Pink Moon Pops Up In Manhattan’s Upper West Side To Preview A Permanent Clean Beauty Store Expected Next Year

It seems like Manhattan has everything, but it doesn’t—at least not yet. The borough lacks a multi-brand clean beauty and wellness boutique in the Upper West Side, a gap indie beauty consultancy Pink Moon and skincare brand...

How Oars + Alps Went From Launch To Exit In Less Than 36 Months

Typically, founders don’t talk about their brand being acquired before a deal is done, but are free to celebrate—and spill—after an acquisition. That’s not the case with Mia Saini Duchnowski and Laura Lisowski Cox. Apparently for legal reasons,...

The Next Green Frontier: Aether Beauty Enables Customers To Offset Carbon Emissions From E-Commerce Shipping

Aether Beauty’s zero-waste eyeshadow palettes have made it a beauty industry leader in eco-friendly packaging. Now, it’s pushing the needle on environmental action further by allowing customers purchasing on its website to offset the carbon emissions generated...

Attitudes Toward Menarche Are Changing—And Emerging Period Care Brands Are Part Of The Change

Growing up, nobody discussed my period with me. When I got it at 13-years-old, I felt I didn’t have anyone to tell. I finally told my therapist, who relayed to me that she’d planted a rose bush to...

Retailer Ayla Beauty’s First Standalone Product Is An Ode To California And Potent Natural Ingredients

At her Berkeley, Calif., restaurant Chez Panisse, Alice Waters turned simple, high-quality ingredients cultivated by local farmers into the stars of haute cuisine. Now, 15 miles away across the bay, retailer Ayla Beauty is executing haute beauty...