We love to see women making moves and creating their own businesses, especially when the products they’re creating are actually good for you. Check out these 4 Brooklyn based brands chock full of ingredients your body will thank you for! skinBUTTR If you’re looking for an upgrade to the popular and super hydrating pure Shea or Cocoa Butter, skinBUTTR is it. Get all BUTTRed up with this new skincare line that specializes in both body and face products all hand made, free of parabens and other harmful chemicals. skinBUTTR infuses their Shea body butters with coconut oil and vitamin E for extra healing benefits in a plethora of velvety soft, good enough to eat scents like Cocoa Vanilla, Gingr Lemon, and Strawberry Coconut. Pair the butters with skinBUTTR’s scrubs and get a double dose of smelly goodness while combating skin issues like hyper-pigmentation, toning, and brightening. There’s even a vanilla coffee scrub to aid with cellulite reduction. Local Lathers There’s nothing like a good soap to get you up and at em’ and refreshed in the morning, especially when it’s from Local Lathers. The co-founders, who also just so happen to be sister-in-laws, Manuela Schaudt and Jinette Caceres teamed up […]
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If you don’t know Sunita, you should, because she’s about to be all over your timeline. She’s only got some of the biggest hair on IG and one of the biggest, most humble hearts to match. When I first met Sunita last year, she hadn’t even tipped the 10K mark on her Instagram. Fast-forward 1 year later, and she’s serving up larger than life hair, Diana Ross style to over 46,000 adoring followers daily. Not bad for a small town girl from Wisconsin. Hair pulled up into a messy top bun, one of her followers’ favorite looks as noted on her 2015 best nine, it’s still impossible not to stare at her gorgeous head of hair. “Do you mind if I edit my photos, while we talk,” she asks. Finding the time to squeeze in yet more work, it’s easy to see how Sunita has grown her following so quickly. She’s a boss, and I mean that in every sense of the word. “I get more and more e-mails everyday. It’s like Christmas,” she giggles, explaining of the many companies pursuing her. Sunita singlehandedly runs her growing empire all without the help of an assistant, not even a handy dandy […]
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