Rachel Brown
The Big Frustrations Of Small Products
Mini product madness can be maddening to beauty brands. Shrunken sizes are storming stores and e-commerce sites as retailers the likes of Belk and Sephora, where research firm The NPD Group spotted over 400...
Natural Beauty Continues To Grow At Department Stores With A New Selection At Belk
Belk is getting greener this holiday season. The department store retailer has placed natural beauty merchandise in open-sell displays dubbed Modern. Southern. Fresh. at locations in the shopping centers Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem, N.C., The Forum in Norcross,...
Lina Hanson Holds Back To Push Her Namesake Brand Forward
Lina Hanson inspires a serious beauty brand founder girl crush. Not only is she effortlessly gorgeous, but she juggles several professions (makeup artist, skincare formulator and, lately, documentary producer), jet sets to enviable international locales, dutifully manages her namesake...
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...
