Ilumina Organics was developed by a group of friends, a hair stylist who was exposed to unregulated chemicals and sought to create a line of organic hair care products, and her friends, two consumer goods industry executives who have managed large household brands. The friends came together with their industry expertise and life experiences to create a skin and hair care product line that supports an organic and healthy life. Ilumina Organics skin care products are 100% natural, and were specifically created to help moms and babies lead a pure, healthy lifestyle.

Inside every non-BPA bottle that bears our name, you will find all-natural Ilumina Organics skin care, body care, and baby care products that are void of chemical preservatives, fragrances, and toxins. Our goal is to nurture a healthier population and planet by providing products that embody the purest essence of the earth’s natural elements to soothe and heal our bodies. We support an ethos to detoxify the beauty ritual with our all-natural products.

The Ilumina Organics Promise

If the Ilumina Organics name goes on a product, you can be assured that it will be safe and effective. We will not waiver from this stance. You should know that you will not come to our site someday and discover that some chemical that was on the bad list has suddenly found itself on the good list so we could boost our bottom line.

We have taken the best research we could find and tested products on the simple criteria of how effective and safe they are. We have a very high standard for both. We want you to be able to confidently pick up our products, see the name and the icon, and know exactly what kind of product you are getting.

We want you to trust us… so we will not compromise, ever.

Ilumina = to shed light upon

At Ilumina® Organics, we are dedicated to openness and awareness in the unregulated cosmetic industry. It is our goal to bring awareness to you, our customer, so that you can be confident that what you are putting on your body is safe for you, your family, and the planet.

Buying products from your corner store should be very simple. If it says skin lotion or shampoo, it should have nothing harmful in it. Unfortunately, it is not that simple or clear. It appears as if manufacturers can say almost anything to lure customers into purchasing their products. Worst yet, the government has begun to loosen the definition of "organic" and has no clear enforceable definition for "natural," making every product suspect .

How can you make good choices without good information? Who has time? Who can you believe? We created Ilumina Organics to answer these important questions. Our goal is to get the truth out to as many people as possible about the dangers within cosmetic products, how to identify them, and how to use that information to make better choices for themselves and their families. Ultimately we would like to illuminate the issue.

So with that in mind, at Ilumina Organics we have 3 major objectives... well, maybe 4:

1. Inform our friends, family, and clients about the hazards in most cosmetic products.
2. Provide the tools necessary for our friends, families and clients to make better choices.
3. Diligently search for the highest quality, safe for your body products, and make them easily available to you.
4. And last...we intend to promote less known companies who create high-quality products that make you and the environment their first priority. (Why should large cosmetic companies profit from making us unhealthy?)

We want you to know that if our name and seal are on the product, you can be confident that the contents of that container are safe and effective.

About Kathy...

I've been a hair designer since 1988. I have had broad experience in the industry managing a large salon staff, providing education and leadership. I was pretty much mainstream...not too granola. Around the year 2000, I experienced several chronic upper respiratory illnesses and my doctor advised me to leave the salon or, better yet, make a career change. I had been working next to two nail technicians and breathing in acrylic fumes and powder, not to mention the aerosol hairsprays, fragrance and fumes of the other chemicals I worked with daily.

Did I say chemicals? Because that is exactly what they are. Obviously, perms and colors are chemicals, but the hidden dangers lie within the supposedly "safe," "harmless" shampoos, conditioners, styling and skincare products we use multiple times a day.

I did change salons but continued to use the same products and have the same health problems. On a chance trip to Mt. Shasta CA, I discovered a salon business for sale that was described as "non-toxic." Interesting...maybe I wouldn't have to change careers.

Why had I never known that hair products were harmful, and why had I not known there were alternatives? Perhaps because the sales representatives from whom I receive most of my information didn't know themselves. Perhaps it isn't in the financial best interest of the beauty industry to let us know that much of the contents of those bottles is harmful.

In my new environment I discovered there were many alternatives to the highly fragranced petro chemically based products I had used my entire career, products that didn't have to be harmful to me, my clients, or the environment.

The more I learned about the harmful chemicals in beauty products, the more I wanted to inform my family, friends, and clients. Most of my friends were having babies, to whom I am auntie to many. My desire to protect these little ones and their families has become my passion.

But I am only one woman...how could I possibly deliver this information clearly and concisely with easy choices to all the people I love...and in turn to all the people they love? Technology and my business partners to the rescue! With Scott and Eric's vision, expertise and passion for their families, Ilumina Organics was born. We hope our care and research will make keeping yourselves and your families chemical/synthetic-free much, much easier.

About Scott...

I've been working in the business world for my entire career, spending the majority of that time working for huge public companies that answered to shareholders and analysts. I have also spent some time working directly with people at the USDA and the FDA. The vast majority of people I have worked with and for have the best of intentions, including the hard-working folks in our federal government. Unfortunately, the fierce competition and demand for continual improvement on the bottom line force these good people to make decisions that are not always in the consumer's best interest. I include myself in that mass of people who didn't always feel great about what they were doing, but couldn't afford to be the one voice in the crowd that said "No"

With Ilumina Organics, I can say no. With my partners in our private company with no one to answer to but our conscience, we can make decisions that benefit our clients and our world and assure us a good night's sleep. We can make enough money to make sure the mortgage gets paid, but there’s no one standing over us policing the bottom line.

At Ilumina Organics, delivering safe effective products together with important information is our goal and our unbreakable pledge to you.