Our shave cream won another award, “Best Groom” from Wallpaper* magazine. Sweet! This is the kind of stuff you can’t plan for, but you’re so grateful when it happens – every indie brand worth.. Read more >
Archive | Media Coverage
URSA MAJOR hits The Pop-Up Flea this weekend in NYC
We’re heading down to NYC for The Pop-Up Flea this weekend. Exciting. We’ll be showing all our goods including our limited-run UM x Topo Dopp kit which has been getting some great press coverage.. Read more >
UM’s Stellar Shave Cream wins Esquire’s ‘Best Shave Cream’ award
We’re honored to win this award from Esquire magazine. Feels great to get this kind of visibility and recognition leading up to our two-year anniversary (we launched Ursa Major in December 2010 with the.. Read more >
Ursa Major in the press (catch-up)
We chose to launch Ursa Major from the back-woods of Vermont so we’re relying heavily on the internet and PR to get the word out there. We made a decision early on to keep.. Read more >
GQ takes a shine to ‘The Great Bear’
GQ.com takes our products for a test drive and volunteers an opinion… To sum it up: “I think their line of skin care products are terrific.” Hard to top that! Read Matthew Hranek’s review.. Read more >
Details lovin’ our Fantastic Face Wash
Those savvy editors over at Details don’t miss a thing. Our face wash just popped up in the magazine’s March ’12 issue, on the Editor’s Picks page, no less (“10 things we love this.. Read more >
More holiday gift guide action (Honestly… WTF, Stripes+Sequins)
Encouraging to see Ursa Major pop up in a few more holiday gift guides, this one by Honestly… WTF and this one by Stripes & Sequins. We do all our press outreach ourselves, on.. Read more >
Thumbs up from A Cup of Jo
We’re falling behind on keeping the press on our web site up to date. So much to do! Let’s start with this holiday gift guide via A Cup of Jo, aptly titled “Gift Guide.. Read more >
Ursa Major Stellar Shave Cream featured in T&C’s gift guide
A friend emailed us yesterday and told us to pick up the November issue of Town & Country. Here’s what we found. Nice to see ‘The Great Bear’ in such fine company. “A gentleman’s.. Read more >
GQ makes a point: “The stuff you slather on yourself… should be as all-natural as your food.”
It’s good to see GQ start educating men about the importance of using natural grooming products. Here’s an excerpt from their November 2011 issue, said in true GQ style: The stuff you slather on.. Read more >
