Founder Jacine Greenwood has been named the winner of the prestigious Women Changing the World “Women in Business” Award for 2023.

This honour recognises Jacine's exceptional leadership, innovation, and dedication to driving positive change in the business world for women.

I have to admit that prior to receiving some samples of the seriously efficacious Australian skincare brand, Roccoco Botanicals, I’d never heard of it. A rarity for a beauty nerd like me, and I have no idea how it passed me by! The media have called it the “multimillion-dollar beauty brand you’ve never heard of”, and the Queensland-based brand is out there beating some of the world’s cosmetic giants at their own game.

Roccoco Botanicals CEO and Founder Jacine Greenwood’s personal skincare journey paved the way for her multimillion-dollar business that’s taking over the beauty world.

When Jacine Greenwood began concocting her own skincare formulas at her Queensland kitchen table, it was out of frustration. “I had problematic skin from age 14 on,” she says. “I was always told I’d grow out of acne. I never did.”

For the first time, an Australian beauty company has won one of the world’s most prestigious cosmetic awards at a global industry ceremony in New York.

Queensland-based Roccoco Botanicals won a Cosmetics & Toiletries (C&T) Allē Award (previously known as the R&D awards) for its unique 7 in 1 Ruby Crystal Cleanser.

The Ruby Crystal Cleanser, which reduces inflammation, is anti-inflammatory and collagen producing, was among 7 finalists from around the world in the Indie category. Previous winners include global beauty powerhouse brands Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, L’Oréal and Shiseido.

“It’s incredible news. I’m pinching myself,” says Jacine Greenwood, the founding Chief Cosmetic Chemist and CEO of Roccoco Botanicals from New York in later October where she was presented with the award.

Ten years ago, Roccoco Botanicals, the brainchild of cosmetic chemist Jacine Greenwood-Drummond, was born. After experiencing her own skin issues and being dissatisfied with the products available in the market, she set out to create her own skincare line.

Her business has been growing rapidly for the past five years. Greenwood-Drummond, herself, has most recently been awarded an Innovation, Technology & Research Award by the Gold Coast Women in Business Awards.

As the founder of Roccoco Botanicals, I’ve been in the spotlight in recent years. After being named the fastest-growing Australian beauty company in the AFR Fast 100, we’re turning over $4.2 million in product sales annually, with a large part of our market in the US and NZ.

But it wasn’t always this way.

Retail Beauty previously reported on an Australian beauty company winning one of the world’s most prestigious beauty industry gongs for the first time. Roccoco Botanicals Ruby Crystal Cleanser won the Most Innovative Product award at the prestigious C&T Alle awards in New York in late 2022.

Now the brand has another reason to celebrate – the business turns 10 this year.

I am super excited to bring you this episode today, with Jacine Greenwood who is the founder of Australia’s fastest-growing beauty company Roccoco Botanicals. Jacine built her company from her kitchen bench in North Queensland because she was struggling with a lifelong acne problem. Her story is one of sheer grit, determination, self-education and belief in the art of the possible. She is a glowing leader of self. Jacine is a single mum, former army soldier, nurse, beauty therapist and now the recipient of the beauty industry’s most prestigious international gong – the 2022 Allē Awards.

Jacine Greenwood has been referred to as “The Fairy Godmother of Skin” by solving conditions other products in the market could not. Greenwood often has consumers of her products come to her looking to formulate something to solve their problems. Her company, Roccoco Botanicals, creates innovative, multifunctional products that rapidly transform a variety of skin conditions.

For the first time, an Australian beauty company has won one of the world’s most prestigious cosmetic awards at a global industry ceremony in New York.

Queensland-based Roccoco Botanicals won a Cosmetics & Toiletries (C&T) Allē Award (previously known as the R&D awards) for its unique 7 in 1 Ruby Crystal Cleanser.

The Ruby Crystal Cleanser, which reduces inflammation, is anti-inflammatory and collagen producing, was among 7 finalists from around the world in the Indie category. Previous winners include global beauty powerhouse brands Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, L’Oréal and Shiseido.

“It’s incredible news. I’m pinching myself,” says Jacine Greenwood, the founding Chief Cosmetic Chemist and CEO of Roccoco Botanicals from New York in later October where she was presented with the award.

The award was acquired for the brand’s Ruby Crystal Cleanser– an anti-inflammatory cleansing balm suitable for all skin types. On the product, one of the awards’ esteemed judges said: “I am a big fan of these oil-based cleanser formulations based on sucrose esters and this is no exception! Beautiful, elegant and sustainable formulation and packaging. Bravo! A very well-formulated product. Attentive to sustainability and eco-friendliness. Good data.”

For years, Jacine Greenwood suffered from acne. It was so bad she said it severely affected her self-esteem and that’s what led her to research and launch her own skincare range for acne-prone skin.

Jacine, who is an Australian businesswoman, spent almost two decades studying skincare before launching Roccoco Botanicals. Now, almost ten years on, Jacine’s skincare range is selling over $4.2 AU million a year.

For the first time, an Australian beauty company has won one of the world’s most prestigious cosmetic awards at a global industry ceremony in New York. Queensland-based Roccoco Botanicals won a Cosmetics & Toiletries (C&T) Allē Award (previously known as the R&D awards) for its unique 7 in 1 Ruby Crystal Cleanser.

Learn about Jacine Greenwood’s beauty brand Roccoco Botanicals, which is on a mission to effectively treat acne prone skin.

What do you do when you’ve sat in countless dermatologists’ offices, tried and failed with dozens of anti-acne products and can’t find an anti-aging regime that doesn’t inflame and irritate your sensitive acne-prone skin?

In a world often stereotyped by influencers in the beauty space, Jacine Greenwood-Drummond breaks down that image, and has achieved her success by good old fashion hard work and perseverance.