Official Biography
Janet Milner-Walker is the founder and managing director of Bespoke Advantage, and of BeautytoLife. She is also an international speaker, a trusted advisor, a coach, and a freelance writer. She is often invited to speak at industry events, she guest lectures at universities and she writes on behalf of several publications on the topics of beauty, wellness, trends, business and how to launch a brand in the beauty industry. As a leading authority in the industry, her expertise is built around her ability to support and shine a light on brands that are truly creating products to be talked about.
Bespoke Advantage is a beauty brand consultancy, working with clients based internationally. Their client base includes award-winning beauty and wellness brands, retailers, investors and trade bodies amongst others.
BeautytoLife is a beauty accelerator program, led by Janet and expert guest businesses to educate and empower beauty entrepreneurs from around the world in how to develop and bring their brands to market. This is delivered online as group masterclasses over a period of 3-months and past students have included make-up artists, product development managers and mother and daughter teams building a business together.
As an industry expert in her former corporate career Janet developed and launched brands for blue-chip companies including Marks & Spencer, Boots, Body Shop, Crabtree and Evelyn, Harvey Nichols. Over the years, Janet has also worked with numerous start-ups. Janet is available to comment, contribute to articles, speak on all matters related to beauty, wellness, business and how to launch a brand in the beauty industry.