Rachel Brown

Leopara Brings The Light To Makeup Wearers No Matter Where They Go
While readying herself to go out during a weekend jaunt to Las Vegas in 2015, Rachel Vicknair became annoyed that the poor lighting in her hotel room made it difficult to put on makeup properly. “There were shadows...

Social Impact Matters To Natural Skincare Shoppers In The U.K., According To A New Survey
British natural beauty customers are a principled bunch. In a survey conducted last month, nearly 700 of them revealed ethics is the number-one reason for their preference for skincare from natural brands. Over the coming year, 82%...

At Savor Beauty, Women Don’t Have To Lavish Time On Self-Care To Lavish Their Skin With Good Ingredients
In an era in which no one has time for anything, Angela Jia Kim, founder of product line and Manhattan spa Savor Beauty, endeavors to make effective natural skincare as time-efficient as possible. Her natural, Korean-inspired treatments...

The Detox Market Jumps Into The Clean Beauty Brand Marketplace With Detox Mode
The Detox Market has entered brand mode with Detox Mode, its first in-house product offering. The retailer is starting the brand with a single $32 item – universal body, face and hair dry oil Altogether Oil –...

“The Most Powerful Word In The Retail Lexicon Is New”: Hello Products’ Craig Dubitsky Discusses Breaking Through The Sameness On Shelves
Craig Dubitsky is a one-man CPG incubator. His entrepreneurial and investor gift is to make routine stuff less so. Whether it’s laundry detergent at Method, lip balm at EOS or mouthwash at Hello Products, Dubitsky has had...

Cheeky Millennial Candle Brand Coal And Canary, A New Sephora Entrant, Is On Fire
In 2014, graphic designer Amanda Buhse agreed to help her bestie Tom Jansen, then a college student, with his candle-making side gig, mostly as an excuse to hang out with him. “It was a fun experiment to see...

Marijuana Is Legal In Canada. What Does That Mean For Beauty?
Canada legalized marijuana for recreational use on Wednesday, creating the world’s largest weed marketplace and setting off speculation over how various industries, including beauty, will capitalize on the great green rush happening in United States’ neighbor to the...