Born from founder Felicia Kalan’s effort to find gentler care for her daughter’s skin, Azadeco is a Hudson Valley, New York skincare company built around simple, apple-centered formulas. Its products are made in the Hudson Valley using local apples and spring water, with a share of profits supporting nonprofits in the surrounding community.
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Gallop HillGallop Hill grew from a childhood lesson about milkweed shared by founder Ann Feldman’s grandfather into a botanical skincare company with a purpose. Ann Feldman now makes its products in limited batches at the company’s lab in Tivoli, New York, for people seeking gentle care that helps restore the skin’s glow.
Sabbatical BeautyBorn from founder Adeline Koh’s 2015 kitchen experiments during an academic sabbatical, Sabbatical Beauty makes small-batch, high-concentration skincare in Philadelphia. Its Korean-inspired formulas center on meaningful levels of botanicals, layered hydration, and skin-barrier repair rather than token “active” ingredients. The company also matches donations to its Pay It Forward Fund dollar for dollar, extending its skincare community to people facing financial insecurity.PHILADELPHIA, PA
My Neighbor's CoFounded by Hudson Valley mother Harri Magaldi after searching for gentle care for her daughter’s eczema, My Neighbor’s makes small-batch regenerative skincare rooted in ancestral remedies. Its signature balms use dry-rendered, grass-fed and finished tallow sourced from regenerative Hudson Valley farms, alongside a vegan line made with organic, non-GMO botanicals. The company operates a flagship store in Hudson, New York, with a small team based in New York State and California.HUDSON, NY
OY-LFounded by Andrea Pierce-Naymon after her daughter became ill, OY-L makes small-batch, plant-derived skincare for face and body with a “beauty without secrets” approach. The Hudson, Ohio company handcrafts its products without animal testing and builds its formulas around transparent ingredient choices such as hemp seed oil and Manuka honey. OY-L also uses sustainable packaging where possible and donates 15% of bath-salt and body-scrub sales to Dysautonomia International.AKRON, OH