For Lauren Gores Ireland and Marianna Hewitt, cofounders of Summer Fridays, Sunlit Vanilla was a long time in the making: “As founders, we’ve always loved vanilla,” they tell me, adding, “It’s why we chose it as the original Lip Butter Balm flavor and scent. Six years later, it’s still one of our best sellers, and that nostalgia and love from our community felt like the natural place to begin.”
