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Jaclyn Hill Is Accused Of Selling Lumpy, Hairy Lipsticks. How Could She Have Avoided Mistakes?
The New York Post has labeled the controversy surrounding Jaclyn Cosmetics lumpy-lipstick-gate. Since big-time beauty influencer Jaclyn Hill’s cosmetics brand launched two weeks ago with 20 nude lipsticks, customer complaints have been piling up about them being tarnished...
Is The Wellness Industry Really The Diet Industry In Disguise?
Like so many women, novelist and former magazine editor Jessica Knoll has had a tortured relationship with her body. In an article published in The New York Times’ Sunday Review section, she recounts her devotion to practices...
In The Hazy CBD Beauty Category, Prima Aims To Be A Beacon Of Clarity
The transition of cannabidiol, better known as CBD, from cult black market ingredient to legal ubiquity has been quick and messy. The beauty and wellness industry is being flooded with CBD products, many with suspect formulas, while...
The Designer Moms Behind New Brand Bite-Me Bug Free Fend Off Insects With Natural Ingredients And Cool, Kid-Friendly Style
Burnt out after over 15 years in the fashion business, Lisa Jean Walsh, formerly creative design director for accessories at Kohl’s, left the intensity of New York a year and a half ago for a slower pace of...
HydroPeptide Founder April Zangl Peck’s Second Act In The Beauty Industry Is A Brand Dedicated To Combatting Suicide And Hair Damage
In her second act in the beauty industry, April Zangl Peck is intent on doing good. After selling the skincare company HydroPeptide in 2016, she’s launched haircare brand Save Me From to fight suicide while addressing damaged...
OWA Haircare’s Water-Free Powder Shampoo Offers A Sustainable Alternative To The Usual Stuff Of Showers
Kailey Bradt suggests conventional shampoos aren’t that different from Evian and Aquafina. She says, “Once people hear shampoo is 80% water on average and learn companies are shipping mostly bottled water, they ask, ‘Why are we doing that?’”...
