Our Story
High Performance, Clean, Cruelty Free, Non-Chemical,Non-Toxic, Reef Safe, SPF 50, Made in the USA
Our brand prides itself on connecting wellness with beauty by using the purest, pharmaceutical grade ingredients that contain NO dyes, oils, talc, fragrance, or parabens.
Our products are ideal for all skin tones and types, especially sensitive and acne prone. The high performance formulas cover, correct, protect, heal, restore, calm, and hydrate while transforming and revealing a natural, youthful, radiant, long-wearing look.
Clean makeup before it was a thing
Founded in 1993
Headquartered in Los Angeles, La Bella Donna was founded in 1993 by style conscious mother and daughter team Kathy and Nicole Tracy, as a healthy alternative to traditional makeup.
Pioneers of mineral-based cosmetics in the United States, La Bella Donna was originally introduced in premier destination resorts and day spas. Dermatologists and plastic surgeons recommend it for post-operation coverage and for women with sensitive, problem or allergy prone skin.
Today, La Bella Donna products are available nationwide at destination resorts, hotels, med spas, dermatologists, full service salons, skin centers, and day spas.
The Women Behind La Bella Donna
Kathy Tracy
La Bella Donna Cosmetics co-founder Kathy Tracy, who runs the company's Los Angeles office, is a walking testimonial for her products. She credits La Bella Donna's signature product - Loose Mineral Foundation. "I never go out without my minerals," explains Kathy, who has always been in the public eye. The New York native, a former model, continued to work sporadically while raising her two children (son; David and daughter, La Bella Donna co-founder Nicole Tracy) in Los Angeles. "I've always been involved in fashion. After David was born, I wanted to have flexibility, so I made the transition from modeling to wardrobe consulting, which evolved into image consulting. I worked for private clients and for corporations and I needed to look good - it was my business. But I started to have trouble with makeup. I have sensitive skin and I'm of Italian descent, which means that I have an unusual skin tone.
At the same time, Nicole, who was in college, was modeling and developed adult acne. Their personal makeup challenges led the mother-daughter team to develop a foundation to meet their own high standards: no known irritants; superior, long-lasting coverage; colour that stays true; appropriate and beneficial for all ages and skin types (Kathy and Nicole have very different skin complexions). The result, La Bella Donna Loose Mineral Foundation, launched in 1994, has made them pioneers in the mineral makeup movement.
The Women Behind La Bella Donna
Nicole Tracy-Arranaga
Nicole Tracy doesn't have to worry about acne any more. Although the co-founder of La Bella Donna Cosmetics currently spends more time behind a desk running a national cosmetics company than in front of a camera, she and her mother, Kathy, remain La Bella Donna's best advertisements.
"Between my mother - who had her own problems with makeup - and me, we had drawers full of makeup we couldn't wear because of all the FD&C dyes, oil or alcohol, talc, fragrance and preservatives," says Nicole, who joined forces with Kathy in 1994 to develop a makeup formula that worked for both of them.
"We especially wanted to bridge the gap between wellness and beauty; we didn't set out to create a 'natural' makeup, because those don't necessarily give you the coverage you need in shades close to your own skin tone," she explains.
A savvy businesswoman, Nicole, who grew up in Los Angeles, relocated to her native New York in 1998 to establish an East Coast presence for La Bella Donna. She developed the line while completing her studies at the University of Southern California, from which she received a B.S. degree in Communications and Business. Nicole currently resides in Los Angeles,California with her husband and two children.
Bridging the gap between wellness and sophisticated beauty.
We Provide a Natural Alternative to Chemical Makeup
We are a natural alternative to chemical makeup in order to ensure the health of the skin as well as the body. Our skin is our largest breathing organ and everything we put on it is filtered through the liver just like the food that we eat. We do not want to absorb chemicals into our bodies. La Bella Donna Minerals can be worn by people with immune deficiency diseases.
Aestheticians apply La Bella Donna at the end of the facial and plastic surgeons and dermatologists use after all treatments, including post-op laser.
4 Simple Ingredients
Our four core ingredients are natural minerals with a near ZERO allergy rate
No Fillers. No Mica.
We do not use fillers in our products. No Mica, No Corn Starch, No Boron Nitride
All Skin Tones & Types
Cover, correct, heal, and protect better than chemical cosmetic ingredients
Micro-Pulverized Minerals
Pure, pharmaceutical grade minerals - no dyes, oils, talc, fragrance, or parabens
Made in the USA
High Performance, Clean, Cruelty Free, Non-Chemical, Non-Toxic, Reef Safe