Between sweltering heat domes in the summer and frigid Arctic blasts in the winter, Texas weather can wreak havoc on your skin. Perhaps that’s why über-successful brands such as Drunk Elephant, Sunday Riley, and Supergoop are headquartered here: to help us out. But a new crop of small Texas beauty businesses are on the rise, fueled by skin-care neophytes who went looking in their own backyards for an antidote to their skin woes. Sure, basil, wine grapes, and beef fat are tasty in food recipes, but these entrepreneurial women have whipped up another purpose for them. Ahead, three skin-care companies that live off the land, so to speak, with formulas made from homegrown Texas ingredients.Bohemian Shepherdess (Cumby)When Mindy Myers started homesteading on her one-acre plot,…
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