Ella Baché College of Skin and Beauty Therapy Courses

About Ella Baché College

Our Story

It started with two amazing women...
In Paris 1936, Madame Ella Baché was a Cosmetic Chemist and a determined businesswoman. She believed in improving the ‘canvas of the skin’, rather than creating a marketable product. Her philosophy of ‘no skins are alike’ epitomises the unique Ella Baché method of skin diagnosis and individualised skincare. Madame Ella Baché was not interested in simply creating a face cream; her interest lay in the quality of the ingredients, the strength of the formula, and knowing the right skin to apply it to. Madame Baché firstly created a range of ‘classic’ moisturisers, each one perfect for the range of different skin condition regardless of ethnicity, or gender.

Edith Hallas, who was married to Madame Ella Baché’s Cousin George Hallas, loved Ella Baché’s formulas. A qualified Beauty Therapist, Mrs. Hallas also possessed a special passion for Beauty Therapy and understood that Australia needed educating in skincare and Ella Baché products for it to be truly understood. She brought Ella Baché products from Paris to Sydney in 1954 and walked straight into David Jones with the first cold epil wax in the world. She also remained committed to her idea of beauty education and opened the first Ella Baché College of Beauty Therapy in 1963.

Ella Baché Today

The Ella Baché brand is synonymous with the integrity, results and superior skincare education and the company has become one of Australia’s most respected skincare brands:

  • It is one of the oldest family owned skincare companies in Australia
  • It is the first skincare franchise in Australia
  • Its beauty college boasts an employment rate of 98%
  • It was the first company to introduce Australia to a cold epil wax products and fruit-acids (tomatoes), lanolin, cod liver oil and grenoble (walnut) in formulas for skin
  • It was the first renowned locally produced sun range which promoted the Australian sporting lifestyles
  • It is still, one of the only skincare companies that dedicates a whole team of local researchers to creating products for the Australian skin condition
We have won many significant awards for our brand. In 1993 we won the National Vivisection award for Personal Care with Principles-for our compassion to animals and dedication to the public by offering credible answers for a cruelty-free world. We have won 5 international cosmetic awards for our products and our CEO, Karen Matthews won the Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year 2004 for her vision in the Ella Baché business.

In 2007, we were one of four finalists in the AMEX and National Retail Association awards for excellence in Training and Innovation.

The Ella Baché company is about skincare, but also about making people and more confident about themselves. Ella Baché skincare products and the Ella Baché Therapist, who uses professional product through treatments, is our way of providing this service. We educate industry respected professional Beauty Therapists through our Ella Baché College of Beauty Therapy and we also have a separate company which manages our growing franchise salon business.

Ella Baché is available in over 200 salons and 36 David Jones stores, and we have a significant sales and training functions in every state. Our products are superior, using the purest ingredients and the highest standards. We don’t test on animals and we believe in educating Australian’s on the benefits of suncare and skincare.