The Food for Skin mission
Food for Skin wants to accelerate the shift to high-quality skincare that makes your skin barrier resilient. We want to show that skincare can be simpler: with natural formulas, active ingredients and conscious choices in packaging and production. That should become the new standard!
The beauty industry needs a reset! Why?
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1. False claims and empty promises
Campaigns are full of false claims, empty promises and quick fixes for skin problems. Harsh, stripping products may seem to work in the short term, but in the long term they can weaken or even damage your skin.
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2. Excess is harmful
The big beauty giants want to sell as many expensive skin care products with yet another mysterious ingredient as possible. They offer 12-step routines, in which one product combats the damage of the other.
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3. The earth is taxed too much
All those products place a heavy burden on the environment. Synthetic ingredients such as microplastics cannot be broken down and persist. Unnecessary packaging material also creates extra waste.
Together we make the beauty industry beautiful again
That can β and must β be better, we thought: sisters Cathy and Angela. After a failed personal search, we founded Food for Skin with the mission to make the beauty industry a little better. A beauty industry where honest and natural skincare products that have minimal impact on the planet are the norm, not the exception. We show that it is possible.
How do we do that?
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1. Pure formulas
The power of vegetablesOur products are completely natural, packed with active ingredients. We use the most powerful and nourishing ingredients from nature: vegetables, fruit, plants and seeds. We use no harmful ingredients, nasty fillers or added microplastics. Our formulas are so pure and mild. The result? A strong skin barrier in the long term and radiant skin.
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2. Deliberate choices in formula and chain
B CorpWe work with laboratories that focus on natural cosmetics and use ingredients from residual streams where possible. Currently, around 20% of our total ingredient volume is upcycled. We work together with the Plastic Soup Foundation to reduce microplastics in cosmetics and have been B Corp since 2023.
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3. Ease
SkinimalismCan't see the wood for the trees anymore with overly complex skincare routines, false promises and certifications? We get it! We choose clear communication and a simple routine. No 12 steps, no unnecessary claims, but a clear routine with just a few products. So you can enjoy your skincare without worry.
Winner Cartier Women's Initiative 2026
We won - from Amal Clooney herself!! - first prize for Europe at the Cartier Women's Initiative 2026. With the prize, she receives 100,000 USD to increase the impact of Food for Skin in Europe.
Food for Skin is the first Dutch company to become a Fellow of the Cartier Women's Initiative (CWI).
Want to read, listen and watch more about Food for Skin?
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Green Gold podcast
Green GoldFounder Angela is a guest at Groen Goud, discussing the challenging process of securing investors, circular skincare based on waste streams, making mistakes, and how to build a brand that isn't easily copied.
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Inside Out
Watch episode againSisters Cathy and Angela have a mission to make beauty products greener, and they're succeeding! They make creams from pumpkin seeds and tomato peels. Marieke Eyskoot pays them a visit.
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Sisters interview nu.nl
Read the interviewSocial Enterprise is the national network for social enterprises, whose primary goal is to create social impact and together make a better world.
Food for Skin is a member of
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B Corp
B CorpSince March 27, 2023, Food for Skin has been a B Corp. We believe it's important to create responsible and sustainable products that benefit skin health and the environment.
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The Plastic Soup Foundation
Plastic Soup FoundationTogether, we are creating a future with clean oceans! We support the Plastic Soup Foundation in their important research into microplastics and their efforts to ban forever plastics.
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Social Enterprise
Social EnterpriseSocial Enterprise is the national network for social enterprises, whose primary goal is to create social impact and together make a better world.
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NVCE
NVCECircular business is no longer a choice, but a necessity. It is time for circular business to become the norm and to be profitable. NVCE brings circular entrepreneurs together.
Why Food for Skin?
