Meet The Owner 

Gemma Wright  

After spending a number of years as a sole distributer for other brands from across the world she decided in 2018 that it was time to start developing her own brand of products and Witches Lab was born. Having over 15 years experience in the skincare industry she knew what people wanted, needed and what really worked on common skin complaints.

Gemma’s Early Years

Gemma’s career in skincare started when she left school at 16 and studied NVQ Beauty Therapy to the highest level at the time. Gemma was lucky enough to carry out work at Harvey Nichols Medi spa which led to her obsession with the skin, they had a machine at the clinic that could photograph all layers of the skin which she found fascinating. With this experience and new knowledge she started working in a Decleor aroma gold award winning spa carrying out intense and detailed training with Decleor, this then led to a keen interest in essential oils and the skin, during her time at the spa she was able to train with some of most recognised global skincare brands and learn their ethics and methods. After her time at the spa Gemma felt she could share her passion and knowledge with others so she worked towards a teaching qualification and was quickly offered a job teaching NVQ Beauty Therapy. Teaching others is something Gemma is still passionate about and will consider pursuing this again in the future.

Whilst Gemma was teaching she still had a regular base of clients visiting her for treatments as by this time she was qualified in advanced skincare treatments, she was offered a job with a renowned skincare doctor who was the chosen aesthetician for a number of celebrities and very interesting characters, this particular doctor invented the collagen wave machine amongst other words renowned machines and techniques and Gemma was lucky enough to be trained by him personally. Gemma’s at home clientele continued to grow which led to her leaving all other jobs to pursue her own ‘sideline’ businesses full time focusing on skin. Whilst working from her busy salon Gemma had a little retail shop that ended up getting bigger and bigger after she started selling online, Gemma got the UK Distributer rights to some amazing companies from the USA and this led to her UK following online getting bigger and bigger to the point she had to focus on her online sales full time. 

The beginning of Witches Lab 

After a good 5 years of distributing other brands online Gemma decided it was time to do what she always wanted which was to launch her own skincare brand and Witches Lab was born , it started with aromatherapy balms and has gradually grown into a full range of facial products with many more in the pipeline. 

To get the brand to where it is today Gemma has undergone lots of training and continues to grow her qualifications and knowledge everyday. Skincare isn’t just a job for her it is a hobby that she genuinely loves to learn about. 

In 2018 Gemma undertook a cosmetic formulation qualification and EU cosmetic regulation qualification, she then moved on to an organic skincare business diploma which includes a detailed toxicology in skincare module. She has previous qualifications with essential oils in skincare and has an advanced aromatherapy in skincare diploma. 

Gemma works from her warehouse in Hertfordshire with her team of staff manufacturing many of the products in house.  After demand has become so high for the Witches Lab products they also work with a large UK based Lab so they can make larger amounts of products to fulfil orders faster and more efficiently. 

The beginning of Witches Lab Professional

With over 15 years experience in skincare, formulating, sourcing packaging , and learning the legal procedures behind owning a skincare company Gemma decided to expand her business into creating wholesale a private label products aimed towards others in the beauty industry. Gemma works with brands that are now stocked all round the worlds and in numerous high street and departments stores as well as hundreds of salons across the UK. 

Gemma’s Private Life 

During her spare time Gemma is a  Mum to 3 year old Libby, enjoys horseriding, walking her dog Millie, Pilates,  reading, and cooking for friends.