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BFFs Jessica Frandson And Jill King Are Breathing New Life Into Aromatherapy With Well-Oiled Luxury Brand Campo
Jessica Frandson and Jill King, friends since teenagehood, didn’t realize they shared a love of aromatherapy until Frandson was visiting King a few years ago. “Jill saw the perfume bottle I had brought with me, said she had...
Lip Venom Inventor Cristina Bartolucci Channels Her Quirky Product Genius Into Building Peek With Merchandise That Couldn’t Come From Anyone Else
Cristina Bartolucci is best known for Lip Venom, the plumping product she invented while helming DuWop Cosmetics with former partner Laura LaRocca, but she’s no one-hit product wonder. Previously chief creative officer of NYX Cosmetics, Bartolucci developed a...
Founder Story: Cindy Luken Of Lük Beautifood
Lük Beautifood founder Cindy Luken has a mantra for our times: “What goes on, goes in.” It’s her elevator pitch honed to a cooking knife’s edge and encapsulates the...
22-Year-Old Pacifica, The Natural Brand With Crystal-Infused Scents And Coconut Probiotic Sunscreen, Is Cooler Than It’s Ever Been
When Brook Harvey-Taylor started Pacifica in 1996, many of its current consumers weren’t born yet. The brand has managed to shift distribution from prestige to mass and expand into several categories – it’s gone from fragrance to...
Founder Story: Elaine Sterling Reveals Favorite Ingredients Coming Out Of Her Living Laboratory
Elaine Sterling calls it her living laboratory. Others know it as her eponymous school, The Elaine Sterling Institute in Atlanta,...
“A Vehicle For Impact”: How Badger Became A Natural Products Mainstay Without Selling Out
For many beauty entrepreneurs, selling their brand to a huge company spells success. For W.S. Badger Co. Inc. founder and former CEO Bill Whyte and his daughters, Emily Schwerin-Whyte and Rebecca Hamilton, who recently assumed co-CEO posts,...
