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Holy Sponge! Sells Menstrual Sponges And Hand-Crafted Knives, And We’re Here For All Of It
Holy Sponge! founder Janeen Singer would rather give away the recipe for cramp salves than damage the environment by shipping her cramp relief product across the globe. “We can heal ourselves, and I think people...
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...
