Rachel Brown
Whole Foods Changes And Stays The Same For Beauty Brands
Small, local vendors stay on Whole Foods' shelves.
Whole Body’s Alyssa Vescio has a message for indie beauty entrepreneurs: Whole Foods isn’t vacating its commitment to emerging brands. After the...
Sophia Thao Rocks Regular Girl Glamour On Social Media
Sophia Thao makes glamour relatable to regular women because she’s a regular woman. A mom who totes her kid to karate four days a week, Thao shows that stunning makeup is compatible with everyday life....
A Trio Of Doctors Takes FixMD To QVC
FixMD isn’t a fan of hero ingredient worship. Launching on QVC by next month, the skincare brand from Las Vegas plastic surgeons Goesel Anson, Terry Higgins and Michael Edwards puts a panoply of antioxidants, stem...
Makeup Brands Scare Up Halloween Beauty Sales
Makeup brands and retailers are expecting treats for their balance sheets this Halloween. With the National Retail Federation forecasting that U.S. spending for the spooky day will climb 8.3% to a record $9.1 billion, beauty companies morphing customers...
Seed To Serum Shuttering As Founder Steps Into New Career
Seed to Serum, an online plant-based beauty apothecary, is shutting its virtual doors. After months of pondering the fate of her business, founder Megan Schwarz has chosen to turn her focus away from the e-tailer to...
Accelerator And Retail Mentorship Programs: Application, Attendance And Outcomes
If there’s power in numbers, then participation in an accelerator or retail mentorship program can be powerful for beauty brand founders facing the isolation, resource and manpower limitations, and dizzying array of unknowns that often...
This Nontoxic Nail Salon Founder Is Fighting For Nail Artists To Get Some Respect
Hairstylists command a ton of respect, and Amy Ling Lin doesn’t understand why nail artists aren’t held in the same regard. At her nontoxic nail studio Sundays, she’s challenging the customer-manicurist relationship status quo...
