Our favorite women-owned beauty brands

At LovelySkin, you’ll find every type of woman—from seasoned directors to ambitious newcomers making their professional debut. We couldn’t do what we do without empowered women of all kinds. This month, in celebration of International Women’s Day, we’re recognizing the strong female leaders behind some of our favorite women-owned beauty brands. Read on to learn about the following female-founded companies:

• afa and LovelySkin LUXE

• CO2LIFT

• RMS Beauty

• Barbara Sturm

• jane iredale

• Color Wow

• Mad Hippie

• Kate Somerville

• ReTress

afa and LovelySkin LUXE

When it comes to women-owned brands, we can’t overlook our own Nancy Schlessinger, co-founder of skin care brands afa and LovelySkin LUXE. For over 25 years, Nancy, in partnership with her husband and LovelySkin Founder Dr. Joel Schlessinger, has dedicated her career to developing skin care products that address common skin care concerns. Both afa and LovelySkin LUXE utilize the highest quality ingredients to create potent treatments that target sign of aging, dehydration, dullness and more. What’s more, because these solutions are dermatologist-developed, they’re safe for all skin types.

“My goal with afa and LovelySkin LUXE is to provide quality skin care solutions to common concerns that affect women at different stages of life,” explains Nancy. “We all deserve to feel confident in our own skin.”

CO2LIFT

CO2LIFT founder Lana Kerr created her fan-favorite Gel Carboxy line to help all women achieve the best version of themselves. Lana developed the very first clinically proven gel delivery system for carboxytherapy, combining CO2 gas mixed with a topical gel to rapidly rejuvenate the skin. These revolutionary products have changed the lives of those recovering from burns, scarring and surgery, revolutionizing post-procedure skin care. They’re also clinically proven to prevent visible signs of aging, empowering women of all ages to put their best skin forward at any stage of life.

RMS Beauty

When it comes to female-founded brands, clean beauty pioneer Rose-Marie Swift of RMS Beauty sets the bar high. A master makeup artist for over thirty years, Rose-Marie’s lightbulb moment was realizing that cosmetics could be made with better, safer ingredients while enhancing women's beauty. Unwavering in her quest for clean ingredients that perform, she launched RMS Beauty in 2009. With organic ingredients, wind-powered manufacturing and a commitment to sustainability, RMS is redefining what clean beauty can be.

Barbara Sturm

A renowned German doctor, aesthetics expert and anti-inflammatory pioneer, Dr. Barbara Sturm's approach is firmly rooted in her comprehensive medical background. With her expertise in orthopedics, she developed treatments that harness the body’s own proteins and healing factors to create cutting-edge solutions for inflammatory conditions. Every single formula is designed to work on a cellular level, aiming to regenerate and rejuvenate skin, leaving it refreshed, youthful and radiant.

jane iredale

Among all the brands owned by women, jane iredale is celebrating an impressive milestone this year—thirty years of clean beauty innovation! With a blend of quality ingredients, skin care benefits and lasting performance, Jane Iredale developed a first-of-its-kind skin care-makeup hybrid that revolutionized the beauty industry. Today, jane iredale makeup remains the trusted choice of skin care lovers, and her ongoing commitment to helping women look and feel their best continues to resonate around the world.

Color Wow

Color Wow Founder and CEO, Gail Federici, considers herself a serial beauty problem solver. With over forty years of experience in the hair care industry, she has dedicated her career to giving hairdressers faster, smarter and safer ways to achieve the best possible results using cutting-edge ingredients and innovative technologies. With seventy beauty awards, Gail continues to advance the art and science of hair care through Color Wow’s groundbreaking styling products. 

Mad Hippie

Driven by a passion for simplicity, clean ingredients and a desire to create effective skin care solutions for fellow adventurers, Dana Stewart co-founded the beloved skin care brand Mad Hippie. As lifelong travelers and explorers, Dana and her husband Sam struggled to find skin care products that could combat exposure to environmental stressors while being outdoors and on-the-go. That’s why they decided to make their own. Mad Hippie utilizes potent natural ingredients and formulas free from parabens, phthalates, perfumes or dyes to keep skin healthy and thriving.

Kate Somerville

Kate Somerville is more than just a brand, she’s a testament to overcoming adversity and defying the odds. In 2004, Kate opened her first skin health clinic in the heart of Hollywood, building her trusted team from the ground up. Word of her transformative skin care regimens spread quickly, attracting A-list clientele. Today, her clinically perfected luxurious formulas are sold all over the world. Every product Kate creates is independently tested, rigorously vetted and perfected in her clinic to deliver beautiful results without downtime.

ReTress

ReTress rejuvenating hair products were born from necessity after Founder, Dr. Candace Spann, decided to take her personal hair loss journey into her own hands. As a board-certified dermatologist and hair loss specialist, Dr. Spann studied the unique aggressors responsible for women’s hair loss, creating an all-natural system to target the significant factors leading to hair thinning and fallout. Today, ReTress is a female-founded brand that is dedicated to helping women of all ages and walks of life feel confident without compromise.

Eager for more inspiring content this Women’s History Month? You can read our post on how LovelySkin supports women within and outside our company.