Our Founder
Wendy Osty: Founder & Skincare Expert
Decades of expertise. One guiding belief — your skin doesn't need more products. It needs the right ones.
Wendy's relationship with skincare began long before it became her career.
As a young dancer training with China's premier national performing arts group, she learned early that keeping skin healthy under pressure — the stage lights, the travel, the daily weight of performance makeup — required genuine knowledge, not just products. She studied skincare techniques rooted in active botanicals and passed-down formulas, developing an instinct for what actually works on skin.
From the stage to the industry
Estée Lauder. La Prairie. Then something of her own.
When Wendy retired from performing and moved to the United States, she brought that instinct with her into the beauty industry. She joined Estée Lauder as a beauty advisor and quickly distinguished herself — rising to become one of the country's top managers and makeup artists.
Her expertise and client trust earned her a role with Swiss luxury skincare house La Prairie, where she ran their flagship Chicago location and further refined her skills as an esthetician. [new paragraph] After a decade at the top of the industry, Wendy had one persistent frustration: she still hadn't found a skincare line that met three simple criteria. Essential. Easy to use. Effective.
Founded in 2002
So she built one herself.
Drawing on her Asian skincare heritage — including her own family's organic formulas — and her deep knowledge of Western cosmetic technology, Wendy developed a proprietary collection of formulas designed to do more with less. No unnecessary steps. No filler ingredients. Just the most effective actives, working together, at their optimal concentrations.
She founded Osty Skincare together with her husband Mike, and today she continues to test, refine and develop every formula personally — driven by the same standard she's always held: if it isn't simple and effective, it isn't ready.