Method body care line

Method, known for its environmentally friendly cleaning products, is owned by the consumer goods giant, SC Johnson, which acquired the brand along with Ecover in 2017.  

•  Method was founded in 2001 by Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry.

The brand’s body care line – including the exclusive launch of body and hair mists – will be available at over 1,400 Ulta stores nationwide and online.

Per an online survey conducted by Atomik Research polling over 3,000 consumers aged 18-35, 68% of people have made transformational life decisions in the shower and 46% of people believe the fragrances they use in the shower can improve their mood.

This past December, Method unveiled its newest personal care innovation: Dream Foam. The self-foaming body wash in four indulgent, long-lasting fragrances (jasmine and sandalwood; vetiver and amber; white flower and tuberose; and sea spray and salt air).

Method recently introduced two exclusive, Dream Foam fragrances to Ulta Beauty, including Dark Cherry and Raspberry and French Vanille and Coconut. To accompany each Dream Foam scent, Method debuted a new product category with the launch of six body and hair mists, an all-over body and hair mist made with long-lasting fragrance.

Method has also launched experiential body washes in two new Ulta Beauty-exclusive scents, Sage Revelation and Marina Storm. All method body washes and body and hair mists are dermatologist tested, cruelty free and made without sulfates, parabens or phthalates.

Oars + Alps

Oars + Alps is a men’s skincare line made with natural and toxin-free ingredients. It sells deodorant, moisturizer, body wash and other products.

• Products range in price from $10 for a lip balm to $22 for a face and eye cream.
• Launched in 2016 by Mia Saini Duchnowski and Laura Lisowski Cox
• Acquired by SC Johnson in 2019 for a reported $20 million.
• Oars + Alps was part of the 2018 Target Takeoff Accelerator Program in Minneapolis, and it currently sells its products at more than 500 Target stores.
• https://www.oarsandalps.com/
  

Mia Saini Duchnowski & Laura Lisowski Cox, Co-Founders
Mia holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School
Laura holds an International Master of Finance from the Brandeis Business School. (Waltham, Massachusetts)

Coola

Coola is an eco-conscious suncare company that uses natural and organic ingredients in its sunscreen formulations.

• CEO: Chris Birchby
• Headquarters: Carlsbad, California
• Year founded: 2004
• SC Johnson (majorite stake, Nov 2019)
  
• Sister company Bare Republic (launched in 2015)
  
• https://coola.com/

Coola face, body and active sunscreen products are sold in stores like Ulta Beauty, Sephora and Nordstrom and e-commerce platform Amazon. 

 

 left: Eric McCue, president of Coola LLC
right: Chris Birchby, founder & CEO

 

The sunscreens include algae and red raspberry seed oil and are paraben, GMO and oxybenzone-free. Bare Republic isn’t organic, but is mineral-based, thus, sold at a more affordable price point.

S. C. Johnson & Son

S.C. Johnson is the maker of of consumer products like Windex, GladeZiploc, Raid, and Drano. The company is one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the U.S.
(Not to be confused with Johnson & Johnson, prodicer of pharmaceuticals)

• Founded    1886
• HQ: Racine, Wisconsin
• www.scjohnson.com
• Personal care brands: Coola, Sun Bum, Baby Bum, Oars + Alps, Method soap
  

Herbert Fisk Johnson III, known as Fisk. He is the fifth generation of his family to lead S. C. Johnson & Son as chairman and CEO.

 

Parquet flooring was the primary product when Samuel Curtis Johnson founded the company in 1886. Asked how to clean the intricately designed floors, he introduced Johnson’s Prepared Wax.