Yana Herbal Beauty Salon carries a Georgian family tradition into Manhattan, where Yana Yusupidi continues the beauty methods and recipes taught by her mother Emma. Emma opened the family’s first salon in Tbilisi in 1940, and Yana later welcomed her daughter Helena into the business, extending its knowledge to a third generation. Today, the SoHo salon provides personalized herbal skin care shaped by each client’s skin type and the seasons.
Metro SalonOpened by owner Stefania Buonomo in 2003, Metro Salon is a Rochester alternative hair salon offering styling, color, nail care and skin treatments. Curly hair is a specialty, and the salon takes a holistic approach rooted in scalp education, aromatherapy and plant-based care. Metro also makes and sells MimoSeven, its own small-batch line of organic, vegan hair and skin products.ROCHESTER, NY
Mario BadescuBorn in a two-bedroom Manhattan apartment, Mario Badescu makes skincare products and operates a New York salon built around European-style facials. Founded in 1967 by Romanian immigrant Mario Badescu, the company began with products mixed by hand, including its now-iconic Drying Lotion, and still formulates and manufactures its line at a 50,000-square-foot headquarters and factory. Its 36-room spa continues to put those skincare formulas to the test, alongside a product line used across three generations of faces.NEW YORK, NY
Nãzuk BeautyBorn from founder Zulmira’s rediscovery of her mother’s Usma Grass ritual, Nãzuk Beauty makes hair- and brow-care products that bring a centuries-old Uyghur and Central Asian beauty tradition into modern routines. Its formulas use Usma sourced from Central Asia and are handcrafted in small batches in New York City, including a single-ingredient scalp mask and an eyebrow regrowth mask made with 90% Usma powder.
Savor BeautyFounded by former concert pianist Angela Jia Kim, Savor Beauty grew from Korean skincare traditions and homemade Manhattan formulations into a New York beauty company with a flagship spa that opened in 2017. Its small-batch skincare translates those rituals into a simpler five-step routine for people seeking clean, gentle care, including those with sensitive skin.NEW YORK, NY