Our story
About Andrea
Hello and welcome to Andrea Garland. We’re an independent, women-led British beauty brand, founded in 2010 with a love of beautiful things, thoughtful skincare and a rather healthy obsession with vintage.
Since 2010
It began on Brick Lane
Our story began with a little market stall on Brick Lane, East London, where we filled vintage tins with our handmade lip balm. It was a wonderfully simple idea – giving old, beautiful things a new purpose – and it proved to be the launch pad for Andrea Garland. From there, we began creating our own signature collection of refillable mirrored compacts, inspired by the vintage treasures we loved.
Our philosophy
Beautiful, useful and kind
Our philosophy remains much the same: make beautiful, useful things that are kind to your skin and kinder to the planet. We formulate our lip balms (and a tiny range of skincare) in small batches using carefully chosen ingredients and our refillable compacts are designed to be treasured, collected and refilled rather than thrown away.
Our vintage-inspired designs, whimsical illustrations and beautifully tactile packaging are all part of the fun. And behind it all, Andrea Garland remains a small, independent business – created, run and cared for by women, with a little help from my very obliging husband!
A little bit more below if you fancy… thanks for reading!
What matters to us
Key values
- 01Sustainability
- 02 Small batch making
- 03 Handmade in our Hackney attic studio, East London
- 04 Use of the finest natural ingredients
- 05 Therapeutic and holistic beauty formulation
- 06 Cruelty free
Ingredients and making