A Look Inside Sageborn: Billings Native Creates Skin Care Line That Balances Beauty With Nature
Published in Yellowstone Valley Woman Magazine Sept./Oct. 2021 Issue
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If you were to ask someone who creates beauty products how they were educated, they may tell of earning a bachelor’s in chemistry and joining a development team at a cosmetic company. Not so with Billings native Stephanie Bigart. Instead, she will tell you that her teachers were the Beartooth Mountains and the valleys underneath where native grasses, wildflowers, and sagebrush flourished. Her lessons did not stem from test tubes filled with indecipherable ingredients. Rather, they came from studying the connection between the simplicity and peace of nature and our own well-being. These lessons formed the genesis for her skin care company, Sageborn.
“I started Sageborn because I wholeheartedly believe that nature has enough to help us achieve vibrant skin and celebrate the real self,” she said. “My dedication is identifying the bare minimum, highest quality organic ingredients that yield specific skin care results without the use of chemicals.”
Her company was formed in 2014 with a line of formulas which rival the purity of the mountains from which they were created. Stephanie grew up exploring the outdoors and it is a passion that has never left her side. Being the youngest out of three siblings, her family often spent their weekends camping and fishing in the Beartooth Mountains.
“My dad was born and raised in Red Lodge and he took us to the same lakes and trails his dad had taken him to,” she explained. “We would walk through fields of flowers, and he would tell me their names. It was those experiences that gave me my first real connection to nature.”
She now lives on a ranch at the base of the Bridger Mountains with her husband, Justin and eight-year-old son, Wren. As a family they enjoy similar outdoor activities like she had growing up. Her father, Jim Orler, was a salesman and traveled around the state selling VCR’s, stereos and other audio equipment. Her mother, Dee, was also in sales and could be found stocking merchandise at the local Skaggs store.