Long Island’s custom lip bar, The Beauty Tailor guides guests through blending their own lipstick or lip gloss shade with help from color specialists. Each appointment turns makeup into a hands-on creative session, with personalized finishes and packaging, and the Carle Place studio also hosts lip-themed parties with a private karaoke room. Its custom products are 100% vegan, cruelty-free, gluten-free, and made with clean ingredients.
Finding FerdinandFounded by Nhu, Finding Ferdinand makes vegan color cosmetics designed to enhance rather than hide natural features, with a particular focus on customizable lip color and its bestselling Black Lip Balm. Nhu says she has spent the past 10 years working with scientists on clean formulas, while the company produces in small batches and uses on-demand production to reduce waste. Its proprietary formulations exclude more than 2,700 banned ingredients, and its products are made without animal-derived ingredients or animal testing.New York, NY
Atomic MakeupFounded in 2015, Atomic Makeup is a California-made indie cosmetics brand creating small-batch, rock ’n’ roll-inspired lipsticks for bold everyday self-expression. The Latina-owned and operated company makes its vegan, cruelty-free formulas by hand in California and gives a portion of proceeds to local Southern California charities.BROOKLYN, NY
Prose Beauty IncBuilt around the idea that beauty should be personal, Prose Beauty is a made-to-order beauty company creating individualized formulas for customers’ hair and skin. Its products are freshly bottled in Brooklyn or Los Angeles, while in-house cosmetic chemists support the company’s research-driven approach. Prose is a Certified B Corporation and Climate Neutral Certified company.BROOKLYN, NY
Milk MakeupBorn from Milk Studios, the downtown New York creative hub, Milk Makeup is a creatively driven beauty brand founded by four members of the Milk community. Its team develops the line in-house for people who treat makeup as a form of self-expression, with formulas designed to be easy to use and always vegan and cruelty-free.New York, NY