Bond En Avant’s Amy Chang Proves Beauty And Brains Are A Good Pair For Content
Amy Chang of Bond en Avant is a thinking person’s beauty influencer. Formerly in public relations for L’Oréal-owned Shu Uemura, she flipped the script two years ago to be on the receiving end of the pitches. “I decided to create a beauty blog dedicated to what I wanted to read – in-depth articles on ...
Why A Growing Number Of Skincare Brands Questions Skin Types
Dermatologist Harold Lancer’s practice has reached 35,000 patients and, amazingly, almost all of them report to have a single skin type: sensitive. He isn’t convinced by their self-identification. “I spend much of my time consulting them to try to get away from labeling,” says Lancer. “If someone has been given a label, then ...
Five-Star Spas Around The World Are Salty, Thanks To Saltability
Saltability founder and CEO Ann Brown is an innovator and entrepreneur worth her salt. While working at luxury spas all over the U.S., she was constantly dissatisfied with the heaters used to warm traditional massage stones. “They’re big, black turkey roasters,” she jokes. “They’re high voltage [and] water-using [with] chemical disinfectant ...
Ristrah Heads To H-E-B With Its Natural Antidote To Stubborn Hair-Color Stains
Of all the messes caused by beauty products, those from at-home hair color may be the worst. When Kamakshi Kata’s engineering expertise didn’t help her avoid hair-dye debacles, she set out to stave them off by creating Schild Hair Color Stain Protector, the debut product from the brand Ristrah that’s now rolling out ...
Zero Waste Is The Beauty Industry’s New Green Crusade
Waste not, want not is a phrase our mothers favored when attempting to convince us to consume our veggies. It’s also the new battle cry of the green beauty revolution as zero waste becomes the cause célèbre of the industry’s most environmentally-conscious minds. Following a recognition by natural brands and consumers that not all ...
