What do you create and what inspired you to start?

My name is Anne Marshall, owner and founder of Seven Islands Skicare. I formulate and create all natural, effective and luxurious skincare for women. From the formulating, to the measuring of ingredients to the pouring of products into their bottles, followed by applying the labels – it’s all literally done with my own hands.

When I was diagnosed with endometriosis and began facing fertility challenges, I became acutely aware of how little the wellness and beauty industries considered (or even cared about) ingredients that are in products that are actually designed to help us look and feel better. Especially, like myself at the time, women navigating hormone-sensitive conditions. Suddenly, I was realising that even the skincare products I’d trusted for years could contain hormone disruptors or toxins that did more harm than good.

I searched high and low for skincare that was not only truly safe, but also effective, beautiful to use, and affordable. What I found instead was a huge gap in the market. The clean beauty space was either filled with luxury products at sky-high prices or underwhelming formulations that did absolutely nothing for my skin. Sadly so many are not even as clean, organic or hormone-safe as they claimed to be.

As women, we deserve better. All women deserve to look and feel good—without compromising our health.

We deserve and NEED skincare that supports our bodies, our hormones, and our wellbeing.

These beliefs are what led me to create Seven Islands Skincare.

With a background in beauty therapy, I already had the knowledge and passion to understand skin deeply. I knew how to work with natural ingredients and quickly learnt to formulate in a way that would calm, nourish, and protect. So instead of continuing the frustrating search, I decided to create what I couldn’t find: skincare that is all-natural, effective, hormone-friendly, and genuinely luxurious to use.

I choose every ingredient with care… no synthetic fragrances, no hidden nasties. Just deeply nourishing plant-based ingredients that support skin health, soothe inflammation, and give that natural, radiant glow.

My brand is also about giving women back a sense of trust  - trust in what they’re putting on their skin, trust that their health is being respected, and trust that beauty can exist without toxicity. It’s about turning skincare into a ritual of self-care and nourishment.

For me, creating this brand was a huge part of my own healing. It gave me purpose and something to focus on through grief, pain, and uncertainty. Not only was in enduring my own life’s jourey, I was also grieving the loss of my mother who was and always will be my biggest inspiration.

My dream is to continue growing a brand that is rooted in integrity, simplicity, and care. A brand that doesn’t chase trends, but instead creates calm. A brand that truly understands what it means to serve women  - because it was born from lived experience.

I’ve seen how my skincare helps women feel calmer, more confident, and more in tune with their bodies. And that’s what makes it all worth it.

Seven Islands Skincare is a holiday for your skin every day. A break from synthetics, chemicals, pollution and stress… just like when you’re on holiday!

I have five core products of luxurious, safe and effective skincare:

·       Cleanser

·       Hydrating Mist

·       Exfoliant

·       Face Oil

·       Moisturiser (two different types)

This is not just ‘any’ skincare and you do not need a ten step routine. All you need is some much loved ‘quality’ basics to reclaim or find your glow.

I am so honoured to share my skincare (and life) story with you. Thank you.

How does your creativity serve others or bring joy?

I believe that skincare should help women, support wellbeing, and create moments of calm and confidence in our day.

My all-natural, endometriosis-safe, hormone-friendly products are thoughtfully designed to give women more than just a glow. I want to nourish your skin, your self-worth, your sense of peace, and your ability to trust what you’re putting on (and essentially ‘in’) your body.

Many women come to Seven Islands after years of trial and error with products that left them irritated, confused, or worse  - worried about the long-term effects of what they were absorbing through their skin. When they find Seven Islands they also find calmer, smoother, radiant skin… and that’s exactly why I am here.

These days women wear many hats with the result of burnout and anxiety being on the rise. For a while that was actually me – but I’ve found balance and I’d love to help others do the same. That’s why I believe skincare should be a moment to return to yourself. Whether you’re taking three deep breaths before applying your face oil, or massaging it in slowly after a long day, that tiny act becomes a daily ritual.

Seven Islands Skincare isn’t about rushing through another routine. It’s about turning skincare into self-care.

I created Seven Islands because I know how that women’s health is overlooked in the beauty industry. Too many products contain hidden hormone disruptors, synthetic fragrances, or ingredients that do more harm than good.

At Seven Islands, you’ll never need to second-guess what’s in your skincare again. I’ve done the research so that you don’t have to.

I am about to launch a campaign called ‘Glow it Forward’. For every face oil sold – I will donate a face oil to a woman in need. When one woman feels well, glows, and feels cared for  - it lifts her and everyone around her.

I am building something bigger than skincare. It’s a movement of women who care about themselves and each other.

With multi-use products, I’ve removed the overwhelm of 10-step routines – this also reduces global waste and helps women have a cost effective and results driven skincare routine.

My face exfoliant also acts as a detoxifying mask; my face oil acts as a day treatment, a night treatment, a daily eye treatment, a way to glow by mixing it with foundation. My face mist is great under or over your skincare, for use on hot days or in airplane cabins! You can even turn your winter moisturiser into something lighter by combining it with a sprits of face mist.

The skincare journey is yours – make it a journey you LOVE!

Seven Islands Skincare is more than a product. It’s a daily reminder that you are worthy of care, calm, and confidence  - naturally.

What personal values show up in your craft?

I recently took a fresh look into my personal values as part of my own personal development and ended up with too many but when I continued the activity by narrowing them down to four  - these are my core values I share with you now and how they relate to my craft:

Health: This is at the forefront of my brand as it’s the ‘why’ that drives my purpose. I openly share my endometriosis and fertility journey, and how it led me to make better choices for my body. It’s lived value that inspired the entire business. Seven Islands Skincare is all-natural, toxin-free, hormone-disruptor-free, and cruelty-free  - because looking great and feeling great should never come at the cost of our health. I also have a strong focus on educating women about what they’re putting on their skin (e.g. ingredient transparency, skincare absorption in 26 seconds), which empowers others to make healthier choices.

Connection: I couldn’t live without human connection! My customers are people, not just sales. I share my story openly with them and in turn I love to hear and share in their stories, read their emails, relate to them personally and I do all my own customer service. I also love to pop in a handwritten note with all orders and follow up personally. A brand is one thing but personal connection and relationships are what create the whole Seven Islands Skincare experience.

Love: My heart and soul are poured into my brand – I’ve chosen to continue to make my own products because if this went ‘external’ then I’d lose the very feeling of the brand. I love the creation and I genuinely know that people feel the love when they use my products. When my mum passed – my brand gave me a sense of purpose and somewhere to channel this extra love. I stand by my brand to the very core – it’s the love for myself, women, women’s health and love for my brand itself that keeps Seven Islands Skincare grounded and always purposeful and soul-lead.

Gratitude: If we are not grateful then what do we have? I believe gratitude enhances our day to day living, our attitudes and our whole persona. Whilst we might not always be happy with our skin – we only get one and we’re blessed to have it. I help women work WITH their skin rather than against it and enhance the natural beauty that’s already there. I also offer all customers a ‘happiness guarantee’ which is essentially money back if they’re unhappy – I am grateful they found me and I want them to feel grateful and happy at their end too! Gratitude is at the heart of my day and also all my customer interactions.