Founded by former Elle US beauty director Julie Schott and her business partner Brian Bordainick in 2019, Starface is an increasingly popular acne care line, with the emphasis on ‘care’. “Acne can happen at any point in your life for any number of reasons,” explains Schott, who had acne throughout her 20s. “Towards the end of my media career, all I was seeing was this look of the effortless cool girl who doesn’t need makeup and who has naturally really even skin. It’s not attainable for so many people, and not having perfect skin doesn’t mean you’re not drinking enough water or you’re not taking care of yourself. Sometimes that’s just your skin! We just wanted to put forward something more fun, more attainable and more honest.”
