Rachel Brown

Customizable Palette Concept Renzoe Box Makes Organizing Makeup Easy And Earth-Friendly
Architect René Graham, founder of the design studio LaurelHouse Studio and real estate development company BCSModern, is skilled at figuring out puzzling construction predicaments. So, after she became frustrated at work attempting to locate the right beauty product...

In A Step For Sustainability, Hand In Hand Puts Liquid Hand Soap In Aluminum And Sells Millions Of Units
In the mass market, aluminum is no longer just for beer and soda. Now, it’s also for soap. The personal care brand Hand in Hand released liquid hand soap packaged in aluminum in May, the first such...

Ulta Beauty Will Place In-Store Shops At Target Locations. Is The Move A Good Idea?
The traditional demarcations in the beauty industry separating mass from class have been fading for years. Now a marquee high-low retail partnership between Ulta Beauty and Target will test whether any of the remaining boundaries hold....

For New E-Tailer Carré Beauty, Minimalism Is The Ultimate Luxury
Sometimes simplicity is the utmost luxury. That’s the premise of Carré Beauty, a new e-tailer from Sheila Eap, former senior merchandise planner at Neiman Marcus, who’s bringing the editing skills of a merchant to cultivate an assortment...

How The Glow Girl’s Melissa Meyers Is Changing The Content Game For Women Over 40
Melissa Meyers, founder and creative director of The Glow Girl, isn’t afraid to do things many people would find embarrassing. She’s an ardent networker and has no problem reaching out cold to a person or brand....

Bath And Body Care Brand Rocky Robinson Is On A Mission To Inspire Black Girls To Dream Big
Leading marketing strategy for Target’s community relations efforts 11 years ago, Audra Robinson would often find herself being the only Black person in the room. She started thinking about whether a brand could inspire Black girls to change...

New Natural Brand Naughty Alchemist Lets Consumers In On How Its Products Are Made
In her hometown of Copenhagen, foodie Stella Nisreen Kanaan has enjoyed experiences at the world-leading restaurants Noma and Geranium that go well beyond eating. She says, “I was fascinated by how you could see the chefs working.” Kanaan...