behind the scene
we are often approached by people wanting to brand our products with their name and logo. what is known in the industry as private label. it is a common practice. if you've ever used a celebrity brand, most likely you...
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it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. perhaps the greatest opening line of any story ever, and yet what Dickens knew then, as we should now, is that holding conflicting feelings about the world we...
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The Wilmington Area Ice Jam on the Lower Kankakee River, January 2024. The supplier of some of our raw materials (8% of liquid sulfate-free ingredients to be exact) has a wonderful operation off the Kankakee River in lower Illinois. Supplies are...
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"if it's not broken, don't fix it". sounds good right? yeah, but sometimes you have to look past the obvious. we look to update or repair before a product becomes outdated, and this is where our clean skin care mission begins. anything...
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if you've ever stopped by the store on a monday or after 5pm any other day of the week, you might have been annoyed that we are closed. see what had happened was.. running the business for long hours seven days a...
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