Company info:
Trading name: Beard and Bones Cosmetics limited
Address: Unit 6, 2a beech avenue, Pl4 0QQ.
Business number: 14104285
Founders story
In July 2018, Dan and Jake started talking about the Beard Care products. We both agreed about how all the products have same smelling boring fragrances and the packaging all look very similar. We wanted to change that.
We questioned "Why didnt any company use better looking bottles?"
They are many great looking mens cologne bottles which looked unique, even if it was empty. We kept the bottle. Then, we said "why dont we create our own Beard Care products with cool packaging with great scents?" That is what we did.
Dan was a business graduate from Plymouth University, he put together the business plan and starting developing the website. Jake was a illustration graduate from Plymouth College of Art, He started drawing mock-ups of the Logo and researching packaging types.
While researching for the business plan, Dan realised we needed to create the beard products ourselves. This way we can always listen to feedback from our customers about what they like/dislike. Then, we can find ways to improve it.
The first product we found was the Cool Glass Beard Oil Skulls. We knew that we had never seen these in the beard care industry. It would help stand out as a company. Dan had researched for months about creating a perfect blend carrier oils while finding great and unique fragrance to go with these. As all we could find on the market was just a woody/earth scents, we went a different angle. We decided that needed a range of scents for everyone. These include fruit, sweet and masculine scents. We today have a range of 8 scents. Including Bubblegum, sweet rum and many more.
September 2018 - Our different range of skulls. We spray painted them ourselves in Gold, Matte Black, Silver and White.
About the Co-Founders and important people involved.
Dan Henders – Dan, graduated in 2017 from Plymouth University, studying (BSc Hons) Business Management and Marketing. When Dan and Jake became friends, Jake mentioned to Dan about his idea for "cool beard company" which was later called Beard and Bones. Dan used to run his own online business and he has used all of the experiences and mistakes to do his best to make sure this one succeeds. Dan is the cook behind the all the products, he worked hard to perfect the recipe which is used by many bearded men daily. He worked alongside George Richards to build the first website So, Thank you must go to George for all the help he has given and continues to give.
Jake Grant-Jones – Jake Grant- Jones graduated from Plymouth College of Art in 2017 with a BA (Hons) illustration degree. He has always had the passion for drawing alongside a massive beard. You can see the incredible hand-drawn designs on our Instagram, if you scroll to the bottom, you can see the progress from these images into the logo. He is from Weymouth and grew up on a farm where he had access to Beezwax, which we used to make our very first balms. These images are seen on our instagram, plus tools which he uses to create various products like the stand we made for our partner studio 28 (instagram). A Great combination of Expert craftsmen and an incredible artist comes in handy when building a business.
We must also give credit to Tamara Davies. She has helped and continues to help us so much behind the scenes to build Beard and Bones UK to the company it is today. The amount of skill and effort, which she has brought to the company, the skills such as photography, design and countless hours she puts in. If you have seen how incredible our products look on Instagram, you will understand why she is so important, Also, now you will know who is behind the camera. If you have not seen it yet check us out @Beardandbonesuk.
In April 2019 - Jake left the company due to personal Reasons.
Dan continued working at Beard and Bones, As he was one of the created the formulas for all the products.
Beverley Finnigan - (Dan`s mum)
Bev has helped Dan so much since 2019, as Beard and Bones has grown. It would be an impossible job without her. The work she does from labelling tins, putting together the oil tags with the string and the Beard Oil skulls in the bag for Dan to fill up. Plus getting orders picked and packed on certain days. They are extremely time consuming and without her, this business would not be able cope.
All 5 people together have built this business but we all can't take credit, everyone, that has interacted with us - our brand ambassadors who help us promote our brand on their social media pages and give us feedback about future fragrances. A massive thank you must go to them.
Since 2019 - A lot has changed, we have grown a lot. We have expanded our Product Range to not only Beard Care products but expanded into jewellery with high quality gothic themed products such as bracelets, Necklaces and Rings.
We have still keep with the original plan of creating new colour skulls: Since then we have released 5 more colours: Orange, Red, Sapphire, Green and Purple - Bringing the making a total of 10 Different colour skulls used over the past 3 years. This bottles are released with limited edition scents every year.