Founder Files
Makeup· Los Angeles, USA · Updated 14 May 2026

Tiila Abbitt

Former Sephora Director of Sustainability Tiila Abbitt founded ATHR Beauty (formerly Aether Beauty) in 2018 as the first fully recyclable, vegan, gluten-free crystal-charged eyeshadow palette — built from her insider view of what mass beauty packaging was leaving behind.

"I sat in the rooms where decisions about plastic were made. Then I built the alternative."

Tiila Abbitt
Background

Abbitt led sustainability strategy at Sephora before launching Aether Beauty in 2018 — later renamed ATHR Beauty — built around fully recyclable mono-material packaging and clean, vegan, cruelty-free formulas.

The brand pioneered the recyclable eyeshadow palette format and has become a frequent reference case for what 'circular' looks like inside colour cosmetics.

Philosophy

Sustainability is a structural design problem, not a content pillar.

Mono-material packaging or it didn't happen.

Career timeline
  • Pre-2018
    Director of Sustainability, Sephora
  • 2018
    Launches Aether Beauty
  • 2022
    Rebrands to ATHR Beauty
Press & appearances
  • Tiila Abbitt on Building Aether Beauty

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  • ATHR Beauty: FUTURE50

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    BeautyMatter
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