A Ridgeline Skin customer in the forest
Ridgeline Skin

Ridgeline Skin

Skincare from the forest not the lab.

AINA Brands portfolio company · Direct-to-consumer launch

About

Ridgeline Skin is a clean men's skincare brand built around real Hinoki cypress from Japan's Kiso Valley. Four products cover a complete routine — cleanser, moisturizer, body wash, and shampoo — with no synthetic fragrance and no SLS.

Hinoki has been used in Japanese bathing rituals for over a thousand years: it calms skin, works against the bacteria behind breakouts, and carries the scent of a forest after rain. Ridgeline sources from a single Kiso Mountain valley where trees grow for 300 years before a bottle is filled.

Product

Ridgeline Skin starter kit with all four productsRidgeline Skin face cleanser on a mossy stone

Face Cleanser

Hinoki · Aloe · Green Tea

$42

Daily Moisturizer

Hinoki · Squalane · HA

$58

Body Wash

Hinoki · Coconut · Aloe

$36

Shampoo

Hinoki · Biotin · Panthenol

$38

The full four-product starter kit is $148.

Key milestones

Complete

Four Hinoki formulas developed with no synthetic fragrance or SLS

Complete

Single-source Hinoki cypress supply from the Kiso Valley, Japan

In progress

Direct-to-consumer store with starter kit and singles

Planned

Subscription refills and specialty retail distribution

Financial overview

Pricing

$148 starter kit · $36–$58 singles

Revenue

Not disclosed

Capital invested

Not disclosed

Unit economics

Not disclosed

Detailed financial information is available to approved investors when provided.