
Karen Matthews, CEO of Ella Baché named
PricewaterhouseCoopers Excellence in Franchising Awards
Franchise Woman of the Year 2007
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Why are we successful?
- We offer a higher level of support to our franchisees
- We are an established brand and market leader in skincare
- Our training is second to none
- We only choose the best possible franchisees and roll out a limited number of franchises each year
Leaders in skincare
Ella Baché are leaders in skincare product and education in Australia. Madame Ella Baché first observed in 1936 that “no two skins are alike” - an approach to caring for skin that has become the Ella Baché point of difference. The business philosophy focused on the individual and accordingly, every person who makes up the extensive network of loyal and profitable salons across Australia is valued and recognised as one of our most valuable assets.
Australia’s only national franchise skincare company!
Our people
We are the oldest ‘family-owned’ skincare company in the world and our notion of family extend to all of our salon owners, therapists and students as well as our team of management professionals. Our salon owners have emerged from all walks of life; from retail positions, graduates, business people from non-beauty industries and many salon clients who have dreamed of running their own small businesses. By becoming part of the Ella Baché family, almost 200 salon entrepreneurs have benefited and contributed to both their individual business and the company’s success.
Award winning people
2004 Winner Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year Award: CEO Karen Matthews launched Australia’s first skincare franchise in 2002.
Our Support
At Ella Baché we want your salon businesses to flourish – because your success is our success. We provide extensive support with numerous programs including: retail training, business planning and salon marketing to ensure individual salons grow.
Our products
Ella Baché values integrity. We do not promise miracle cures or overnight results. We do promise healthy, beautiful skin. Ella Baché produces trusted performance products, researched to accommodate the Australian climate. Our products are created from the purest and most effective ingredients possible that deliver visible results. We are also one of the only major skincare companies in Australia that researches product ingredients that are tailor made specifically for the harsh Australian climate.
Award wining products
- 2002 “Prix de L’Innovation” Cosmetics Conference Paris – Radical anti-ageing range
- 2001 Les Nouvelles Esthetiques “Prix de L’Innovation” – Loofah Body Scrub
- 2001 Cosmétique Magazine “Soin Corps Institute” Les Oscars 2001 – Loofah Body Scrub
- 2000 Award for Innovation for the Sonocare Body and “Soin du Corps” – sonocare innovation
- 1998 Les Nouvelles Esthetiques “Prix de L’Innovation” – Soin Bio-Réparateur range


