Rachel Brown

Mills Pharmacy + Apothecary Transports European Pharmacy Sophistication And Upscale Skincare To The Midwest
Mills Pharmacy + Apothecary brings the world of refined beauty to Michigan, and it may someday bring the beauty it’s refined in Michigan to the world. Brothers Pierre and Hany Boutros have transformed a sleepy 71-year-old location into...

An Ingenious Product And Appetite For Risk Catapulted Leticia Cabrera-Calvo From Humble Beginnings To The Helm Of A Million-Dollar Brand
Vera Mona founder Leticia Cabrera-Calvo doesn’t believe consumers’ lives should be cluttered with shoddy merchandise. She’s constantly pondering how to improve everyday items. “I even thought of a cool way to pull credit cards out of wallets by...

The South Is Getting Hipper With Super Cool Lip Products Brand Henné Organics Launching At Belk
Southern cool girls, consider yourself notified. Henné Organics, the natural brand on the mouths of in-the-know beauty shoppers, is coming your way with a launch at Belk. The Charlotte, N.C.-based retailer represents the lip...

Beauty Blogs And Instagram Feeds Don’t Get Chicer Than Eco Chic Beauty
Yenny Khan is a beauty late bloomer. She didn’t use makeup until she was a high school senior and, even after that, stuck to a handful of basic products. Five years ago, Khan switched to clean personal care...

Are Indie Beauty Brands Left Out As Makeup Artists Become Major Influencers?
In the weeks after she launched Kosås in October 2015, Sheena Yaitanes busily reached out to actresses and makeup artists to persuade them to try the beauty brand’s lipsticks for red carpet events, where she...

Doll Face Beauty Merrily Marches Onto The Websites Of Target And Urban Outfitters
Doll Face Beauty takes a playful approach to skincare, but it isn’t playing around when it comes to retail distribution. The brand’s vintage-inspired products are hitting Target’s and Urban Outfitters’ websites early next year. The road to Target...

Biomilk’s Valerie Casagrande Is Banking On Good Bacteria To Build A Great Skincare Brand
Milk does skin good. That’s the premise of Biomilk, a probiotic-propelled beauty brand created by veteran marketer Valerie Casagrande. Not yet a year old, Biomilk is making headway in e-commerce driven by a growing hunger for helpful bacteria, eye-catching...