About Jillian and COLE Skin & Supplements

Hello, I’m Jillian. I’m the creator of COLE Skin & Supplements.

I’m a recent cancer recoverer (I am presently cancer free as of December 7th, 2023 after a couple months of chemo/radiation treatments for Stage 3C cervical cancer), lover of learning and mega Human Design fan.

I first created COLE in 2020 while I was living in Nova Scotia, practicing as a Naturopathic Doctor. I had a focus on skin, particularly aging and acne using a whole-body, functional medicine approach. Naturally as a practitioner with a focus on skin, I began being asked more often about topical skincare products and quickly realized I didn’t know as much about topicals as I thought I did. So I started going down a wormhole to educate myself and patients as much as I could.

And…the more I learned about skincare - the ingredients as well as their relationship with our skin physiology, the less I wanted to use or recommend what was already out there.

I felt like I had to make it myself…so I did.

By April 2022 I had created and launched the complete COLE topical skincare line, to join the ingestible beauty supplements that were already available on the shop.

I’m a nomadic soul and have lived in a few different provinces since I first created COLE in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. From Saint John, New Brunswick to Montreal, Quebec to Southampton and Port Elgin, Ontario - COLE has had a few different homes around Eastern Canada!

My favourite product to make (yes, I make all the products myself in my skincare lab, except for the supplements of course - those need to be manufactured in a facility) is the Omega Cleansing Balm! It’s so incredible to see cosmetic chemistry at its finest, when the oils start to form into that beautiful balm texture.

My favourite product to use is…all of them (ha!). But if I had to choose, I love the TIGHT Firming Body Crème - it’s got such a glorious, buttery texture that sinks into the skin so beautifully.

Education and Certifications (Relevant To What I Do Today)

Bachelor of Arts and Science - Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, Cognitive Neuropsychology (2009)

Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (2013)

Yoga Teacher Training (200HR - 2017)

Formula Botanica Product Formulating and Advanced Product Formulating Program Participant (2021)

Certified Pastiche Skin Diagnostician (Corneotherapy - 2022)

Natural Nutrition - Clinical Practitioner (NNCP - 2023)