Clean Beauty Company Follian Invading Brick-and-Mortar Retail

When it comes to the ever-evolving beauty industry, the current trend lies in clean, green products — and Follain is leading the charge. With an intensely curated inventory boasting restricted ingredients to promote a non-toxic, healthy beauty routine, the 5-year-old retailer recently unveiled its highly anticipated NYC flagship. This expansion comes on the heels of two successful holiday pop-up experiments in the Big Apple, in addition to storefronts in Seattle, Bethesda and Dallas.

Inside Follain beauty store with merchandise displays and silver stools at counterAccording to Glossy, consumers have spent $1.3 billion on natural products in the past year, which is up from $230 million in 2013, accounting for more than 3% of the total U.S. personal-care market. Competitors include Sephora, which recently pushed a “Clean at Sephora” initiative, and CAP Beauty, which boasts a wellness-focused product line. Currently, clean beauty shoppers at Follain’s New York location have access to more than 70 brands and 600 products primarily in the skincare and makeup family.

“There’s a ton of clean beauty here in New York already, so I wasn’t sure from the outset that we needed to be there, but when I looked at the interest, I couldn’t deny it, said Tara Foley, Follain's founder and CEO. “The store is a third of the size of our other locations, but we brought our full skin-care range here because that’s what the New York customer, who has been shopping with us in the pop-ups and online, wants.”

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