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...

Vital Proteins Plans Collagen Product Expansion With Funding From CAVU Venture Partners

Vital Proteins has secured a large dose of supplemental income. CAVU Venture Partners poured $19 million in Series A funding into the Chicago-based collagen-boosting nutrition company that sells products in over 8,000 doors at...

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...

Gay Timmons, Godmother Of Beauty Ingredients, Is Aghast At The Rise Of Class-Action Lawsuits

Gay Timmons’ dander is up. The founder of organic and specialty ingredient distribution company Oh, Oh Organic, and president of the Natural and Organic Health & Beauty Alliance (

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...