Insiders' Guide- Beautiful People.(Lisa Price)

Insiders' Guide Beautiful People

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Lisa Price: Beauty Entrepreneur Patricia Tortolani

6[currency]66[currency]6Lisa Price knows the value of good home cooking. After all, it was in the kitchen of her Brooklyn apartment that she began whipping up recipes for her bath and body line, Carol [macron]s Daughter. [degrees]It started as a hobby, [+ or -] says Price, who was working at the time as a writer [macron]s assistant for The Cosby Show. [degrees]Something I would play around with when I got home from work. [+ or -] Soon she found herself dreaming about cocoa butter and peppermint oil instead of story lines. But it wasn [macron]t until her mother, Carol, encouraged her to package the fragrant body butters and shower gels that she began selling them at local markets. Over the years, the homespun products have attracted a glamorous following: Halle Berry, Mary J. Blige, and Erykah Badu are fans; Jada Pinkett Smith and Jay-Z are investors. At her Harlem store, a wholesome approach still prevails *there [macron]s a counter for cutting soap bricks and a washbasin where customers can play with products. Price [macron]s philosophy has also remained simple: a handful of delicious fragrances, a homemade touch, and *she insists * [degrees]lots of fat0...2; it [macron]s the best moisturizer. [+ or -]

Insiders' Guide Beautiful People

Good Enough to Eat

6[currency]6Lisa Price knows the value of good home cooking. After all, it was in the kitchen of her Brooklyn apartment that she began whipping up recipes for her bath and body line, Carol [macron]s Daughter. [degrees]It started as a hobby, [+ or -] says Price, who was working at the time as a writer [macron]s assistant for The Cosby Show. [degrees]Something I would play around with when I got home from work. [+ or -] Soon she found herself dreaming about cocoa butter and peppermint oil instead of story lines. But it wasn [macron]t until her mother, Carol, encouraged her to package ...