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Coffee Skincare Specialist The Dirty Lamb Generates Retail Buzz At TJX Cos. Locations
Two weeks ago, The Dirty Lamb founder Ahlam Abbas quit her job as a NICU nurse to commit full-time to the skincare brand. The 25-year-old was emboldened by a purchase order from The TJX Cos., parent company...

Petit Vour Soars By Setting A High Standard For Beauty Brands
For a vegan, Madeline Alcott certainly has a dogged animal instinct. She sensed that her personal quest to hold brands to ethical principles would resonate with consumers and pounced on the opportunity to set a high bar in...

Whole Foods Changes And Stays The Same For Beauty Brands
Whole Body’s Alyssa Vescio has a message for indie beauty entrepreneurs: Whole Foods isn’t vacating its commitment to emerging brands. After the...

Seed To Serum Shuttering As Founder Steps Into New Career
Seed to Serum, an online plant-based beauty apothecary, is shutting its virtual doors. After months of pondering the fate of her business, founder Megan Schwarz has chosen to turn her focus away from the e-tailer to...

Côte Bridges Clean Nail Polishes With Effortless California Chic
Los Angeles may be known for flip flops and T-shirts, but it has plenty discerning consumers can appreciate like high-end designer shops lining Melrose Place, the culinary arts of Nancy Silverton, Roy Choi and Suzanne Goin, and hip...

This Nontoxic Nail Salon Founder Is Fighting For Nail Artists To Get Some Respect
Hairstylists command a ton of respect, and Amy Ling Lin doesn’t understand why nail artists aren’t held in the same regard. At her nontoxic nail studio Sundays, she’s challenging the customer-manicurist relationship status quo...