the blog.

The struggle for gender equality is not about one appointed day –  and our passion for gender equality ought not be relegated to a single calendar date. So why do we celebrate? We passionately embrace International Women’s Day because this is our opportunity to reflect, and reaffirm our commitment for gender equality, civil liberties, dignity, progress and human rights. So, it is a very important day to us indeed.

As I look around the Malin+Goetz office, I see so much to be proud. Not only do I see so many women, but I see women working and excelling in high level positions, often deemed the sole domain of men. We have women running our Digital Department, Finance Department,

Dandruff Shampoo, FDA approved OTC (over-the-counter) drug

Our Dandruff Shampoo is the perfect example of our philosophy: we make skincare simple, starting with sensitive skin. As with each of our products, we were motivated to create a treatment that was effective AND smelled great, felt luxurious, and looked good on your bathroom shelf.  Here it is.

My personal struggles (here) with seborrhea or seborrheic dermatitis (and rosacea, which can occur together), led us to create

Grapefruit Face Cleanser was the first product we developed at MALIN+GOETZ and has ranked in our top three best-sellers since our brand’s launch in 2004. I am often asked, “what is your favorite product?” and this is it. The formula was inspired by my personal struggles with rosacea, eczema, seborrhea and fragrance allergies (more on that here) and fills the bill.

It was important to us that this product be "right" and set the stage for all other product development to follow. Facial cleansing is the foundation for healthy skin and ALL other items that may be used after.

So, it’s President’s Day. Unless you work for a bank or the government, or you’ve got kids in school – most of us don’t give President’s Day much thought; except of course for the sales. It’s sort of a silly holiday, even if it was originally nobly created to celebrate Washington’s Birthday, and later to include Lincoln as well.

While Washington and Lincoln were not perfect human beings, they were like all of us a product of their Zeitgeist. But their Zeitgeist embraced the Enlightenment, a time when folks like Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Rousseau, Smith and Voltaire, just to name a few drove us progressively to an age of truth, liberty, ethics