The brands included Clos du Val wines, Kiss My Face skincare products, and other brands appropriate to the demographic sampling.

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Dr. Bronner's accuses these companies, which include Kiss My Face, Stella McCartney America, Estee Lauder and Hain Celestial Group , of using petroleum-based ingredients in their potions.

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But then, at the most unexpected moments, a tenderhearted sympathy, raw and sudden, would rise in him, and he would plunge his face into my neck, sniff deeply and kiss, tickling me with his mustache.

NEWYORKER: Naima