Sustainable Skincare: Discover 5 Women Entrepreneurs building Organic and Natural Beauty Brands

September 19, 2024

In recent years, a powerful shift has taken place in the beauty industry, with women entrepreneurs leading the charge toward clean, organic, and natural beauty solutions. These brands are more than just skincare and beauty products; they represent a commitment to sustainability, wellness, and the empowerment of women.

On the Women Listed website, you’ll find several trailblazing women entrepreneurs who are building homegrown beauty brands that embrace the love of natural ingredients.

1. Divita Kanoria – Tatha (Vedic Collection)

Divita Kanoria’s Tatha was born out of her strong passion for aromatherapy and its amazing health benefits. Tatha boosts to be India’s only brand to offer plant stem cell-based skincare products. The tagline of the brand is “Nature’s Blessings,” and it holds true by creating chemical-free products with stem cells from plants like Centella Asiatica (boosts collagen, calms, heals), Vigna Radiata (Fights aging, hydrates, evens tone), and Pyrus Malus (revitalizes, regenerates, brightens). They have a range of skincare products includeing serums, face washes, hydrosols, creams, scrubs, sunscreen, massage oils, ittar, perfume, and even eco-friendly candles.

They have 5-in-1 gel-based serum, scrubs, masks, and anhydrous SPF, which means there is no water in their SPF products. So, the ingredients completely get absorbed into the skin, giving 97.5% protection from the sun and both UVA and UVB rays.

Women Listed Profile: https://womenlisted.com/divita.k

2. Asha Tanwar – Dusky India

Borrowing from the richness of Ayurveda, Asha Tanwar has established Dusky India, a natural skincare brand. The brand embraces natural ingredients and a sustainable approach, blending Ayurvedic recipes with modern skincare techniques. They claim all their products are vegan, Paraben-free, sulphate-free, with no fragrance and no artificial colors. Here you will find product ranges including body wash, body butter, face wash, face gel, scrubs and more.

Visiting Dusky India website, you can also visit “Know your skin” section that will take your through a personalized skin analysis to know what products would work best for your skin.

Women Listed Profile: https://womenlisted.com/ashatanwar147991

3. Zahara Nedou – Zahara Skincare

Rooted in the pristine beauty of Kashmir, Zahara Nedou’s Zahara Skincare brings the natural purity of the Himalayan region to your beauty routine. Their products are 100% organic with no chemicals, where each ingredient organically grown and harvested. Zahara Nedou blends traditional Kashmiri and Arabian beauty regimes and bodycare wisdom with scientific knowledge of skincare. They create small signature batches of products so that you get the best as well as to avoid any wastage.  

Zahara Skincare has a wide range of body and face scrubs, face packs, anti-ageing products, pigmentation creams, body and face serums, and oils, all having organic bees wax, honey, and honey combs as key ingredients.

Women Listed Profile: https://womenlisted.com/zaharanedou

4. Aanchal Bali – Aadiva

With Aadiva, Aanchal Bali is offers a range of Ayurvedic-inspired skin and hair care products that focus on revitalizing and nourishing the skin using only natural ingredients. Here you will find a range of sulphate-free soaps, hair care oil, herbal water for skin and hair, face creams, moisturisers, masks, massage oil and much more. Aanchal is also very passionate about creating job opportunities for empowering rural women in India through her brand.

On their website, you will also find a variety of bamboo-less incense sticks that are infused with natural fragrances, such as Oudh Musk, Neem Tulsi, Sandalwood Saffron, and Lavender Lotus Sage.

Women Listed Profile: https://womenlisted.com/aanchalbali

5. Gaurangi Mangal – Soma Naturals

Founder of Soma Naturals, Gaurangi Mangal is a self-confessed Ayurvedic and natural living enthusiast, and a lifestyle coach.  With the tag line of “So Pure your skin can eat it,” at Soma Naturals you will find products crafted with the plant-based ingredients that work in harmony with your body's natural mechanisms to nourish and enhance your health and beauty. They have a range of skincare and hair products, such as oils, gels, fragrances, with ingredients like Aloe Vera, agape, neem, papaya, kasturi, moringa, and more.

Gaurangi Mangal also strongly supports plastic-free initiatives, which also reflects in the brand that she is building. They use glass bottles, honeycomb wraps, cardboard boxes, and paper bags, doing away with especially single-use plastic in their packaging.

Women Listed Profile: https://womenlisted.com/gaurangi12@

These women entrepreneurs are redefining the industry with their homegrown brands that are celebrating commitment to clean, organic, and sustainable practices.

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