ShaadiWish Sheroes - Top Women Entrepreneurs 2022
ShaadiWish is taking an opportunity on the occasion of International Women’s Day to appreciate and honor a few women entrepreneurs.
These amazing #Sheroes have carved a path with their wonderful business and inspired many with their success.
Aishwarya Biswas
Auli Skincare Solutions (Kolkata)
Auli Skincare Solutions by Aishwarya Biswas is an organic skincare range that comes with various health benefits. The brand deals in fabulously lush organic and natural products, perfect for both gifting and self-indulgence. Aishwarya brings her world-class experience to her unique line of branded, natural and handmade skin-care products. The brand provides skin consultation to help you find a product that fits your skin concern. Their products are available on their website.
Surabhi Shah
Carragreen (Indore)
Carragreen is founded by a dynamic duo of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Surabhi and Chetna Shah. The brand was started with the goal of eliminating the usage of single-use plastic cutlery in day-to-day life. Carragreen is a sustainable, biodegradable and environmentally-friendly substitute for plastic cutlery. They have a retail store in Indore, while their website delivers products pan India.
Riya Khattar
Heart Up My Sleeves (New Delhi)
Started by Riya Khattar, Heart Up My Sleeves is a luxury fashion label that curates transformable clothing. This sustainable brand is known to curate statement sleeves to amp up your look. This one of its kind brands makes detachable sleeves, a quick fix to any dull outfit. You can purchase the products easily from their website or from Nykaa Fashion.
Aditi Gupta
Menstrupedia (Ahmedabad)
In today’s society, talking about menstruation is still considered a taboo. Aditi Gupta brings Menstrupedia, a comic-book that aims to help people understand the process of puberty in women and destroy myths around menstruation and normalize the biological process. Aditi aims to promote awareness and act as a guide to periods for girls and women, using a website, social media and a YouTube channel.
Nidhi Gupta
Shades Of Spring (Bangalore)
Shades of Spring is a unique flower subscription service started by Nidhi Gupta. The brand has more than 500+ varieties of fresh flowers that are sourced from all over India that they deliver in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Shades of Springs also grow their unique varieties of flowers and help provide their customers with fresh blooms. The brand also offers a unique subscription pack for weekly fresh flower delivery that you can sign up for yourself or for your loved ones via the brand’s website.
Niti Singhal
Twee In One (Mumbai)
The brand offers reversible and convertible clothing that lets you have two different looks with just one garment. The trained artisans make brilliant construction of the outfits for you to flip and reverse anytime and anywhere. Head over to their website to purchase their products.
Vidushi Vijayvergiya
ISAK Fragrances (Lucknow)
ISAK, meaning ‘ISHQ’ offers unisex perfumes with a wide range of aroma notes that you would instantly fall in love with. They strive to take Indian perfumery to the world. Vidushi has grown up around fragrances and has always been drawn to them. Through ISAK, her intention is to talk more about our roots, heritage, and the charm in Indian perfumery. Shop for the fragrances through the website.
Rishika Nayak
The Sass Bar (Mumbai)
Rishika Nayank started The Sass Bar, which is known for its delicious-looking and smelling dessert soaps. Their entire range includes soaps, candles, whipped soap scrubs and bath bombs in indulgent and exotic fragrances. In fact, these luxurious and quirky-shaped soaps are all handmade, vegan, paraben-free, and chemical-free.The brand also customizes the products and can be shopped through their website.
Ridhima Arora
Namhya Foods (Jammu)
Namhya Foods startup uses Ayurvedic herbs and ingredients in its products. They have different types of foods like Ayurvedic teas with ashwagandha, Brahmi and fresh rose petals. Instant breakfast with natural proteins such as sattu nuts, tea for heart ailments, brain foods to satiate evening cravings. The products are easily available on their website.
Kalpana and Uma
Jha Ji (Bihar)
Jha Ji is a traditional homemade pickles start-up by a sister-in-law duo – Kalpana and Uma. Jha Ji has over 15 different varieties of organically and homemade pickles that are free from preservatives, artificial colors and other synthetic chemicals. The brand delivers all over India and you can place an order through their website.
Aditi Madan
Momo Mami (New Delhi)
Momo Mami is founded by Aditi Madan who specializes in the business of making and selling momos. Their momos are so popular that people started calling her by the name of Momo Mami. You can get delicious and frozen vegetarian momos, frozen spring rolls and frozen non-vegetarian momos. Aditi is an ex-Masterchef contestant who hails from Darjeeling and her momos are absolutely the talk of the town in Delhi.
Ananya and Anushree Malloo
Nuutjob (Ahmedabad)
Nuutjob is a brand that offers one of its kind range of men’s intimate hygiene products. Started by sister-duo Ananya and Anushree Malloo, the products are formulated to help men keep their intimate areas clean and dry. Their products aid in preventing chafing, irritation due to sweating, itching or bad odor. The brand ensures to make products that are naturally formulated and are gentle for use. Head to their website to shop from their amazing range of products.
Debasree Banerjee
Debasree Beauty (Mumbai)
Influencer and beauty blogger Debasree Banerjee is the founder of Debasree Beauty. Debasree is known for her fun and quirky side in the beauty and makeup industry. Full of quirky neon and vivacious hues, all the beauty products from this brand are truly made in India and are vegan and cruelty-free. You can buy the products from her website.
Minu Margeret
BlissClub (Mumbai)
Founded by Minu Margeret, BlissClub is a new and upcoming brand that is making its mark in the activewear world. This versatile activewear brand is size-inclusive and perfect for a hassle-free workout experience. The brand has various comfortable activewear, lounge pants, shorts and sports bras that can comfortably accommodate moms-to-be and plus sizes. Head over to the website to avail the products.
Malvika Sitlani and Veronica Bahl
MASIC Beauty (Mumbai)
Influencer and beauty blogger Malvika Sitlani Aryan co-founded MASIC Beauty with her manager-friend Veronica Bahl. This team of dynamic duo have come up with a brand that portrays chicness and luxury at an affordable price. MASIC Beauty takes the cake for being a brand with a team of all women who love to hustle and leave their mark on the world. The brand also offers combo packs of their best-selling products which you can easily shop from their website.
Kamakshi Agarwala
Butt-Chique (New Delhi)
Butt-Chique is a brand started by Kamakshi Agarwala that was born amidst the pandemic. This lockdown launch is at the top of their game when it comes to a functional collection of bodysuits, shapewear, body tape and pasties. The brand accommodates requirements of women of every size and shape. Helps women embrace their bodies with all their glory. Their products are easily available to shop through their website, as well as from Amazon.
Aditi Talwar Sodhi
Poo-De-Cologne (Mumbai)
Aditi Talwar Sodhi is the founder of Essentially Happy. Before taking the entrepreneurial leap, she was a successful brand strategist. The idea of Poo-De-Cologne is to give a refreshing fragrance to the toilet and to diminish the foul smell. The product transforms your pooping experience from ‘stables to meadows’. The product is easily available at Amazon.
Anchal
Studio A Designs (Kanpur)
Studio A Design is boldly shattering the norms and stereotypes of how a woman should look. Anchal believes that no matter what size a woman is always gorgeous. Her outfits tend to make you even more charming and appealing and there is no doubt in it. She has a plethora of options that range from Indian wear to Indo-western apparels. You can reach out to her Instagram handle for more details.
Shaurya Sanadhya
Label Shaurya Sanadhya (Pune)
Started by a fashion and beauty blogger and designer Shaurya Sanadhya, this label specializes in ethnic wear for modern brides. All the pieces are tailor-made and are perfect for brides and brides-to-be. You can scroll through their catalog and shop through their website.
Shreya Jain
SJ Merch (New Delhi)
SJ Merch by Shreya Jain is basically a range of cool, quirky and upbeat merchandise.The brand has fancy t-shirts for everyday use, quirky notebooks to gather your thoughts and fun printed mugs to enjoy your hot cup of coffee.You can head over to their website for all details.
Gursakhi Lugani
NakhreWaali (Gurugram)
NakhreWaali is a handcrafted contemporary fashion brand started in 2016. The brand sells everything, from jewelry to bags to blouses to garments that are meant for you to flaunt with your best Nakhra. The idea is to have the funk along with the Indian handicrafts and textiles.You can purchase the products from the website.
Aashka Goradia
Renée Cosmetics (Ahmedabad)
Aashka Goradia’s brand Renee means reborn. This brand is known for creating a range of cruelty-free, paraben-free and vegan products. They have a collection that includes makeup products, face oils, stick-on nails and makeup brushes. With intense pigmentation payoff formula, a travel-friendly, compact and versatile product design, this brand has got it all covered. Their products are easily available to shop on their website, Amazon and also on Nykaa.
Pooja Bhayana Jain
Pirohi By NB (New Delhi)
Pooja Bhayana Jain and her mother, the owners work by creating unique handmade goods featuring techniques of embroidery and pirohi. Replacing the cliche handkerchiefs which were previously used to cover the chooda, a bridal chooda cover is a new bridal accessory in town. Head over to her Instagram handle to know more about her products.
Hetal Desai and Lekhinee Desai
The Indian Ethnic Co. (Mumbai)
The Indian Ethnic Co. is a brand co-founded by the mother-daughter duo Hetal Desai and Lekhinee. From heritage handlooms like Akrajh, Bandhej, Bandhani, Kalamkari, Madhubani to Shibori and Mangalgiri, the brand has it all under one roof. They have a collection of sarees, kurtas, loungewear, blouses, dupattas, skirts and more. Scroll through the varieties of handlooms and shop from their website.
Ishana Passi
Spoonful Stories (Chandigarh)
Ishana Passi amidst the pandemic started the Spoonful Stories which is a brand for affordable vegan food. The brand has a variety of 14 homemade snacks that are completely gluten-free and vegan with no added sugar or preservatives. From cookies, granola, crackers and coolers, the brand is worth a try. You can shop for the products from their website.
Ella Garg
Yellow Marigold (Chandigarh)
Straight from the hills of Dehradun, Ella Garg launched Yellow Marigold. This aesthetically-pleasing brand has a collection of chic handcrafted tableware and serve ware. Focusing not just on functionality but also on presentation. This brand offers exquisite pieces that help define the home’s character and aesthetics. Shop for the products from their website.
