Makes Scents Natural Spa Line

Employee size

11-50

Organization type

Partnership

Headquarters

Lancaster, PA

Founded

2010

Founded in Lancaster in 2010 by spa veterans Heather and Nathan Kreider, Makes Scents Natural Spa Line creates small-batch natural skin-care and bath products for professional spas, resorts and at-home use. The woman-owned business grew from the couple’s handmade-soap hobby into a supplier of custom and private-label lines for hotels and spas, with formulations made in a cGMP facility. Its vegan, Leaping Bunny-certified products are packaged with the company’s environmental commitments in mind, including recyclable post-industrial-resin containers.

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