About Us
Our mission is to make ethically sourced
botanical skincare accessible to the world.
Who We Are
Amanda Ross Skin Care is a women owned company providing, all natural, botanical based products. Our ingredients are ethically sourced and our formulations are carefully crafted to be gentle and results driven. Our line is suitable for every skin type and also a popular choice for estheticians to use in their back bar. Every decision we make is based on providing superior clean beauty products at a reasonable price point.
Amanda’s Story
Amanda Ross is a second generation esthetician who focuses on a holistic approach to skincare. It all started when Amanda found the book Herbs & Things, by Jeanne Rose as an adolescent. This collection of herbal knowledge and age old traditions struck many a heart string and that’s how her deep love of plants and their healing properties began. Simultaneously, her loving mother, Martha Ann Inlander Ross began her journey as an Esthetician and dedicated her practice to natural skincare.
Since Amanda had the great fortune of living with her experienced esthetician/mother, she was taught how to properly and gently care for her teenage skin. Her mama treated the hormonal breakouts so gently and effectively. Amanda fell in love with the value of self care and the importance of a daily skin care ritual.
It wasn't until she graduated from college and started a career in the apparel field that Amanda realized she was missing something. The call to heal and nurture was a burning desire. Approving fabric swatches for holiday pajamas was not bringing enough fulfillment, it was time to rethink her future so she went back to school; esthetician school.
Once again, blessed by luck… Amanda began her career as an esthetician by her mother’s side. Together, they treated many beautiful faces while nurturing hearts and souls for over ten years. They worked with a sophisticated organic skin care brand that yielded amazing results and this gave Amanda a solid foundation to go out on her own.
Eventually, Amanda felt a gap in the skincare that was available to her. The products were coming from halfway around the world and they were overly expensive. The desire to offer something made locally with ethically sourced, botanical ingredients and attainably priced fueled a fire in her healing heart. As luck would have it… she found the perfect team to make her product line locally! It’s been over 10 years now and her line has grown from one moisturizing cream, the Rose Geranium Firming Cream, to a full brand of 18 products and growing. Our team of strong women, who share the same values, assist in marketing, design, and sales. We love being in the hands of skilled nature loving estheticians, like Alkemy Skincare in Petaluma & Pure Bliss Day Spa in Madison, GA. You can find the brand all over West Marin and in both Good Earth Locations.
Meet Our Team
Naomi Laguana
Naomi Laguana is a beauty industry veteran who has worked in every facet of the beauty business. From behind the cosmetic counters of Shu Uemura, MAC, Guerlain and Laura Mercier to freelancing for weddings and photo shoots. Then transitioning to the business side managing Cosmetic Departments for Nordstrom which led her to move back to the vendor side as an Account Executive for Laura Mericer. Naomi discovered the importance of clean beauty while being introduced to ARSC skincare as a client. Her new found interest in choosing healthier options for her skincare led her to start talking more to Amanda about her business. Joining the ARSC team felt natural. Naomi brings her business acumen and no nonsense management style to help steer the brand to more opportunities.
Naomi’s favorite ARSC is the Sweet Jasmine Marula Cleansing Oil. She loves how it melts away all makeup and leaves her skin clean but hydrated.
Amerinda Callahan
Amerinda Callahan moved from New York City back to the Bay Area to pursue her interest in skincare. She began her career as a freelance makeup artist for Bobbi Brown. She then returned to the Bay Area and started studying at The Avalon School of Cosmetology. While Amerinda was in school she started working at The Good Earth as the clean beauty buyer. And that is where we were lucky enough to meet her. Right before the pandemic Amerinda completed her program and became a licensed esthetician. Amanda Has been working with Amerinda for over a year teaching and training her the Amanda Ross signature techniques. Amerinda has a passion for clean beauty and healthy living. Her experience with hands on makeup applications, along with her one on one training with Amanda has made her a huge asset to the brand. We are so proud to say she has been available for services in our Mill Valley location and is building her loyal following. Amerinda is an intuitive practitioner and approaches skincare from a healing perspective. We are so proud to have her on the team.
Amerinda’s favorite ARSC product is the Roman Chamomile Calming Oil. She loves to use it on every client to calm and hydrate any skin type.
Iman Bengana
Iman is a Bay Area native who escaped to France to study film at the American University in Paris. Her international travels, appreciation for food, wine, nature and beauty is what drives her fiercely unique artistic eye. Amanda has known Iman for many many years and has been so pleased to recruit her to be our content creator. Iman has been responsible for adding such a beautiful golden light to our social media content as well as keeping our website looking fresh. Iman has experience in the advertising world and in event production. Her eye for detail, her imagination and her sense of humor all contribute to her animated content creation.
Iman’s favorite ARSC product is the Nectar of Youth Mist. She loves to keep it in the fridge for a cool, refreshing feel that instantly lifts her mood when she needs a pick-me-up.