Women in Business - Beauty
We have 52 brilliant Irish women (one for every week of the year) excelling in beauty, fashion, food and home.
Beauty
22>> SADIE CHOWEN, BURREN PERFUMERY
The Burren Perfumery is a powerhouse of small-scale artisan production. Starting off creating scents, the brand evolved into a larger line of skincare products, all made on site in small batches by a small team of local staff .
Burren-esque authenticity, spiced with a hint of French sophistication, is what makes the brand so special and why it’s become so popular.
Visit burrenperfumery.com
23>> MARY MITCHELL, GREEN ANGEL SKINCARE
Mary Mitchell suffered with sensitive dry skin during her teens, and founded Green Angel in 2006 with her husband Chris to make skincare products from natural plant oils and Irish seaweed. In 2020, the brand took over the well-known Tap pub along the old N11 route and set it up as their new flagship space.
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24>> JO BROWNE, JO BROWNE SKINCARE With a background in holistic therapy, Jo started in 2016 with a natural solid perfume. Her brand uses the best of natural ingredients: sustainable, botanical and without artificial ingredients like GMOs and non- renewables such as palm oil. Jo’s is now a leading name in luxury sustainable skincare in Ireland. Her product range has expanded to include skincare, diffusers and bamboo products. She now sells in 12 countries and 120 stores.
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25>> NIAMH HOGAN, HOLOS SKINCARE Niamh Hogan went from dabbling in her kitchen to developing an award-winning natural skincare brand called Holos.
She pitched to Dragon’s Den in 2016 and walked out with an investment. She is committed to her core tenets of creating vegan, cruelty-free and eco-friendly products.
Visit holos.ie
26>> DR JOANNE REILLY, KINVARA Dr Joanne Reilly set up Kinvara Natural Skincare because she was frustrated with the lack of efficacious products on the shelves. Previous work in Sumatra and Mauritius allowed Reilly to see how the knowledgeable locals used plants for natural apothecary.
The brand has expanded globally and now has an army of loyal customers. Kinvara has become a cult must-have for the modern woman’s skincare routine.
Visit kinvaraskincare.com
27>> SONIA DEASY, PESTLE & MORTAR Sonia Deasy’s Pestle & Mortar brand has become the modern touchstone for high-end luxury, naturally active skincare. Using the best of nature’s ingredients, the brand draws on high performing actives for her now globally, highly in demand products. Sonia started out with just one product in 2014.
Visit pestleandmortar.com
28>> SUZIE O’NEILL, AYU Kildare native Suzie O’Neill set up the AYU brand - the name is the Indonesian word for “very feminine, beautiful” – initially focussing on makeup brushes in 2015. She then branched out into a full line of makeup including eye palettes, blush, bronzers and most recently a foundation.
Visit ayu.ie
29>> NICOLA CONNELLY, NUNAÏA Nicola Connelly’s Nunaïa skincare range uses bio-active plant botanicals that mimic the skin structure for greater penetration, efficacy and results.
Visit nunaia.com
30>> AMY CAHILL, OXMANTOWN Oxmantown’s clean packaging mirrors Amy’s crisp, clean approach to production. Her creations are made in small batches using high quality natural, organic and cold-pressed oils.
Visit oxmantownskincare.ie
31>> JANE AND KATHERINE MULROONEY, SEAVITE Two exceptionally talented clinical dermatologists, the duo used the latest scientific developments and proven anti-ageing ingredients to create Seavite.
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32>> JENNIFER ROCK, SKINGREDIENTS Jennifer’s Skingredients is a bright, colourful brand offering active, results-driven skincare, accessible and usable for all. The range consists of two capsule collections, one everyone can use and the other more tailored to specific skin needs.
Visit skingredients.com
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