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What is clean-washing
The unsupported or mis-leading use of words like “clean”, “non-toxic” or “natural”
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What is 2014
The year in which Follain joined Instagram
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Who is Joel
The employee in the Chauncy Street office who has been employed by Follain the longest, excluding Tara
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What is lemongrass
The most popular scent of Everything Soap
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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 the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act
An act, passed in 1938, that banned 11 ingredients — including mercury and chloroform
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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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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 here
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What is fragrance
The “ingredient” considered a trade secret in the US — companies are not required to disclose what is included in it
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What is Tammy Fender, Soapwalla, or Farmaesthetics
One of the original brands we carried
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Who are Annie and Lilleah
Two Chauncy Street employees who live in the same building
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What is F Balm
What the Follain Lip Balm was originally named, before pesky trademarks got in the way
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What are Simple Mills Cheddar Crackers?
The snack eaten the quickest from the kitchen, based on popular opinion
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What is 30
The number of ingredients currently banned in US cosmetic products
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Who is @RachaelGoodEats (Rachael DeVaux)
An influencer who recently spoke on a panel at the Seattle store with Tara
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What is December (Matt, Emily, Sarah H., Stan, Caroline)
The most common birthday month among Chauncy Street employees
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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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Who is Delta, Chanel, David, or Robert
A building employee of 38 Chauncy Street
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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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What is Ursa Major
February's "Brand of the Month"
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What is 8 (Meredith, Greg, Tara, Cristina, Joel, Rosy, Anthony, Matt)
The number of Chauncy Street employees that have children
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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 are 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
Three songs included on our "Girls' Night" themed March Spotify playlist
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