skincare - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 May 2020
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Proven Skincare CEO Shares Inspiration Behind Successful Line

01 Sep 2013
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Geisha Secrets

TSAI: A luxury skin-care line based on ancient Japanese rituals. Years of work-related testing of beauty products had left Victoria Tsai (MBA 2006) with acute dermatitis. After trying various medications to no avail, she turned to Japan for a natural cure involving... View Details

Keywords: skincare; beauty products; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

17 Dec 2018
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Proven Skincare's Ming Zhao on Applying AI to Customized Cosmetics

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; cosmetics; skincare

13 Apr 2021
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Face Value

As a teenager in Houston, Texas, and one of the few Asian students in her high school, Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) recognized that didn’t fit the accepted beauty standard. She was more drawn to the Western luxury skincare brands her mother sold... View Details

23 May 2019
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Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998

Group invests in Bluemercury 2012 M-61 skincare launched 2014 Appointed Entrepreneur-in-Residence, HBS 2015 Lune+Aster cosmetics launched 2015 Macy’s acquires Bluemercury 2019 Bluemercury opens its 195th store CEO and Cofounder... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

27 Nov 2012
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The Beauty of the Network

Pao: A beauty business veteran leverages the HBS network to launch her own skincare line. Photo courtesy Patti Pao Patti Pao (MBA 1987) describes her two years at HBS as “spectacularly unsuccessful,” thanks in part to a culture clash with... View Details

Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

06 Dec 2021
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Turning Point: Makeover

spirit. I started a skincare brand called Tatcha to share my learning journey with others and also to create the company I had always wanted to work for. Brad Murray (MBA 2007) became my cofounder and we grew Tatcha over the next nine... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; leadership; purpose; Asian American; beauty industry; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

the one and only true God. Pure Skin: Discover the Japanese Ritual of Glowing by Victoria Tsai (MBA 2006) Clarkson Potter Your skin is your body’s biggest organ, as vital to your health as your heart. That’s why Tsai, the founder of Tatcha Skin Care, is sharing... View Details

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