Rachel Brown

Self-Tanning Brand CleanTan Gives A Whole New Meaning To Tea Time
Tina Rowhanian loves the sun-kissed look. “I’m just a beach bum, I really am. I was born and raised in Hermosa Beach. Obviously, I was all about bikinis and tans. Now, I live in Boise, so I’m a...

This Doc Prescribes Indulgent Soaps, Scrubs And Soaks That Are Good For You And The Planet
Sarah Villafranco doesn’t only play a physician in blog posts. The Osmia Organics founder is a real-life ER doc who took an unusual turn into soap making and wound up creating a natural beauty brand stocked by Credo,...

Sentrel Natural Beauty Is Austin’s Newest Center For High-Performance Clean Beauty Products
Sarah Bensley has gone from hairstylist James Bryant’s assistant to his partner in Austin’s new beauty destination Sentrel Natural Beauty. A year ago, Bensley and Bryant hatched the concept of a boutique-cum-salon showcasing clean hair and skin brands...

The Essential Elements Of Facebook Advertising
There are more than one billion people active on Facebook and 100 million people active on Instagram. Your brand doesn’t have to touch that many customers to be incredibly successful. Because of the sheer enormity of the social...

Cresting Interest In Natural Beauty Carries The Seaweed Bath Co. To CVS
The Seaweed Bath Co. is breaking out in a big way. The beauty brand has added 2,000 CVS units to a roster of stores that’s swelling as it enlarges its presence both inside and outside...

Devin Donaldson’s Sage Words Of Wisdom On The Subscription Model
Dollar Shave Club, Stitch Fix, Birchbox, Blue Apron, Scentbird and Petit Vour have vastly different businesses, but they’re all based around a similar premise: capturing customers for more than single purchases. Subscription models are an eminently...

The Intermediary Goes Digital: OPAL Avenue Launches To Connect Clean Beauty Retailers And Brands Online
Mia Bell Brands is bringing technology to the fore to match retailers with clean beauty and wellness brands as a new entity called OPAL Avenue. The move comes after the retail brokerage firm acquired Kind Eye For...