NUDE, on the other hand, has a bigger global reach than Beautycounter, which mostly sells in the U.S. and Canada. Renfrew got the idea for her company in 2006, after seeing the movie An ...

Renfrew, 55, founded clean beauty brand Beautycounter in 2011 with the mission of disrupting the cosmetics industry by only ...

In May 2024, clean beauty company Beautycounter announced that it was closing temporarily. Owner Gregg Renfrew shocked its ...

This vacuum in the industry has given rise to the term "clean beauty" and to companies like Beautycounter, which has become nearly synonymous with movement for better, cleaner ingredients.

For that, there's nothing better than Beautycounter's Cleansing Balm ($69). At $69 it would have to be pretty amazing — and last unnaturally long — to warrant the investment. Fortunately (or ...