Student success stories
“A ritual rather than a routine”: Karen’s mission to take beauty back to basics, while keeping its transformative power
Karen Hughes believes natural skincare doesn’t need to be complex or scary. In fact, it’s at its most powerful when it is straightforward, effective and natural. An organic approach to skincare Taking this approach, Karen wants to help others embrace skincare as ‘a...
How To Turn Your Passion for Skincare Into a Career
Robyn Masters has been in love with skincare products since a very young age and growing up she became intrigued by the beauty industry. After years working in a completely different sector, Robyn’s drive, passion for beauty and love of learning has led to her...
A Mother’s Personal Quest for Truly Natural Skincare
Suprina Hilaire, owner and founder of MSA Skincare (Make Your Skin Amazing), started her own beauty business because she wanted natural, chemical-free skincare products for herself and her daughter. After suffering from skin irritations and dry skin herself, Suprina...
When Mainstream Cosmetics Can’t Help Your Skin
Most of us have struggled with our skin at one time or another. Whether it's dryness, oiliness, blemishes or acne, the hunt for the perfect products to take care of our skin can seems never-ending. It’s a story that Queen Daniel Okpakhalu, a chemical engineering...
Qualified Nurse and Graduate, Esther, switches to organic skincare and experiences healthier, brighter and better skin
As a qualified nurse, Esther Ogundipe has seen first-hand how certain ingredients in skincare products can have a detrimental effect to the skin as well as sometimes to a person's health and wellbeing. Esther is a firm believer that beauty should not come at the...
Nature’s Bounty Plus Natural Skincare Science Proves a Recipe for Success for Onyii
Onyinyechi Udo-Chijioke suffered from acne throughout her teens and early 20s. Despite trying many different big name brands on sale in her native Nigeria, nothing worked. Then, a friend recommended an African soap company. Onyii said: “It is one of the more natural...
Bringing a Family Business Back to Life
Mariaceli Gonzales grew up in the Philippines, spending her childhood watching her father manufacture haircare products from the bark of the Gugo plant. One day, after nearly two decades of successful trading, the family enterprise was forced to close down. ...
From Pharmacist to Natural Cosmetics Formulator
Following a passion for natural skincare Simona Mohar Karakatič is a qualified pharmacist in her native Slovenia, with experience in the pharmaceutical industry and also in the cosmetic sector. Cosmetics was always her passion, so she decided to learn more about...
Learning to Make All-Natural Skincare Products
Born in Shrirampur, near Mumbai, Dr Archana Gogte is a cosmetic dentist who runs her own practice in Pune, a city renowned as one of India’s educational hubs. Sadly, in 2016, she lost her mother to pancreatic cancer, and it was this event that would change her life...
Create Organic Skincare Products: Ronée’s Story
Ronée McLaughlin, founder of Ronée Claire Organics, learned how to create her own range of organic products at the School of Natural Skincare. She is a firm believer in skin-friendly, natural ingredients and is on a mission to “create a line of products that people...