I’ve never been a GP hater. I didn’t get rage-y when she announced her separation to Chris Martin with the phrase “conscious uncoupling”, I rolled my eyes and swiftly moved on when she suggested steaming your vagina, and come to think of it, when she became Juice Beauty’s creative director and collaborated on an organic makeup collection, I thought it could be a huge leap forward in making the category more appealing to the masses.
But when she said (in the Glamour cover shoot video below) that the reason she created Goop skincare was because she was “looking for an organic, very luxe, very high performing skincare regimen” and couldn’t find one, I yelled at my screen. Because quite frankly, she’s full of shit. Ok fine, I’m sure she is never constipated (all those leafy greens and fibre) but you know what I mean. I would have more respect for her if she just said she wanted to put her own spin on skincare, but to claim it doesn’t exist? There are more options in that category than ever before, many of which are sold on her own damn site. Here’s five amazing brands that currently fit the description of this so-called white space in the beauty world.
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Tammy Fender is a Palm Beach-based holistic esthetican who is a little hippy dippy but trust, her organic products work. She created this balm for post-op patients; I’ve used it on open wounds on my face, the aftermath of a horrendous breakout and it healed it with the same swiftness of that of a newborn.
Harper’s line launched in 2010 and pretty much exploded. She grows many of the ingredients on her farm in Vermont and Gwyneth herself has said once that everything she uses is Tata Harper. Mmmm-hmmmm.
April Gargiulo drew on her experience with winemaking to craft this face oil, and loaded it with 22 active botanicals. All serve a specific function (such as delivering oxygen to cells, fighting free radicals) but also work together to leave you with glowy skin. Also, it smells INCREDIBLE.
Holistic, high performing, organic, this Scottsdale, Arizona-based brand hits all the boxes. We’re partial to this herbal alternative to retinoids which refines texture and erases past signs of blemishes.
When I met with founder Valerie Grandury last year, she sang the praises of carrot seed oil for its high amounts of vitamins A, C, and E. You can use this alone or dropped into your moisturizer. The whole line is luxurious, full stop.
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I've never been a GP hater. I didn't get rage-y when she announced her separation to Chris Martin with the phrase "conscious uncoupling", I rolled my eyes and swiftly moved on when she suggested steaming your vagina, and come to think of it, when she became Juice Beauty's creative director and collaborated on an organic makeup collection, I thought it could be a huge leap forward in making the category more appealing to the masses.
But when she said (in the Glamour cover shoot video below) that the reason she created Goop skincare was because she was "looking for an organic, very luxe, very high performing skincare regimen" and couldn't find one, I yelled at my screen. Because quite frankly, she's full of shit. Ok fine, I'm sure she is never constipated (all those leafy greens and fibre) but you know what I mean. I would have more respect for her if she just said she wanted to put her own spin on skincare, but to claim it doesn't exist? There are more options in that category than ever before, many of which are sold on her own damn site. Here's five amazing brands that currently fit the description of this so-called white space in the beauty world.
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