Meet founder Marissa Carter
The eldest of eight children, Marissa grew up being taught by her parents that hard work, tenacity and a kind spirit would take her as far in life as she wanted to go.
In 2012 the Brand Cocoa Brown came to life! That year, Marissa gave birth to her first child in March – Charlie, and when he was about three weeks old, she had a spray tan done. She slept with the tan on her skin overnight as was required for the solution to develop on her skin and when she woke up, she was beautifully bronzed but so too was her baby boy! He had slept beside her in the bed and the tan had transferred onto his skin. It was then that Marissa decided to work with a team of cosmetic chemists to create the world’s first 1 HOUR TAN, a tan that didn’t need to develop overnight. Later that year, in November, Cocoa Brown 1 HOUR TAN hit shelves in Ireland and was a sell-out success.