The UK brand, The Beauty of Eczema™, has officially launched in Canada. Now you can meet the founder.

Influencer and founder, Camille Knowles, is also a best-selling author, and natural skincare entrepreneur, who began an incredible journey of launching The Beauty of Eczema™ in 2018 after struggling with dry and sensitive skin. Keep reading to find out how she got started and what’s next for the brand.

 

You have an impressive resume! Tell us all about yourself and how The Beauty of Eczema™ came to be.

 

Hello Canada! I’m Camille – a North Manchester English girl with a dream to provide solutions for glowing skin, I’m also the Founder of The Beauty of Eczema™. Since I was a young girl, I’ve had very sensitive, eczema-prone skin – the climate over here definitely didn’t help. Especially in the winter, my skin would be so dry and uncomfortable that I would have to miss school. My skincare problems continued my entire childhood – up until 2013 when I was hospitalized after such an awful eczema breakout. I spent the next five years researching skincare, I studied to become a Health Coach at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York City and I became a certified Natural Chef at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London – during this time, I was making notes of everything that I was learning so that eventually, I could share it with others. I released my best-selling book, The Beauty of Eczema™, during eczema awareness week in September of 2018. 

Since then, it’s been a roller coaster ride! I’ve released a cookbook (The Beauty of Eating Well), created self-care affirmation cards and journals (Positive Vibes and Positive Scribes) and now get to share my skincare range ‘The Beauty of Eczema™’ and share this beautiful community with Canada. 

 

Tell us all about the amazing products we can shop from the brand.

 

Currently, we have two incredible products for all you beautiful angels in Canada now available at Shoppers Drug Mart (both online and in-store): 

The Moisturizing Cream (200ml | $31.99 CAD) gives your skin a daily dose of gratitude! This is a super luxurious and skin-friendly Moisturizing Cream. This Moisturizing Cream is 97.9% derived from natural ingredients and has been carefully formulated to protect the skin’s protective barrier and boost hydration in even the most sensitive skin types.  

The Skin Wash (200ml | $23.99 CAD) is also packed with natural ingredients like Sweet Almond and Oat Kernel Oils which boost hydration and heal your skin’s natural moisture barrier. I actually use this as a handwash as well! It’s perfect for drier winter skin (and for multiple washes). 

 

How do the ingredients play an important role in how the products work?

 

All of our products are formulated with sensitive skin in mind and the ingredients are all essential to hydrating and repairing the skin. Even our botanical fragrance is sensitive skin-approved! It’s so gentle even babies can use it!  We do have two secret ingredients:

• Rhamnosoft: A fermented sugar-based ingredient that protects and soothes dry skin. Proven to boost the feeling of skin comfort for happy-looking skin.
• Bioecolia®: A prebiotic that helps to visibly balance the skin, encouraging strengthening the skin’s moisture barrier.

While all our ingredients give you GLOWING skin, these two are very special. You can find Rhamnosoft and Bioecolia® in our moisturizing cream, and Rhamnosoft in our Skin Wash.

 

Your mission to share hope and provide beautiful, high-quality natural products to benefit the lives of sensitive skin warriors, which is amazing. What does the future have in store in terms of your dreams for the brand?

 

I’m a big believer in whenever you are set back in life, it is only because you are about to fly forwards. My skin has been my greatest struggle in life but also my greatest teacher. It’s guided me to find the HOPE principles which are changing lives daily, it’s nudged me to take better care of myself and it’s pushed me to create a brand that I believed this world needed. 

Creating a supportive community, helping, educating and supporting others is why I started The Beauty of Eczema™. Looking into the next five years, I want to continue to help others who might be struggling. I try to lead by example and encourage The Beauty of Eczema™ tribe to embrace their skin and own who they are. The community aspect of knowing there is someone else who knows what you are going though is very important, and so would encourage anyone with sensitive skin to follow TheBeautyofEczema.CA on Instagram and to reach out to me directly if they need extra support.  There is no need to feel alone and this community is something that I wish I had access to when I was struggling. I would also love to be able to meet The Beauty of Eczema™ tribe in Canada one day.

Check out the website here for more information about the brand plus you can shop the products online and in-stores at Shoppers Drug Mart!