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With their recent brand launch, Ciele, Nikki DeRoest and Cerre Francis are playing it secure. Secure as in certified Clean at Sephora in addition to high SPF rankings on each of the products, that's. Ciele, the brainchild of DeRoest, a makeup artist, and Francis, who was previously at Hourglass Cosmetics, is debuting with three stock keeping units — a blush, a ending powder and a skin tint — which range in price from $34 to $44. They may debut on the brand’s website, in addition to Sephora’s, on Aug. 24 and in 270 doors nationally on Sept. 1. The brand, the founders said, was three years within the making. The duo met while working together at Róen. “We exited, and the subsequent day...