Rachel Brown

The Services Beauty And Wellness Entrepreneurs Are Rushing To Get—And Why Some Are Holding Off
With all adults in the United States eligible for a coronavirus vaccine, beauty service providers hit hard by the pandemic could be due for a major rebound. To suss out whether that rebound is already starting to happen,...

Why The Makeup Wipe Status Quo Will Get Wiped Out
In a lighthearted Harper’s Bazaar video on her nighttime skincare routine posted in August of last year, Rihanna weighed in on a serious topic: the effect makeup wipes are having on the environment. “I used to use...

Dr. Robb Akridge’s Opulus Beauty Labs Whips Up Fresh Supercharged Skincare At Home In 90 Seconds
Humans have been drinking coffee for thousands of years and from a drip coffee maker for over a century. It took Keurig making a kitchen counter contraption quickly brewing up fresh coffee by the cup to change household...

Cannabis Beauty And Wellness Company Leaders On Where The CBD Market Is Heading
More than two years out from the federal Farm Bill that legalized the hemp trade in the United States and ushered in a beauty industry CBD boom, we wanted to check in with cannabis beauty and wellness brand...

Launching With A Single Product, New Brand State Of Kind Personifies The Skinimalist Approach To Skincare
In her mid- to late-20s, Sarah Battersby struggled with a procession of skin issues, including breakouts, dullness and inflammation. “Everything that was being marketed to me was to do more and more, and you need to buy this...

Beauty E-Tailer B-Glowing Brings Dawn Francisco On Board As CEO To Grow Awareness And Sales
Dawn Francisco, a former VP at Dermstore and Estée Lauder, has joined beauty e-tailer b-glowing as CEO to boost consumer awareness and growth. A beauty enthusiast who realized early that online sales would be important in the...

Six Steps Athr Beauty Is Taking To Scale Its Business
Tiila Abbitt took out a second mortgage on her house to start her brand Athr Beauty with $100,000 in 2018. She had a hunch makeup would be the next category transformed by the clean beauty movement, but...