About Zao Makeup

Zao Make-Up is a make-up brand owned by Cosm’Etika France. It was co-founded in 2012 by four friends, David Reccole, Philippe Donnat, Yvan Rouvier and Salima Macozzi Reccole. Lovers of nature and aware of the impact of our consumption on the environment, the 4 friends chose to develop a brand of organic makeup in accordance with their deep values. They gave birth to Zao Make-Up, the first rechargeable make-up brand, 100% natural and certified organic by Ecocert. The inspiration came from Asian countries for which one of the founders, David Reccole has always been passionate about. Traveller by nature, he has travelled to India, Vietnam and China … The idea was born from a Taiwanese friend who one day offered him a box containing a mechanical pencil and a bamboo pen. Seeing these two cylindrical objects with such thin walls, he had a brain wave! If it is possible to make a pen, it is conceivable to create lipsticks and other bamboo makeup packaging. On his return from Asia, the 4 friends were conquered by the idea and the adventure of Zao began …Read their story