Rachel Brown

Perelel Secures $4.7M In Seed Funding From Unilever Ventures, Willow Growth Partners, Aimee Song And Others
Perelel, the brand specializing in supplements designed for different stages in women’s reproductive life cycles, has reached a new stage in its life cycle. It’s drawn $4.7 million in seed funding to grow its staff, product assortment...

Meet The Skincare Entrepreneur And Former Editor Trying To Make Success For Woman-Founded Brands Far More Common
In an Instagram post from content and event platform Female Founder World, Cinch Skin founder Renee Moore shared what brands should include in retail pitches. During a podcast episode, Blueland CEO and co-founder Sarah...

Natural Contract Manufacturing Opens With Low MOQs To Serve Emerging Beauty And Personal Care Brands
Responding to demands for minimum order quantities smaller than most beauty and personal care co-packers will handle, the company behind men’s personal care brand American Provenance has opened production facility Natural Contract Manufacturing. Rather than quantities...

What Beauty Segment—Prestige, Mass, Masstige Or Value—Will Win In A Shaky Economy?
Inflation in the United States hit 9.1%, a four-decade high, in June in yet another reminder of the economic quagmire the country is stuck in. Facing the effects of persistent inflationary pressure, interest rate hikes and supply chain...

Ulta Beauty Joins $2.9M Seed Round For Retail-Bound Robotic Eyelash Extension Service Luum Precision Lash
The robots are coming to beautify us. Luum Precision Lash, a company using robotics, computer vision and artificial intelligence to apply eyelash extensions, has secured $2.9 million in seed funding in advance of entering a major cosmetics...

Ethique Founder Brianne West Starts Investment Firm Nous With $12M Focused On Purpose-Driven Early-Stage Businesses
There’s only so much a single company can do. To deepen her impact beyond her company, Brianne West, founder of plastic-free beauty brand Ethique, has started Nous, an investment, mentoring and coaching firm that’s dedicated 20...

How Becoming A Mom Prompted Miribel Naturals Founder Jackie Gil Serchuk To Overhaul Her Haircare Brand
When Jackie Gil Serchuk named her curly hair brand My Soigne in 2018, it was for practical as well as emotional reasons. On the practical side, in scouring the internet for curly hair-related possibilities, it seemed like they’d...