Lily Kunin founded Clean Market to create a one-stop-shop for all things wellness and streamline the delivery of healthy products and wellness services. Clean Market offers innovative services including cryotherapy, cryofacials, vitamin IV drips, infrared saunas, and smoothies infused with boosters such as collagen and probiotics all under one roof.

Lily’s approach to wellness is rooted in the principles of functional medicine. She has worked closely with a team of top medical staff to curate a selection of wellness retail and treatments proven to boost energy, promote detox, balance hormones and adrenals, and so much more. She created this modern wellness destination in Manhattan, offering organic coffee & matcha bar, superfood smoothies and functional treatments. Her goal is to inspire people to incorporate healthy habits into everyday life. Like us, she believes these daily rituals are the key to feeling well.

With their first shop in NYC, Clean Market is connecting their community to products and services designed to elevate health and overall well-being. Their commitment is to deliver this in a calming, intelligent, and feel good environment. This is modern wellness for everyone, everyday.

We’re all on a mission to feel better, live better, compete better, and look better – with the ultimate goal of living life to the fullest. Thanks to the Clean Market, every single product and service they offer has been thoroughly vetted to help you glow up. We all deserve to feel well, so Clean Market is doing something about it.

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NAME:

Lily Kunin

NICKNAME:

Lil or LTK

PROFESSION:

Co-Founder, Clean Market, Creator, Clean Food Dirty City

WHERE DID YOU GROW UP?

LA + Bethesda, MD

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

Brooklyn, NY

WHEN YOU’RE EATING HEALTHY, WHAT IS A TYPICAL…

BREAKFAST: Bone Broth, GF Sourdough Toast, Green Tea or Matcha

LUNCH: Miso Mushroom Soup and Salad combo from the store (Clean Market)

DINNER: My secret skill is being able to make something from whatever is in the fridge/pantry. Many nights that is what it is, but I also make at least one big soup a week, maybe a roast chicken and some roasted veggies to add to pastas, salads, bowls with a really yummy sauce, etc.

SNACK: Bjorn corn, crackers and hummus, crudité and dip, salted nuts, apples and raw goat cheese

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SPOTS/RESTAURANTS TO EAT HEALTHY?

abcV, di an di, Clean Market, Erewhon’s… I am usually eating “healthy-ish” wherever I go

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INDULGENCE?

Potato chips + french fries <3

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SPOTS/RESTAURANTS TO INDULGE?

Kings County Imperial, Cafe Altro Paradiso, Cervo’s, Night + Market, Pizzana, all super high quality, I don’t necessarily consider them “indulgences” per say but not classic “health” food :)

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR LAST MEAL ON EARTH?

Crispy fish tacos, chips and guac, a mezcal margarita, definitely on a beach

WHAT IS THE BEST DISH YOU COOK/ YOUR FAVORITE RECIPE?

My red lentil earth curry is always a huge hit, a perfect roast chicken, or my baked french fries (but really my secret skill is being able to whip up something delicious at a moment’s notice)

WHERE DO YOU GROCERY SHOP?

Whole Foods (delivery more often than not these days) but I still prioritize runs to local cheese + butcher shops in Brooklyn and farmer’s market on Saturday.

TOP 3 ITEMS YOU ALWAYS HAVE IN YOUR KITCHEN?

Dried beans, lemons, Siete tortillas

WHAT IS YOUR FITNESS REGIMEN? (how often & what you do)

My exercise routine is very gentle, usually a 20-minute yoga / pilates flow at home a few times a week. Walking my dog Otis every day. I love making it to a dance class or a class at The Class by TT once a week.

WHAT IS YOUR SKINCARE ROUTINE? (products, facials, etc)

I have always had sensitive acne-prone skin so I could write paragraphs about my skincare and facial routine over the years… but I have it pretty down pat now. I love True Botanicals Clear Cleanser and Face Oil, but also have been loving unscented products like One Ocean Beauty’s Revitalizing Sea Serum and CV Skin Labs Calming Moisture. Same routine morning and night, but I layer on some deeper creams in the PM.

AM: True Botanicals Clear Cleanser // True Botanicals Hydrating Mist // True Botanicals Clear Oil // CV Skin Labs Calming Moisture

PM: One Ocean Beauty’s Cleanser (as a pre cleanse) // True Botanicals Clear Cleanser // One Ocean Beauty’s // Revitalizing Sea Serum // CV Skin Labs Calming Moisture

I prioritize facials monthly and am very excited to try a stronger peel and some Clear & Brilliant treatments with my dermatologist Dr. Marnie Nussbaum. Hoping to close up these pores! I also really love my LightStim Acne Light, which I use nightly while watching TV or reading my book.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MAKEUP/NATURAL BEAUTY PRODUCTS?

Westman Atelier Foundation .. Saie Lip Balm, Brow Butter, and Mascara // BeautyCounter Blush and Bronzer

IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND, WHAT 3 PRODUCTS WOULD YOU TAKE WITH YOU?

CV Skin Labs Calming Moisture, Westman Atelier Foundation, Saie Lip Balm

WHAT PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY/HEALTH/FITNESS/SPIRITUAL GURUS DO YOU SWEAR BY?

Bobbi Brown // Taryn Toomey // Lacy Phillips

TOP 3 FAVORITE SONGS?

We’re always developing playlists for the store, I’m loving our “Mood Booster” Playlist right now, which has a decent amount of hip hop on it… I’m also a secret country music fan. But also, very nostalgic for the songs and music that were played in my house growing up from Bob Marley to Louie Armstrong and The Beatles.

MOST-WATCHED MOVIE?

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (If you know me you know I’m not a big movie person, but I watched this endlessly with my cousins at my grandma’s house growing up)

MOST LIFE-CHANGING BOOK?

My collection of cookbooks that taught me how to cook and care for myself

FAVORITE SHOPS/BOUTIQUES?

Garin Cashmere, duo, Chango & Co, clic, Flower District in NYC, The Odells, Reformation, always on the lookout for new sustainable brands

COOLEST PLACE YOU’VE EVER VISITED?

Israel

FAVORITE HOTELS?

Wynn Las Vegas, I basically live there right now (we’re opening a drip lounge there this Spring)! I also love anything boutique-y and special.

WHAT IS THE BEST GIFT YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED?

Unexpected surprise gifts that take me totally off guard, particularly a kind letter from a friend

MOST PROFOUND HEALING EXPERIENCE YOU’VE EVER HAD?

After several years of migraines and vertigo, giving up gluten and miraculously having a heavy cloud lifted off of me in just days. Making the connection between what I put in my body and how it makes me feel was life changing.

WHO ARE YOUR MOST TRUSTED HEALERS?

My acupuncturists

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST LEARNING EXPERIENCE YOU’VE HAD TO FACE AND WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM IT?

The unknown can create a lot of anxiety for me, and over the years I have learned to work toward giving up control. I’m learning to put in the hard work without an expectation of a specific outcome, and even learning that the outcome can be even more miraculous that originally imagined (aka doing away with limiting beliefs). Now I know there is no way to predict where I will be in 1, 5 or 10 years, but I have faith it will be beyond what I could have imagined.

DESCRIBE YOUR PERFECT DAY.

Slow morning with meditation and matcha, gentle yoga class, breakfast before a beach day with friends, delicious easy lunch after the beach followed by an afternoon nap and time to relax, walk the dog. I love a good happy hour (natural wine, mezcal, great cheese and olives) before dinner at a favorite restaurant with good company and calling it an early evening.