I Didn't Set Out to Start a Skincare Brand. I Set Out to Save My Own Skin.
THE TURNING POINT
When I Stopped Treating My Skin and Started Listening to It
Everything shifted when I trained as a holistic wellness coach. I began to understand how deeply the nervous system and the skin are connected. Stress isn't only something we feel. It's something skin responds to.
When the body is stuck in stress mode, cortisol stays high, and skin often becomes more reactive, more sensitive and slower to settle. My skin had been sending me messages for years. I just hadn't been listening.
So I stopped fighting my skin and started working with it. I returned to what I grew up with: my Greek grandmother's herbal remedies, my Norwegian grandfather's gardens, and the simple, seasonal rituals that had been quietly living in me all along.
THE BIRTH OF MĒNOS
Two Ancient Traditions. One Holistic Vision.
The name MĒNOS comes from the ancient Greek word menos: inner force, vitality, life energy. Something that lives within us, rather than something we force from the outside. That idea became the foundation of the brand: skincare that works with your skin, not against it.
My love of plants started long before I made skincare. It started with my grandparents. My Greek grandmother made remedies from herbs, olive oil and whatever grew around her. My Norwegian grandfather tended his gardens with quiet reverence for the land. I grew up between those two landscapes: long walks through Norwegian forests, and Greek summers shaped by the rhythms of land and sea.
In 2019 I founded MĀSK Skincare, which grew to more than 600 stores nationwide. Years of formulating for, and listening to, women with sensitive, stressed skin taught me one thing: skin never exists in isolation. MĒNOS is what came next. Not a rebrand, but an evolution: Northern stillness and Mediterranean ritual, guided by nervous system science.
Every Product. Every Single One.
There's no factory behind MĒNOS. I personally formulate and fill every product in small batches in my apothecary in the Texas Hill Country. Yes, even the sheet masks: each one is soaked in serum I make myself, then sealed and packed by hand.
MĒNOS is small, and proudly women-owned and women-operated.
✦ Featured in Organic Spa's 2026 Beauty Awards
✦ Leaping Bunny Certified cruelty-free
✦ Made with certified organic ingredients
✦ Trusted by Auberge Resorts Collection
✦ Advanced Natural Skincare Formulation Certificate, Pacific Rim College
✦ Certified Holistic Wellness Coach
WHO MĒNOS IS FOR
For the Woman Who Knows There Has to Be a Better Way
MĒNOS skin is for you if you've connected the dots between your stress levels and your skin, and you're ready to address both. It's for the woman who wants more than non-toxic skincare that just sits on the surface. It's for the woman who's ready to treat her skin as part of her whole-body wellness practice.
Whether you're in the middle of burnout, on the other side of it, or simply waking up to what clean, organic skincare can really do, you're in the right place.
I am honored to have you.
THE MĒNOS PHILOSOPHY
Holistic Skincare Is Not a Category. It's a Commitment.
Every ingredient in every formula is chosen with intention. I'm committed to non-toxic skincare that respects your skin's intelligence, your body's ecosystem, and the planet that provides our botanicals.
But I go further. As a wellness coach, I've built nervous system regulation into the very ritual of using MĒNOS. How you apply your skincare matters. When you pause, breathe and move slowly, you help your body shift out of stress mode, and give your skin the calm it needs to find its balance.
Welcome to MĒNOS.
Welcome to your ritual.
Founder + Formulator, MĒNOS
Start Where Your Skin Is
New to MĒNOS? Begin with The Reset Duo: our liquid balm cleanser and a vitamin C sheet mask, for a calm, simple first ritual. Ready for the full daily ritual? The Nervous System Kit brings cleanser, serum and face oil together. Both are 10% off as a set.
With gratitude to the women and creatives who help bring MĒNOS to life.