Shahnaz Husain is the only one who dared pave her own path, standing as an epitome of a trailblazer she forged ahead an independent life and made a name for herself in the beauty industry that transformed the perception of people all over the world.

Shahnaz Husain is the first woman in 107 years to receive the prestigious World’s Greatest Entrepreneur Award from New York-based Success magazine. The one who got invited by the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management as a key speaker to share her inputs regarding her entrepreneurial journey. Her passion for Ayurveda, advocating plant-based products revolutionized the skincare industry and highlighted Ayurveda on global level. She is the one to have gained influence world-wide for proving that nature is full of herbs that has cure for all the ailments.

Shahnaz’s Rich Heritage

Shahnaz Husain comes from prestigious background of legal luminaries; her father Chief Justice Nasir Ullah Beg. Her grandfather was Justice Samiullah Beg, a politician and Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court, and her uncle was Mirza Hameedullah Beg, the former Chief Justice of India. She owes her lover of books and discipline to her rich heritage. However, her father became the source of her inspiration when it comes to guidance, she learned a lot that provided her with strength, wisdom and the ability to forge her path ahead without giving up. To her father she owes her strength that keeps her pushing to do better, also the fact that she learned very early in her life that serving the humanity at large should be the purpose of a human life.

An Impactful Event in Shahnaz’s Life

It was at the time when Shahnaz was a student seeking training in western cosmetology where she witnessed a firsthand incident that changed her perception and turned her life around. On learning how her classmate’s mother a professional model went blind after using chemical kajal in her eye, Shahnaz realised how detrimental chemical products are to the skin and health of individuals. Her perception changed as she began seeking solutions that were free of chemicals, something based on nature and safe for human body.

Shahnaz Husain discovered Ayurveda, delved deep in its principles, precious herbs that served as ultimate solution to every ailment. The fact that its application is safe on the skin and body, she began formulating products with the foundation of ‘Care and Cure’ as her Ayurveda product line.

Driven by passion Shahnaz started her journey and pioneered Ayurveda formulations. It was in year 1971 when she first opened her herbal clinic in India where exclusive clients often approached her for nature-based treatments related to skin and hair. She would provide handmade concoctions formulated with precious herbs, botanical extracts, flower essence and essential oils.

“I sold India’s 3000-year-old civilization in a jar”.

Shahnaz Husain’s Herbal Care & Cure Solutions

A visionary like Shahnaz Husain understood the application of ayurveda and its ancient principles deployed as solutions. Pioneering Ayurveda formulated products at the State-of-the-art manufacturing and R&D units is one of the key drivers of her great conglomerate Shahnaz Husain Group. Her passion project is driven by her need to perfection, wherein she ensures that each botanical ingredient is ethically sourced from organic farmlands. Fast forward to modern times, the group has evolved over 380 Ayurvedic products for herbal beauty and health care.

The Group an edge in the sophisticated formulation of products:

Herbal Range: Hair products and beauty products.

Flower Botanic Range: Hair-conditioning powder, Henna powder, moisturiser, rejuvenating mask, hair conditioning lotion, and nourishing cream

Stem Cell Range: Veda Pharma Plant Stem Cell Skin Beautifying Mask, Plant Stem Cell Skin Redensifying Serum, and Plant Stem Cell Skin Renewal Cream

Gold Range: Gold Plus Skin Radiance Gel, Gold Plus Beautifying Mask, Moisturising Cream Plus, Gold Plus Skin Radiance Gel and Gold Scrub

Pearl Range: Precious Pearl Mask Plus, Precious Pearl White Plus Cream, Pearl Scrub Plus

Platinum Range: Platinum Ultimate Cellular Skin Recharge Mask, Platinum Ultimate Cellular Skin Recharge Complex

World Wide Influence of Shahnaz Husain

The Washington Post referred to Shahnaz Husain as “India’s Beauty Ambassador” for her significant contributions to promoting India’s image abroad through her herbal beauty care products and Ayurveda. The prestigious publication recognised her work for formulating herbal products through deployment of ancient texts, introducing Ayurveda to the modern world, combining it with scientific research and proven results.

Shahnaz’s herbal formulations achieved record-breaking cosmetic sales at London’s Selfridges store, selling out her entire consignment in three days in 1980 and then later on setting a new record in 2011 with single transaction of over £4,334, this proved her growing Ayurveda products influence in the international market.

Shahnaz’s achievements and her global influence highlighting Ayurveda and India on the beauty map were all achieved with no traditional means of advertisement, but sheer determination, passion and authenticity of her herbal products that speak for itself.

Another significant achievement at Galeries Lafayette in Paris showcased her herbal care products featured in the store’s 18-foot shop window, Shahnaz became the first Asian woman to ever reach the significant milestone.

Shahnaz Husain was invited as a guest lecturer at Harvard for addressing the students on business strategy and entrepreneurship, to lecture on how without the use of any traditional advertisement or influencer marketing her brand stands strong in the beauty market with global influence. Impressed by her unique business approach and strategy, she got included a Case Sturdy at Harvard in Emerging Markets.

Awarded with several prestigious international awards and recognition for her brand influence, her products have received Quality Excellence Awards in London, Geneva, Cannes, Paris and New York. With a successful track record of five decades.

Receiving the “World’s Greatest Woman Entrepreneur” award from Success Magazine in 1996, Shahnaz Husain became the first woman in 107 years to receive this honour.

Present day the SHAHNAZ HUSAIN GROUP is a leading Ayurvedic Company with 50 years of excellence, holding relevance to modern day trend of holistic lifestyle and wellness amongst the youth believing in using natural ingredients. It is imperative to say that Shahnaz Husain is not only a pioneer in Ayurveda but the first of her kind to lay the very foundation of holistic lifestyle when using chemical products were a norm. She is indeed an epitome of herbal revolution that people are witnessing in modern day as Ayurveda products, holding significance to current day demands of consumers looking for products that are formulated with natural ingredients.