This Entrepreneur is Building A Brand That Supports Emotional Balance With A Few Sniffs

When Lara Morgan’s hotel amenities business Pacific Direct Ltd. took her thousands of miles away from home day after day, she relied on aromatherapy to surmount the toughest moments. “I believe we can be brave...

Pour Moi Brings Premium Product At Attainable Prices To Climate Conscious Millennials

After a year rife with natural disasters, Pour Moi founder and president Ulli Haslacher feels the world is ready for her brand’s climate-smart skincare. “We have the wildfires here [in California],” laments...

LUA’s Lori Fenn On Making A Splash While Growing A Skincare Brand Sustainably

You can’t help but notice LUA. The brainchild of artist Lori Fenn, the colorful, graphic skincare brand has a come-hither quality. Its bold design and affordability have proven to be catnip for millennials, who also appreciate LUA’s vegan,...

Rodial’s Maria Hatzistefanis Reveals How Snakes, Bees And Dragons Fueled Her Brand’s Success

Maria Hatzistefanis isn’t peddling snake oil. Taking advantage of surprising ingredients, The Rodial Group founder and CEO peddles skincare products with syn-ake dipeptide, bee venom, dragon’s blood, diamond powder and gold. A skilled marketer whose career path had...

Twelve Beauty’s Pedro Catalá Is the Intellectual Soul Of The Clean Beauty Movement

Twelve Beauty hasn’t merely jumped on the clean beauty bandwagon. Long before his 12-product brand materialized, founder Pedro Catalá studied plants to determine their usages for skin and piled up degrees while doing so. “Because I have a...

Cleo&Coco Makes Its Case For A Primo Spot In Natural Deodorant Selections

Almost two decades after weathering the dot-com crash, Cleo&Coco creator Suzannah Raff is at the center of the beauty industry’s great natural deodorant boom. Her odor-busting brand is vying for space at stores as aluminum-free options accelerate across...