin is attempting to answer. The fragrance brand that launched at Harrods Salon De Parfums last August and is slated to enter the new...
U.K. Brand Contour Cosmetics Makes A Play To Sculpt American Faces
Contour Cosmetics, the brand that popularized the sculpting makeup technique tied to Kim Kardashian in the United Kingdom, has arrived in the United States. This month, 500,000 Contour Cosmetics units are being deposited in the hands of...
Velvet Report Is Out To Prove Vegan Beauty Is Far More Exciting Than Tasteless Tempeh
Lindsey Arnold believes that vegan beauty shouldn’t be what vegan food is often accused of being: bland and a poor replacement for sumptuous stuff filled with animal-derived ingredients. Wondering if other women shared her view, the former psychotherapist...
Goop’s Latest Entrant Esker Does A Body Better
The body may be a treasure, but trend forecaster Shannon Davenport didn’t spot too many products in the beauty market that treated it like one. After graduating from the New York Institute of Aromatic Studies in 2015, she...
San Diego Store En Concordia Knows How To Throw A Clean Beauty Party
Merchant Theresa Renfro was a longtime skeptic of the power of store events. It took throwing her own to change Renfro’s mind. “I just didn’t think they were important. I thought events were for event spaces,” says the...
Antidote 1848 Aims To Be The Go-To Natural Hair Care Brand For Small Salons Across America
Antidote 1848 is bringing natural hair care to cities and towns across the country one salon at a time. Formed by an atypical pairing of salon owner Abigail Kuehl and former Unilever executive David Calle, the brand has...
Holt Renfrew Is The Latest Department Store Retailer To Expand Into Clean Beauty
Holt Renfrew has gone clean. The Toronto-based luxury retailer is experimenting with an organic, non-toxic, vegan and cruelty-free beauty selection that includes Ilia, Grown Alchemist, Juice Beauty, OSEA Malibu, Kosås, Tata Harper, Lilah B. and Rahua in seven...
