Rachel Brown

Indie Goat Soap Co. Gets A Very Indie Packaging Makeover
You can only milk passable packaging so much. As Indie Goat Soap Co. co-owners Heather Collins and Amanda Marino made the rounds at their local retailers in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, they were...

Talkshoplive Levels The Video Commerce Playing Field For Small Brands
Talkshoplive enables brand founders to sell products on home shopping from the comfort of their homes. Currently in beta mode, the new digital platform is bringing the concept of user-generated content to video commerce by allowing anyone...

There Are No Lofty Prices At Luci, Just Lofty Expectations For Products
Price and quality are often correlated in beauty consumers’ minds, but Heather Jones is out to convince them that correlation isn’t reality, at least when it comes to Luci. Her new brand vows to deliver products that pack...

Follain Set To Open 10 Stores Starting With Dallas, Seattle And Bethesda Locations
After focusing for more than a year on building sales via clicks, clean beauty retailer Follain is returning to its origins in bricks with three store openings slated for the second half of this year and...

New Brand Type:A Is Driven To Win Over Natural Deodorant Doubters
Do you want your deodorant to be a consummate underachiever? Of course not. Type:A, the opposite of a personal care slacker, is joining the ranks of aluminum-free odor busters on a Tracy Flick-esque mission to outclass the...

A.S Apothecary’s Amanda Saurin Takes A Spirited Jaunt Beyond Skincare With Fierce Botanics
Amanda Saurin has a great excuse to day drink. The herbalist and homeopath founder of A.S Apothecary has branched into the beverage business with the introduction of Fierce Botanics, a company that demonstrates the increasing reach...

New E-Tailer The Bloomi Is Out To Protect Vulvas Everywhere From Potentially Unsafe Products
The Bloomi is based on the premise that women shouldn’t make compromises with their sexual health and vulvar hygiene. Hitting the e-commerce scene as intimate care increasingly overlaps with the beauty industry, the new online store thoroughly...