Holos Skincare
Niamh Hogan is the founder of Holos a luxurious plant based skincare that nourishes skin health and helps prevent the signs of premature ageing. We create products that fit into YOUR life, to bring vitality to your SKIN, your WELLBEING and your WORLD. Holos bridges the gap betw
een natural skincare and cosmeceutical skincare by taking the best of natural skincare - the nutritious plant ingredients and putting them together with the best of cosmeceutical skincare - the scientifically proven plant actives and we do it with sustainability and the environment at fore of all we do. In essence we harmonise NATURE, SCIENCE & CONSCIOUSNESS.
Holos launched in 2014, with the help of Wexford Local Enterprise Office, after 2 years of research and planning. 9 months after launching, Holos won the Bank of Ireland Startup Award in the Best craft business category. Holos has gone on to win over 20 product and brand awards including Image publications “Most Innovative Irish brand in the Business of beauty awards as well as an International Gold award at the Free from Skincare awards.
In 2016 Holos received investment from Enterprise Ireland through the Female Competitive Start Fund and the same year won investment from Eleanor McEvoy of Dragon’s Den. Holos is now sold in Ireland and has partners in Austria, HongKong and the USA. Holos has always had its eye on the E-comm space and was in a good position when Covid hit in March 2020 to channel all its resources into driving the online market. In 2020, 67% of all revenue was online up from only 30% the year before. Revenue increased by 103% The focus for Holos going forward is to continue to grow the domestic e-comm market, partner with like-minded retailers in the B2B space and to grow the US market.
The Holos team is made up of 6 women. Holos manufactures everything in-house in Co. Wexford and plans on creating more employment in the area as the company grows.
