Social Beauty

Brandie Gilliam’s grueling go-to-market plan for a new wellness-focused print publication was quickly scrapped when Whole Foods came calling. After four whirlwind months, Thoughtfully Magazine was on the grocer’s magazine racks nationwide in January 2015. Three years later,...

When consumers buy beauty products at stores, it’s difficult for them to fully understand the roots of what’s inside the bottles. In their book “Plant-Powered Beauty,” Amy Galper and Christina Daigneault invite readers to appreciate beauty ingredients...

Get super excited because this article is going to be ah-maz-ing. We are kicking it off with the enthusiasm of its subject, Ailish Lucas, a London-based beauty influencer who takes the health and wellness of her fans seriously, but...

Celebrity makeup artist Sheri Stroh has a multidimensional relationship with clean beauty. She packs green cosmetics brands into her kit and wields their products to create looks that don’t mask women’s natural assets. “I always love to concentrate...

From whether to try an AKT class to when it might be appropriate to take a zinc supplement, there’s a certain group of plugged-in readers — health-conscious, stylish, professional female city dwellers aged 25 to 50 — that...

Laura Ehlers is head of a unique class of instructor-influencers. Not only does she review products and share her routines, the blogger behind Laura’s Natural Life educates the clean beauty curious on greenwashing and being a conscious consumer. Ehlers...