New Brighton store owner wants women to have 'clean beauty'
The owner of a new store in downtown Brighton hopes to give local women greater access to higher-end natural and animal-cruelty-free makeup and beauty products.
Longtime New York City resident and high-end retail professional Kathleen London, who recently moved to Brighton, opened her new store London Beauty at 424 W. Main Street in the former Henkel's Barber Shop last month.
"As I'm sure you know, most commercial cosmetics are tested on animals and are chock full of chemicals," London said.
She said her shop is part of a "clean beauty movement," which has gained a lot of steam on the east and west coasts.
The movement "doesn't seem to concentrate on areas like the Midwest," she said. "Access is more restricted here and there is nothing in Livingston County that specifically specializes. ... for a lot of these products, there might be one other (store) in metro Detroit."
