The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
Breast cancer
to $30s. Her designs, which are mostly cotton and polyester blends, were recently featured in a popup store at Nordstrom in Virginia in partnership with a local cancer hospital.
“It’s literally taking something that a woman loses and making it something amazing,” said Keshwani.
CLEAN BEAUTY PRODUCTS » Women currently doing chemo or suffering from its lasting effects on their skin have more choices in organic beauty products. CancerFashionista’s Berry highlights the foundations and lip glosses from SaltyGirl that are made with shea butter and coconut oil that are nourishing. Breast cancer survivor Cynthia Besteman, founder of Violets are Blue, developed a skin care line that includes a roll-on unscented magnesium-based deodorant that’s free of baking soda and aluminum — and caters
Sarah Kelly, a breast cancer survivor along with her sister Leah Robert, owns and operates SaltyGirl Beauty, an all-natural makeup brand inspired by Kelly’s fight.
to women going through treatment. It sells for $25 for 3.2 ounces. Meryl Marshall created Hynt Beauty, a nontoxic cosmetics collection that doesn’t use artificial preservatives like parabens. In March, Hynt Beauty will be launched in 100 Ulta stores.
Women can also turn to The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics coalition, a project of Breast Cancer Prevention
Partners. It offers tips on how to choose the best beauty products and a list of chemicals to avoid. Credo Beauty, a retailer which carries Violets are Blue and Vapour Organic Beauty — another brand started by a breast cancer survivor — bans dozens of ingredients linked to health or environmental issues. It also requires all brands it sells to obtain composition statements and other documentation on ingredients. Beauty chain Sephora offers makeup classes that specifically address the visible effects of cancer treatment.
PRODUCTS THAT GIVE BACK » StyleEsteem donates one head wrap to a cancer patient in need for each head wrap sold. For the fourth consecutive year, AnoOno threw a fashion show with nonprofit group Cancerland earlier this month, showcasing breast cancer survivors at all stages strutting down the runway wearing the brand’s lingerie. All the funds raised benefit METAvivor, a nonprofit organization that raises money for research for stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.