A guide to local independent beauty storesDon’t get us wrong: we love browsing the seemingly infinite array of products at our local Sephora emporium (and, during tedious afternoons at the office, its virtual counterpart. It counts as research, no?). But as we filled our bathroom shelves with this essential beauty thingy and that must-have cosmetic doodad, we began to wonder if the love affair wasn’t blossoming at the expense of the little guy: the locally-owned, anti-big-business beauty shop. So we set off on a field trip of sorts, an exploration of the city’s retailers of pretty, from Hanover Street to Harvard Square.
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