Case study details

The foundation phase of TPB's climb to its first million

An established Buckhead eyebrow studio with a loyal clientele and a 15-year reputation, but an identity built for a single location, not a brand. TPB's ambition is bigger than a rebrand: the goal is the studio's first $1M and, ultimately, Freedom. This first phase delivered the scalable identity, the e-commerce foundation, and the launch strategy that the rest of the climb gets built on.

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Services
Brand Strategy | Logo System | Packaging Direction | Channel Strategy | Multi-Phase Roadmap
Duration
Phase one of a multi-phase engagement
Location
Buckhead, Atlanta, GA
Client
The Perfect Brows by Leza Bennett

The foundation phase of TPB's climb to its first million

Our approach

  • Framed the work as evolution, preserving the founder's brand equity
  • Refined the founder's original emblem into a clean, scalable arch mark
  • Built a complete logo system with primary, reversed, horizontal, and standalone lockups
  • Established an e-commerce-ready website direction on Shopify
  • Mapped a multi-phase roadmap up the Business Growth Hierarchy toward Freedom

Project overview

The Perfect Brows (TPB) was founded in 2008 on its founder's Anastasia Beverly Hills training and a clientele who book months in advance. After fifteen years as a single-location service business, TPB had outgrown its original identity - a strong local reputation, but a brand and digital presence that couldn't carry the founder's ambitions into product, e-commerce, and education.

TPB's goal is bigger than a rebrand: the studio's first $1M, and ultimately a business that runs without its founder. The work was scoped as a multi-phase climb up the Business Growth Hierarchy, beginning with the brand foundation.

This first phase — Thrive90 INSPIRE and DEFINE — delivered a scalable identity system, an e-commerce foundation, and a phased launch strategy designed to diversify revenue beyond the chair.

Evolution, not replacement

Rather than a full teardown, we preserved the equity in the founder's original mark while rebuilding it to modern, scalable standards. Her most distinctive idea  an eye-and-brow emblem was refined into a single clean arch that reads at any size. Her dramatic black became the brand's signature espresso. Her name was retained as a founder line.

Delivered as one identity with multiple approved lockups, the system guarantees a consistent brand whether it appears on a serum bottle, a website header, or a social avatar  supported by a usage standard and production-ready vector artwork. This is the foundation the rest of the climb gets built on.

Clients value
Phase one of a multi-phase climb
1
Projects
Owned channels sequenced for launch
3
Growth
BGH levels mapped to Freedom
5


The roadmap ahead

The brand foundation is phase one. The plan ahead moves TPB up the Business Growth Hierarchy in sequence — from a single-location studio toward a multi-revenue brand, and ultimately to Freedom, where the business runs and grows without depending on its founder.

  • Phase one — Foundation: scalable identity, e-commerce foundation, launch strategy (delivered)
  • Phase two — Revenue activation: product launch across owned channels, automated client systems
  • Phase three — Diversification: online education, expanded product line, retail readiness
  • The destination — Freedom: a multi-revenue brand operating beyond the chair, on the path to its first $1M

A guiding principle runs through every phase: prioritize channels where TPB owns the customer relationship. Owned storytelling and full margin over marketplaces that commoditize a story-driven brand.