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...

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...

First Amazon, Then The World: Herbal Dynamics Looks To Expand From The Web To Retail Distribution

While some beauty companies still shun Amazon, Herbal Dynamics Beauty embraces it wholeheartedly: the plant-based beauty brand launched on the e-commerce behemoth exclusively as it got its own website up and...

Skincare Brand Jordan Samuel Is Riding A Direct-To-Consumer Model To $1M In Sales This Year

Skincare customers can buy a product from Jordan Samuel Skin for less than it costs to attend the Pacific Northwest Ballet, where founder Jordan Samuel Pacitti spent 11 years as a professional dancer. The brand’s relatively low...

Lo & Behold Gets Ahead By Not Following How Other Brands Get Ahead

Lo & Behold founder Elisabeth Chadbourne traces her passion for natural ingredients back to high school when she worked on a farm in her hometown Durham, N.C., with an herbalist. After learning how to use plants like...