Nic Taylor is the founder of 47 Skin, a rapidly growing skincare brand that sells a product every 30 seconds and is the only brand using the power of Silver Chitoderm™ to target blemishes and scarring. It ranges from daily moisturiser, silver mask, anti-blemish and scar repair, to every cleanser and sunscreen repair cream among many other amazing products.

The brand was named the fastest-growing skincare brand in the UK by the Sunday Times 100 in 2024 and recently launched in 200 Boots stores nationwide and online. Within just one week of launching at Boots, their best-seller, the 47 Skin Treatment Serum, was outperforming well-known classics, ranking 17th in the best-selling serum category and becoming the 6th best-selling brand on its second day.

The journey behind 47 Skin began when Nic struggled with acne for over 10 years and nearly lost hope. Everything changed when his grandmother gave him a product containing Silver Chitoderm™, which not only cleared his skin in days but also offered the sought-after skincare benefits of hydration, plumping, and regeneration. In 2018, Nic partnered with the scientist behind the formula to launch 47 Skin, aiming to spread awareness of Silver Chitoderm™ and build a skin-positive community.

“The way it’s bonded together is what makes Silver Chitoderm® so powerful. The muco-adhesive, sticky Chitoderm® captures the blemish-causing bacteria, and the Silver kills it. It’s the ultimate combination for stopping blemishes in its tracks.”

He was determined to find the people behind this wonder product, so others could experience the same results. It took Nic over a year to track down the scientists. He originally thought they were in the USA, but eventually realised they were much, much closer to home.

When his search finally led him to Yorkshire, he and the scientists quickly partnered up, patented the formula, and set up 47 Skin to share this life-changing silver bullet for blemishes with the world. “It was here, in the beautiful rolling Yorkshire countryside, that our revolution in skincare began. Admittedly, at first, entirely by accident. A team of water purification scientists were hard at work. They’d had an idea. They knew silver was antibacterial, and they knew Chitoderm™ was sticky. So they decided to bond silver and Chitoderm™ together in a new way, to create a gluey, anti-bacterial substance that could sit in filters to remove bacteria from water.” Nic said.

Since then, Silver Chitoderm has transformed the skin and confidence of hundreds of thousands of people, and the accolades have flown in from the likes of Vogue, Tatler and GQ. From a failed water filtration experiment to a revolutionary new skincare brand, the story of 47 Skin has only just begun.

Today, the brand has transformed the skin and confidence of thousands of customers, attracting over 500,000 clients and achieving an impressive annual sales growth of 99.38% over the past three years.

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