Our Story

Hello lovely!

For those who haven’t met me yet my name is Sara and I am the founder and owner of Calla Lane Clean Beauty Bar. As a human, I am an eclectic mix (read hot mess) of heritages, cultures, careers, experiences, interests and passions.  I was born in the 80’s to a mixed race couple trying to raise kids in South Africa under apartheid which made for a very interesting and colourful upbringing. Fast forward to today, I am a mom of two boys.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved discovering and experiencing products that make me look and feel good. Taking a quiet moment to experience the texture, colour or fragrance of a beauty product brings me an immense amount of joy.

I lost my mom to lung cancer in my teens and was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in a gland in my neck in my twenties. It was a slow growing tumour and it had not yet metastasised by the time I had it surgically removed but I underwent what my oncologist termed “a chunky dose” of radiation all the same just to be sure. Those life changing experiences have really affected how I made decisions about what and who I let into my life. As a result, my relationship with beauty products, and the beauty and personal care industry, started to change and almost 20 years ago now, my clean beauty journey began.

My clean beauty journey has not been straight forward mainly because there weren’t many options or much information available when I started out. Being a bit of a trail blazer, I decided 4 years ago that if there wasn’t one local destination where curious women like you and I could come together in seeking out beautiful beauty brands and products, I would create one.

And so, in 2021, Calla Lane was born.

The Calla Lane philosophy is simple:

To inspire clean, conscious beauty and authentic wellbeing from the inside out.

My gorgeous friend, if you’re reading this your curiosity around clean beauty is already piqued and you’re meant to be here. I’m so glad that you are - my hope is that this story will leave you feeling inspired and excited about being a part of the future of the industry, and about having more fun playing and expressing your unique-self with beautiful clean beauty products. 

So welcome! I’m so excited to have you here and to be a part of your clean beauty journey. You deserve the very best of beauty and health!

Sara

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