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Beauty

How Can Women Reclaim Beauty Standards?

When you see period dramas, like Downton Abbey or Bridgerton, you see the Hollywood version of aristocrats being primped and fluffed by their ladies’ maids, …

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Beauty

Defining Clean Beauty Products with a Health First Mentality

We’ve all heard the buzzwords: “natural,” “organic,” and “green.” But did you know those don’t actually mean anything? When it comes to makeup and other …

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How do you know if your skincare is safe for the eye area
Create Your Skincare Blog

How Do You Know If Your Skincare Is Safe for the Eye Area?

When you purchase a skincare product that’s intended to be used to clean or moisturize the face, you would likely assume that the skincare is …

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Scents and Fragrances in Skincare: Natural vs Synthetic
Create Your Skincare Blog

Scents and Fragrances in Skincare: Natural vs. Synthetic

After I published my last blog post about beauty memories and the history of cold cream, I was so flattered by all the responses I got …

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Create Your Skincare Blog

Vintage Beauty Nostalgia: The Power of Beauty Memories…and DIY Cold Cream

I was making a skin cream the other day, and as I was enjoying the potent aroma of Turkish rose that I use in almost …

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Why Your Skincare Business Needs A Blog
Business

Why Your Skincare Business Needs A Blog

Instagram went down the other day. It was down for less than an hour, but that was plenty of time for businesses to freak out …

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Why PR Should Be Part of Your Content Marketing Strategy
Create Your Skincare Blog

Why PR Should Be Part of Your Content Marketing Strategy

Over the past 18 months or so, I’ve had the great fortune to appear on TV, in morning news segments and other shows, quite frequently. …

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Winter to Spring Skincare
Create Your Skincare Blog

Winter to Spring Skincare Do’s and Don’ts

Even though spring is almost here, the effects of this year’s winter–dry, indoor heat, harsh outdoor temperatures, extra blue light exposure from all the Zooming–may …

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Manufacturing your own skincare products
Business

Cosmetic Manufacturing Options for Your Skincare Startup: Manufacturing Your Own Skincare Products

Welcome back to my 3-part “Cosmetic Manufacturing Options for Your Skincare Startup” blog series. If you’re just joining me, and haven’t read the first two …

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Business

Cosmetic Manufacturing Options for Your Skincare Startup: Private Label Skincare

Welcome to Part 2 of my “Cosmetic Manufacturing Options for Your Skincare Startup” blog series. In Part 1, we covered the ins and outs and …

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Cosmetic Manufacturing

Cosmetic Manufacturing Options for Your Skincare Startup: Contract Manufacturing

So you’ve decided to start a skincare brand. First of all, congratulations! Despite the pandemic, 2020 saw an increase in new skincare startups over 2018 …

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