Amanda Ross Skin Care Mill Valley studio

Founder Amanda Ross trained as an esthetician and started her career working alongside her mother. The business describes itself as clean beauty and says it has operated that way since 2010. Its stated mission is to make ethically sourced botanical skincare easier to access.

The company's own product line began with a single moisturizing cream, the Rose Geranium Firming Cream, and has grown to 24 products. The line is made locally, and a small team helps with marketing, design and sales. The business says it suits every skin type and that estheticians use it for back bar work.

Treatments are offered at 43 Brighton Avenue in Bolinas, where the treatment room has closed curtains and a heated table, and at a suite in Mill Valley, where sessions take place in a studio shared with other healing practitioners. Clients can book treatments online. The business asks anyone who is contagious to reschedule rather than come in.

The business has been a partner of Eminence Organic Skin Care for almost 24 years, and its catalog includes Eminence sun protection, lip care and skin care. Complimentary order consultations are available by phone at (415) 409-1584.

Orders ship from Bolinas using USPS Priority Shipping with tracking and insurance. Most orders leave within two days, with a stated four-day shipping promise. Domestic shipping includes Hawaii, while international orders go through direct contact. Returns are accepted only on unopened packages. Wholesale accounts are set up by contacting the business to become an authorized retailer. Products are also stocked at Good Earth stores in Mill Valley and Fairfax, Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco and Skin Alchemy in San Francisco.

The business builds its product line around ethically sourced botanical ingredients and says its formulas are all natural.

The Bolinas treatment room is private, with closed curtains and a heated table, while the Mill Valley sessions take place in a shared healing studio.