Nick Axelrod
Former Into The Gloss editorial director Nick Axelrod-Hamilton co-founded Nécessaire in 2018 with Randi Christiansen to elevate body care to the formulation rigour of facial skincare — clean, fragrance-optional, and unapologetically design-led.
"Body care had been treated like a category of afterthoughts. We refused that."
— Nick Axelrod
Axelrod was an editor at New York Magazine before joining Into The Gloss as editorial director, where he worked closely with Glossier in its early years.
He co-founded Nécessaire in 2018 with former Estée Lauder VP Randi Christiansen, positioning the brand as 'the body care' — clinically formulated washes, lotions, deodorant, and serums in design-forward packaging.
Body care deserves the same formulation literacy as facial skincare.
Fragrance-optional as a respect signal to sensitive customers.
- Pre-2018Editorial Director, Into The Gloss
- 2018Co-founds Nécessaire with Randi Christiansen
How Nécessaire Built the Modern Body Care Category
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