The duo behind beauty brand Malin+Goetz talk skincare and gardening from their Upstate New York home Since they opened their flagship New York store in 2004, Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz’s eponymous skincare brand has offered a contemporary take on the products and practices of old-school apothecaries.
Since the beginning, natural products have been an integral part of your skincare formulas. Has spending time in the Hudson Valley enriched your knowledge of natural products in any way? Luckily for us, much of the U.S. beauty business is centered around NYC. That includes manufacturing and having developed my career in beauty in NYC offered access. Most importantly, we wanted to work with like-minded people – smaller specialty businesses that are often family-owned and operated. When you are starting out, it is difficult to afford more, and developing these relationships was personal and synergistic. Finally, sustainability and ‘local’ have been our mantra since conception.