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What is the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act
An act, passed in 1938, banning 11 ingredients - including mercury and chloroform.
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What is Ursa Major
A highly coveted title, the brand that had the honor of being our “Brand of the Month” in February.
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Who is Michael Monicatti
The Seattle Store Director
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What is ocean, sun, earth, atmosphere
OSEA isn’t just one of our favorite brands, it’s also an acronym meaning this
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What is Boston
True to his name, Cosmo is quite the cosmopolitan pup: He’s lived in Chicago, New York, Hoboken, and Boston, but he was adopted in this city.
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What is 22
The number of nutrient-rich botanicals in Vintner's Daughter Active Botanical Serum.
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What is 2014
The year in which Follain joined Instagram.
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What is Joel
Excluding Tara, the employee in the Chauncy St. office who has been employed by Follain the longest.
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What is lemongrass
The most popular scent of Everything Soap
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What are Simple Mills Cheddar Crackers
The snack that is eaten quickest from the kitchen, based on popular opinion.
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What is fragrance
The “ingredient” considered a trade secret in the US and companies are not required to disclose what is included in it.
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What is South End, Beacon Hill, Seattle, Bethesda, Dallas, New York
The order in which Follain stores opened from first opened to most recently.
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What is 8
The number of Chauncy St. employees that have children.
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What is Iowa
The state where our Private Label the body oil, lip balm, and body lotion made
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What is 36.7k
We typically limit our ambassador program to people with under 5k followers, but we have some notable exceptions. The number of followers that our most-followed ambassador, Alyssa Ortiz @lysscaiteats, has.
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What is 30
Far fewer than in Europe, the number of ingredients currently banned in US cosmetic products
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What is Tammy Fender, Soapwalla, or Farmaesthetics
One of the original brands we carried.
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What is December (Matt, Emily, Sarah H., Stan, Caroline)
The most common birthday month among Chauncy St. employees
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What is F Balm
Follain Lip Balm originally had a different name before pesky trademarks got in the way. This is what the lip balm in my hand could have been called.
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Who is Delta, Chanel (no longer works here - but still acceptable), David (there are 2), or Robert
A 38 Chauncy Street building employee.
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What is the Environmental Working Group (EWG)
A non-profit American activist group, founded in 1992, that specializes in research and advocacy in the areas of agricultural subsidies, toxic chemicals, drinking water pollutants and corporate accountability.
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Who is @RachaelGoodEats or Rachael DeVaux
The influencer who recently spoke on a panel at the Seattle store with Tara.
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Who are Annie and Lilleah
The two Chauncy St. employees who live in the same building.
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Who is Indie Lee
A brand founder who lives in South Salem, NY
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What is Run the World (Girls), Edge of Seventeen, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Girl on Fire, Cherry Bomb, Let ‘em Say, Light On, Man! I Feel Like a Woman!, Independent Women, Pt. 1, Little of Your Love, Party For One, You’re So Vain, Lose My Cool, 9 to 5, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, You Learn, Dancing Queen, God is a woman, Girls Night Out, Can’t Get Enough of Myself, Doesn’t Really Matter, I’m Every Woman
Our March Spotify playlist is themed “Girls’ Night.” These are 3 of the songs that appear on the playlist.
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