Ella Baché is a skin care brand created in France by pharmacist Madame Baché in 1936. Ella Baché is one of the oldest family-owned skincare companies in the world. It began with a few handmade formulations and a salon located at 8 Rue de la Paix in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. The Ella Baché brand has since grown to include a range of products available in over forty countries worldwide.

Ella Baché launched the first hot wax in Europe in 1930. The company pioneered the use of AHA's

Alpha hydroxy acid

α-Hydroxy acids, or alpha hydroxy acids , are a class of chemical compounds that consist of a carboxylic acid substituted with a hydroxyl group on the adjacent carbon. They may be either naturally occurring or synthetic. AHAs are well-known for their use in the cosmetics industry...

with the introduction of the 'Crème Tomate' beauty cream in 1935. In 1952 Ella Baché introduced the world's first 'cold wax strips' and in 1994 they were first to use Quinoa plant extracts for cosmetology. In 2001 the company won several international beauty awards.