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Libby Copeland March 27, 2017
Is your persimmon soap infused with geisha wisdom? The precious world of artisanal beauty.Photo by Zenspa1

Is your persimmon soap infused with geisha wisdom? The precious world of artisanal beauty.

Originally Published: Washington Post • May 22, 2016

…Koko Hayashi’s Japanese persimmon soap is crafted at an old family-owned soap mill, spearheaded by a man known as “Mr. Read more...

Categories: Marketing, Pop Culture, Washington Post Tags: artisanal beauty, credo beauty, NPD Group, persimmon soap

Libby Copeland

Libby Copeland writes stories at the intersection of culture, science and human behavior. A staff reporter and editor for The Washington Post for over a decade, she now writes from New York for publications including Slate, New York Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, The New Republic, Fast Company, TheAtlantic.com, Glamour and more. As a staffer at The Washington Post, she wrote feature stories from the 2008 presidential trail, the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and the 2005 Michael Jackson molestation trial. Copeland has appeared on MSNBC, CNN and NPR. Read More…

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