Brands

Skincare Brand Sélia & Co. Turns Masking Into A Self-Care Tea Ceremony
Sélia & Co. is the skincare version of cozying up with a cup of tea. The new brand revolves around a trio of tea and clay products priced at $28 each: Peppermint + Green Tea Mask, Rose +...

The Duo Behind Elysian Cosmetics Wants To Create Beatific Beauty Products For Boys And Girls
Michael Putman and David Rodrigues are makeup artists on a mission. They launched Elysian Cosmetics in 2016 to bring next generation cosmetics to their clients — and themselves. “The Elysian client is a working professional who doesn’t...

Lina Hanson Holds Back To Push Her Namesake Brand Forward
Lina Hanson inspires a serious beauty brand founder girl crush. Not only is she effortlessly gorgeous, but she juggles several professions (makeup artist, skincare formulator and, lately, documentary producer), jet sets to enviable international locales, dutifully manages her namesake...

An Ingenious Product And Appetite For Risk Catapulted Leticia Cabrera-Calvo From Humble Beginnings To The Helm Of A Million-Dollar Brand
Vera Mona founder Leticia Cabrera-Calvo doesn’t believe consumers’ lives should be cluttered with shoddy merchandise. She’s constantly pondering how to improve everyday items. “I even thought of a cool way to pull credit cards out of wallets by...

Indie Beauty Companies Give Good Gift This Holiday Shopping Season
While beauty conglomerates churn out slick beauty gift sets faster than you can say happy holidays, indie beauty brands bring more thought to the what and why of holiday gift sets. As this tumultuous...

Biomilk’s Valerie Casagrande Is Banking On Good Bacteria To Build A Great Skincare Brand
Milk does skin good. That’s the premise of Biomilk, a probiotic-propelled beauty brand created by veteran marketer Valerie Casagrande. Not yet a year old, Biomilk is making headway in e-commerce driven by a growing hunger for helpful bacteria, eye-catching...