Ballou Family Apothecary was featured on WCAX’s Made in Vermont series, celebrating small businesses across the Green Mountain State. The segment highlighted our handcrafted approach to wellness, featuring our signature Whipped Magnesium Butter and other natural self-care essentials made with Vermont pride. Viewers got a behind-the-scenes look at how Ballou blends nature, science, and love to create products designed to Happify everyday living.

NBC5 profiled the inspiring launch of Ballou Family Apothecary, spotlighting Bob Phillips’s transition from leading global brands like Dove and Axe to co-founding a Vermont-based, clean-beauty line at age 86. The article emphasizes the brand’s commitment to organic, pronounceable ingredients, reduced plastic use, and hand-crafted formulas—such as the magnesium-infused balm—while celebrating how Phillips and aromatherapist Dawn Lancaster fuse legacy, purpose, and wellness in every product.

The Manchester Journal featured Ballou Family Apothecary in a story on its mission-driven approach, highlighting how a former Unilever executive and a Vermont-based aromatherapist joined forces to build a beauty and wellness business grounded in ethical values. The piece discusses our core commitments — from ingredient transparency and environmental care to supporting community well-being — and frames our work as a business built not just to sell products, but to make a positive impact.

The Williston Observer tells the story of how Ballou Family Apothecary came to life through the partnership of Dawn Lancaster, a seasoned aromatherapist, and Bob Phillips, a former consumer-products executive. The feature traces their unexpected meeting and creative synergy, and showcases how they combined their expertise to reimagine clean beauty with heart—where thoughtful formulations, sustainable practices, and personal connection are as important as results.

Exhausted and anxious, Julie Kelley, 51, had struggled with sleepless nights for far too long. Typical natural insomnia remedies like melatonin failed to offer meaningful relief, and it was getting harder and harder for Julie to make it through her busy days after restless nights. It wasn’t until she tried a magnesium butter sleep aid that she was finally able to get the rest her body so badly needed.

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Bob Phillips is co-founder of Ballou Family Apothecary, a Vermont lifestyle brand crafting ultra-clean, certified organic skincare and wellness products with a mission to “Happify” lives and uplift communities. A retired Unilever director and global CPG leader, he helped shape iconic brands such as Dove, Ponds, Axe, and White Diamonds before turning his focus to mission-driven, small-batch wellness alongside Dawn Lancaster. He also serves as Executive in Residence at the University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business, mentoring the next generation of purpose-led leaders.