Vanessa Johansson: Creating Beauty
She speaks about plants with such reverence and beauty, it?s easy to get lulled into a two-hour musing of all things nature. From outside her window, the snow-capped view of Mount St. Helen’s looks like it is risen majestically from the saturated green landscape surrounding the property. I?m speaking with Vanessa Johansson, resident alchemist and CEO of Rainshadow Labs, one of the country?s largest and most ethically minded natural beauty companies, about what keeps her inspired, and thoughts on the beauty industry.
Smoothing on a gorgeous, hydrating serum or soaking in a beautiful bath of natural sea salts, we all have some method of self-care to keep us nurtured from the inside out. When she started Rainshadow Labs over a decade ago, ethically sourced ingredients were not at the forefront of the beauty industry as a whole which seems almost inconceivable now. As the creator of some of the world?s most recognizable natural brands, Vanessa remembers a time when only a handful of companies were interested in her natural-product mindset. She was basically marching alone, in the gorgeous setting of St. Helen’s Oregon, to the beat of her own plant loving tune. Now ? the most powerful cosmetic companies are coming to her for advise on how to convert their labs to mimic what she has been doing all along. ?Once you know something you can?t un-know it? she says. We?re talking about when she first started learning about the harmful effects of chemicals in skincare...
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Upscale Living Magazine
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