Founder Angela Jia Kim
"The Unexpected Beauty Virtuoso"
- Mindbodygreen
About Angela
Korean Roots
Angela Jia Kim’s passion for beauty began with her mom. “Koreans are obsessed with their skin, and my mom always had something new sent over from her sisters in Seoul,” she says.“
"I would play with her creams that were filled with ingredients like gold and silkworm cocoons.”
Angela spent her early career as an award-winning concert pianist, until one day, onstage in front of hundreds of people, a so-called natural lotion she had applied made her break out in hives.
Horrified, she began to study ingredients and craft her own skin care products in her kitchen. “I added luxury ingredients with tremendous skin benefits like champagne, caviar, and truffles,” she says.
“I infused them with organic extracts for anti-aging results.” She started gifting these products to friends, and they wanted to buy them as gifts for their friends. She became the “accidental entrepreneur”.
"I wanted to incorporate the Korean beauty rituals that I grew up with. But as a busy mom and wife living the gorgeous chaos of New York City, I needed flawless skin in a New York minute. And it must be organic and it must work."
Now Angela runs a group of holistic facial spas in New York City's West Village and Upper West Side, and in upstate New York. She continues to develop luxe organic products in the Beauty Kitchen with her team of Savor Spa Estheticians.
Her Dollars & Scents initiative hires women who are transitioning back into the workforce, by giving training and tools to develop new skills. They make and ship the beauty creams fresh from the Hudson Valley in New York.
Angela resides in New York City with her teen daughter, mini golden retriever, and philanthropic partner. She enjoys cooking, Kundalini yoga, and world travels.
Adapted from MindBodyGreen.com: “12 Women Changing the Face of Natural Beauty”
Get inspired by podcasts.
The Beauty Biz™ Show
Learn why Angela Jia Kim was so inspired by the resilience of her female coworkers during the pandemic, how to set boundaries with clients, and why manifesting comes so easily to her.
Happiness in Progress
Join Angela Jia Kim and Danielle Craig on what radical radiance means , how to replace our various titles with ‘I am’, tapping into your inner essence and having spiritual intelligence.
Clean Beauty School
Mindbodygreen beauty director and host Alexandra Engler chats with Angela about the role of rituals in her life, her journey to self-love, and why beauty habits inform your overall well being.
Run Your Money Show
Veronica Grant and Angela Jia Kim discuss Radical Radiance and how tending to your temple can help heal your relationship with your body and affect the energy you radiate from the inside out.
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