Elique's mission is to offer a more organic and preventative approach to skin and body care. Because the skin is on the external it is our most complex organ. So busy, it splits its time between protecting our inner organs, excreting toxins, shedding, regulating the body's temperature and endocrine functioning and fighting off outside elements, many of which are toxic pollutants. It is crucial to have strong surface immunity if you hope to achieve radiant skin and Elique helps accomplish this by feeding the skin nourishing foods that strengthen its surface immunity. This allows for the development of a healthy protective barrier, safeguarding the skin form harsh external elements and consequently allowing one to have a truly balanced skin for life.

Elique is a hand made artisan line of product made solely with foods. Our core ingredients are personally hand harvested organic herbs from an exclusive garden deep inside Santa Monica Canyon, certified organic, wild-crafted, and biodynamic hydrosols (essential waters) organic and solvent free extracted nut and vegetable oils and local farmer's market honeys. Because we emphasize the use of quality ingredients and they are integral to Elique's efficacy we never compromise by using substandard and synthetic components. To guarantee this even further we make sure our aloe-vera is preservative free to avoid other hidden ingredients in our products.

Our goals are straightforward: be simple, effective, always luxurious, and affordable. We know in our hearts that it is crucial to have available healthy and affordable skin care for everyone of all economic backgrounds.

Finally, Elique chooses to be a sought after product, found only in the most special boutiques and skin care studios that share our same core values. We believe by not mass producing our line, we can maintain the quality that is our standard and also leave less of a smaller carbon footprint on our planet. We can truly say we are absolutely 100% authentic in everything that we do. This will never change. We promise you that!

Many things happened along the way to challenge Elisha's determination. She was an independent young woman in New York City surviving the daily grind by bartending and waiting tables. Elisha is a fantastic cook and in 1993 she started catering on the side and before she knew it, she had a full-fledged on-location catering business. This time was key for an entrepreneur and Elisha learned the most valuable lessons that she applied in all of her future endeavors.

However, Elisha never forgot about Elique. Her catering accomplishments made her family proud but Elisha was not happy. Her heart was with Elique and she knew she had to honor that. It was the day Princess Diana was killed and Elisha was exhausted preparing craft service for a Tommy Hilfiger shoot and watching the Diana coverage on television. Seeing Diana, her time cut short... Elisha knew that life was too precious and it was time to realize her dreams. Tommy Hilfiger was Elisha's last client and she didn't look back.

Re-entering the skin care market was a test of Elisha's flexibility and creativity. Could she contemporize her initial business and marketing plans? This natural segment had grown tremendously in five years and Elisha felt a slight panic, but she took a deep breath and knew she would overcome this challenge. She scoured the market knowing that her "in" would be in satisfying the ignored demographic. It didn't take long for her to realize that there were no products for pregnant women and right away she had a flood of ideas. The next three years she designed an Elique line of skin care especially for pre and postnatal women.

In 2002 Elisha became licensed in esthetics and moved to Los Angeles. After two years working with clients and a host of skin conditions Elisha began using Elique in her treatments. Her clients loved them and one in particular appreciated them so much that she invited Elisha to use her organic garden in Santa Monica Canyon to harvest all the lavender, mint, bay and eucalyptus for the line. Elisha had dreamed of using local and fresh organic herbs to give Elique a solid competitive edge and allow it to be truly authentic. This exclusive access to the garden was the thing that would do just that.

In line with Elisha's passion to educate the public on the harms of mass produced skin care she published Skin and Spa, a cutting edge newsletter devoted entirely to skin health and wellness, taught classes on making your own skin care from foods and has spoken to groups about avoiding chemical laden skin care. She has also produced many charity spa days for underprivileged teens and adults.

In 2007 Elisha opened Get Waxed, a boutique waxing salon where respect for the environment, the immediate community and offering only non toxic skin and body care are a few of their core values. Elique Organic Skin Food is showcased as our exclusive line and in over two years it has become extremely established and sought after.

Elisha does not believe in limits or impossibilities. She continues to dream, work hard and manifest her vision for Elique to set standards in the beauty industry. Knowing Elisha, she will do that and more. It is just a matter of time.