Kate McLeod

Co-Founder, CEO, Kate McLeod

Kate uses her classical culinary training to harness natural ingredients and transform them into award-winning, zero waste products.

Kate McLeod left a career in finance to become a pastry chef and accidentally stumbled into the world of skincare via a chunk of cocoa butter. Kate uses her classical culinary training to harness the power of natural ingredients and transform them into award-winning, zero waste products. Unlike most beauty founders, Kate formulates every product from scratch herself, and she oversees the handcrafting of every single Body Stone from the company's Hudson Valley workshop. She currently lives in Rhinebeck, NY with her husband Justin and two children, Oliver and Margaux.