Marie Veronique NadeauBerkeley, CaliforniaLong before Marie Veronique Nadeau, 70, became a pioneer of nontoxic skin care, she was a high school math and science teacher. But it was a class on rosacea that Nadeau taught at the Bay Area’s Elephant Pharmacy that nudged her into starting her Berkeley, California–based beauty company, Marie Veronique. Her students’ chief complaint was the lack of effective sunscreen that wouldn’t trigger rosacea flare-ups. So Nadeau created one: a non-nano zinc oxide sunscreen, which remains...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 23, 2018 15:11 UTC