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Why Jordan Samuel Skin Is Sticking With A DTC-First Approach Even As It Falls Out Of Favor
In 2020, nearly seven years after Jordan Samuel Pacitti, a ballet dancer-turned-aesthetician and former Kate Somerville trainer, started Jordan Samuel Skin, the brand branched out from its website for the first time to British...
Co-Founder And Cosmetic Chemist Joyce De Lemos Takes Us Inside Dieux’s Product Development Process
While Charlotte Palermino and Marta Mae are the more forward-facing of the trio of founders at Dieux, cosmetic chemist Joyce de Lemos is the one cooking up the products that give the cool-girl skincare brand its credibility. De...
Cece Meadows Started Prados Beauty With Less Than $6,000. Now, It’s Reached $1.5M In Sales.
Cece Meadows has a multilayered commitment to underserved communities. An Indigenous woman with Yoeme and Nʉmʉnʉ ancestry, that commitment is seen in the artwork for products from her brand Prados Beauty, efforts by her nonprofit The Prados Life...
Celebrity Hairstylist And Roz Founder Mara Roszak’s Hair Oils Provide The “Foundation For Every Hairstyle”
As as veteran hairstylist for Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Emma Stone, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Natalie Portman, Mara Roszak could’ve launched her own brand many years ago, but she waited. She wanted to...
Unsun’s Katonya Breaux On Bringing Much-Needed Inclusivity To Sun Care
In 2013, Katonya Breaux went to see a chemist about creating a mineral sunscreen for herself. She’d just moved back to Los Angeles from New Orleans and wanted one that didn’t leave a god-awful white cast on her...
From Poop Drops To Pet Products, DedCool Founder Carina Chaz Is Dead Set On Pushing The Boundaries Of Fragrance
Carina Chaz’s first scent memory is of a Clinique fragrance she wasn’t allowed to use. Her mom Sabina, who co-founded the skincare brand LaNatura in 1987, had gotten the fragrance while previously working at Estée Lauder, but...
