Map Of The Heart Builds Its Fragrance Business With Heart

Map Of The Heart is literally and figuratively a brand full of heart. After working in the film industry, co-founders Sarah Blair and Jeffrey Darling followed their passion to bring the concept centered upon bottles shaped like human...

Dr. Sheth’s Zeroes In On Skincare Solutions For Multicultural Consumers

Aneesh Sheth knows his crowd better than most. The 36-year-old founder of Dr. Sheth’s and Mumbai resident grew up in India helping his dermatologist mother Rekha Sheth run the enormous country’s first cosmetic dermatology clinic. As he assisted...

All Good Strives To Take All Good Approaches To Selling Products, Impacting The Environment And Retaining Employees

When Caroline Duell christened her healing salve All Good two decades ago, she had little inkling the name would go on to signify her company’s drive to make good products while committing to good environmental and employee practices....

Finding Ferdinand Allows Consumers To Create Color Cosmetics Just For Them

Finding Ferdinand recognizes that no beauty consumer is the same, and treats each one as an individual. Founded by Nhu Le, the brand encourages women to tailor lipsticks, blushes and palettes to their...

Quw’utsun’ Made Founder Arianna Johnny-Wadsworth Honors Indigenous Plant Medicines With Her Skincare Products

A salve can tell an awe-inspiring story. Take Quw’utsun’ Made Devil’s Club Salve. It contains extracts from native plants founder Arianna Johnny-Wadsworth harvests in the mountains of Washington and judiciously transforms into a healing product. The ingredient devil’s club...

Smoke Founder Kathleen Currie On The Opportunities And Pitfalls Of Passion Projects

Smoke founder Kathleen Currie’s essential oils formulas are motivated by passion and imagination, and rarely the bottom line. That approach is helpful for producing beautiful fragrances, but not the best for supporting a sustainable company. Currie has been...