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"Before Andrew Goetz met Matthew Malin, he relied on one product to do all his grooming\u2014a bar of Neutrogena soap. \"I'm a minimalist at heart,\" remarks Goetz, who spent ten plus years in the architecture and design field before creating Malin+Goetz. Malin, on the other hand, who earned his beauty biz wings working at prestigious companies like Kiehl's and Prada Beauty, had what Goetz called a \"treasure chest of every product available.\"\n\n But he couldn't use any of them.\n\n \"As a cosmetic buyer\u2014and sales ecutive later on\u2014I had every product available to me. However, I couldn't use 90 percent of the products due to my skin issues,\" notes Malin, whose ailments include rosacea and eczema. After both watched the once small, family-owned companies they worked for or closely with dissolve into larger conglomerates, the two set out to create a line for the simple, minimalist world of Goetz and \u2014most importantly\u2014a line that Malin could actually use. \"We wanted to simplify skin and hair in an industry of over-marketed, over-complicated products, regimens and formulas,\" says Malin. \"Our line has a soul.\"\n\n Nearly four years later, Malin + Goetz, a modern apothecary and lab, has established itself as one of Manhattan's hottest spots for the product-obsessed and bare-minimum types alike. The store isn't just about hype though. \"We've left out potentially irritating colors and artificial scents in our skin care line, and all of our moisturizers are oil-free and based on fatty acid technology. So they absorb immediately and never clog pores,\" adds Goetz. While it may not quite be a one-bottle fits all philosophy, the steadfast, staple products like the grapefruit cleanser are appropriate for even the most opposite skin types: \"It works for sensitive, dry skin like Matthew's and for people like myself who tend to be a bit oily,\" states Goetz.\n\n While their hard work certainly had a great deal to do with creating a thriving company, it seems the real secret to the success of Malin + Goetz is simple: a great partnership. \"Andrew is the entrepreneur,\" says Malin, \"and without him I'm not sure I would have taken the leap on my own. At the same time, we couldn't have accomplished any of this without our joint experiences.\"\n\nclick here for Malin + Goetz's top beauty picks &amp;gt;&amp;gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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