5 (Not So) Small Businesses by Women for Women
photo: We Are Wild
NOT ONLY DO WE TAKE PRIDE IN CELEBRATING FEMALE TALENTS IN ALL CREATIVE WORLDS, BUT IT’S IMPORTANT TO ALSO SPOTLIGHT WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS. WE BELIEVE THAT GIRLS WILL INVENT THE FUTURE IN ALL FORMS OF INDUSTRY BY CREATING JOBS, INFLUENCING CULTURE AND MARKET/ECONOMY AND PROVIDING OPEN PATHS TO THE NEXT GENERATIONS. IN THIS MONTH’S ROUND-UP WE TAKE PLEASURE IN INTRODUCING THESE FIVE GROWING BUSINESSES FOUNDED BY SMART, PASSIONATE AND HARD WORKING WOMEN.
DEDCOOL
Carina Chaz grew up in Los Angeles experimenting in her family’s laboratory mixing various concoctions. Her interest and fascination with aromas began in childhood and well into her teenage years. By age thirteen, she had formulated her first of many perfumes, CC N. 13, modeled after iconic, Coco Chanel No. 5. Now in her adult years, Carina continues her passion for complex, sophisticated scents for conscious consumers like herself. The birth of DedCool happened in 2016, the line is a culmination of Carina’s dedicated lifestyle of scents and green beauty. DedCool is vegan, unisex, cruelty-free, biodegradable and non-toxic scents from perfumes, colognes, candles and hand creams.
ALLUME
Allume is thoughtfully curated goods and content for cannabis users. Based in Montreal, Canada, founder Camille Chacra launched Allume in 2018 to fill the retail space for high design cannabis accessories. As the brand quickly grew, Allume has culminated into a community offering insightful content on cannabis culture. The Trim is the editorial component of Allume, aimed to demystify the cannabis lifestyle and business.
MONDO MONDO
Mondo Mondo is a jewelry and fragrance line founded in 2012 by designer and perfumer Natasha Ghosn. In Italian mondo means striking or remarkable of its kind. A self-taught perfumer, Ghosn creates original scent stories that are timeless and wearable for everyday occasions. Trained in Mexico by local artisans, Ghosn has maintained that craftsmanship with the jewelry collection.
CASA SHOP
Before launching Casa Shop, founder Emi Moore was an associate women’s buyer at Need Supply while her side hobby was collecting vintage goods. In 2016 she launched Casa Shop a thoughtfully curated online shop of new and vintage home objects sourced from around the world. Moore’s taste aesthetic is colorful, simple, modern, yet artifacts. Her scavenger hunts to flea markets and estate sales prove to be bountiful, she has an eye for objects with a refined charisma. Casa Shop’s Instagram page reads like an Architectural Digest for those with clear, thought out design tastes.
WE ARE WILD
“We Are Wild is performance skincare since they do exactly what they are meant to, affordably and in functional balm applicators. The company is based in Portland, Oregon but made in South Korea. Female founded by Sally Kim, whose good on paper credentials offer a wide scope of innovative thinking and creativity to building a natural skincare line.” - read our full review
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