MCMC + Mociun Collaborate on a Scent for Summer: The Brooklyn-based brands join forces and create a bittersweet scent inspired by Sicily

MCMC + Mociun Collaborate on a Scent for Summer


With just one bottle remaining of her favorite fragrance, jewelry designer Caitlin Mociun (founder of a CH favorite, Brooklyn-based Mociun) needed a suitable replacement for her discontinued “hippie musk.” The answer came during a serendipitous conversation…

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Mokosh Skincare: Started by a veterinary scientist, the line offers unique formulas that are free of water and palm oil

Mokosh Skincare


Fremantle, Australia-based Mokosh is everything the majority of today’s best-selling luxury skincare is not: their range of products is certified organic with NASAA (one of the highest standards in…

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L’Art Du Soin by Diptyque: The cult-followed French candlemaker debuts an equally intoxicating and aromatic unisex skincare line

L'Art Du Soin by Diptyque


When the cult-followed Parisian candlemaker and parfumeur Diptyque announced its expansion into skincare—dubbed “L’Art Du Soin”—we were hesitant at first. With hundreds of other brands crowding the luxury skincare…

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Formula Five Chili Lip Balm: Made with all-natural ingredients, this product moisturizes and nourishes—while adding some extra zing

Formula Five Chili Lip Balm


Made with just cocoa butter, beeswax, avocado oil, almond oil and chili, Australian-made Formula Five lip balm is an all-natural way to moisturize, nourish and perfect your pout. Created and developed by Sarah James, the balm isn’t…

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Portland General Store Women’s Range: At last, the brand announces its debut line of organic and preservative-free products for ladies

Portland General Store Women's Range


by Emily Bihl Portland General Store’s thoughtful, distinctive men’s skincare products have been longtime CH favorites, and many have been hoping for a sister line that would bring the same…

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Province Apothecary Sex Oil: The purest ingredients that are kind to the body

Province Apothecary Sex Oil


The name is blunt: Sex Oil from Toronto-based Province Apothecary doesn’t hide behind any vague adjectives or cute lingo. It’s as clear as the oil’s list of ingredients, which…

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Sundance 2014: Marco F. Martinez: A straight razor shave with a master in Dove Men+Care’s Park City Barbershop

Sundance 2014: Marco F. Martinez


In conjunction with this year’s Sundance Film Festival, grooming and skincare brand Dove Men+Care hosted a pop-up barbershop, aptly dubbed the Park City Barbershop. There, we had an opportunity…

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May Lindstrom Skin: Two new innovative treatments blend the purest ingredients to deal with winter skin blues

May Lindstrom Skin


Launching her line just over a year ago (after giving birth to her daughter), May Lindstrom has already reached global cult status with her nonconformist, handmade skincare products—in particular her eyebrow-raising “);…

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Osmia Organics: The Colorado-based line of skincare products started by a former ER doctor

Osmia Organics


Just a few months after taking her first soap-making class (and after 10 years of practice as an emergency room physician in Carbondale, CO) Dr Sarah Villafranco decided to pursue the idea of making homemade skincare products—using only organic ingredients whenever possible—and created…

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Blissoma: Vegetarian skincare that’s as effective as it is affordable

Blissoma


The Blissoma line of 100% vegetarian skincare products (most of which are also certified vegan) raises the bar for the term “natural skincare.” Herbal chemist Julie Longyear started Blissoma in 2005, but it’s been flying under…

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