Ayla is a boutique beauty store driven by thoughtfulness, relationships, sustainability, and passion
BY NEHA SURADKAR PHOTO CREDIT JUSTIN BUELL
A yla is a boutique beauty store hidden in San Francisco that thrives on clean beauty and her own terms, focusing less on what she is and more on what she could be. Kennedy worked at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners in the early 2000s, with Elizabeth Arden as one of the clients. Then, with her passion for beauty and skincare, she moved to New York to develop a skincare product and new brands for them. exceptional service. Founded by Dara Kennedy, Ayla prides on being run by an all-women team, bringing different perspectives and interests to the table. Kennedy grew up in an ethnically homogeneous small town in New Hampshire. As a biracial kid, not fitting neatly into a box made her free to define herself in
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