Lauren Bowker is widely regarded as one of the greatest thinkers and innovators in beauty of our time. As a Material Alchemist Lauren founded the T H E U N S E E N in 2014, with the curiosity to explore and the ambition of applying material science to improve lives. Since then, she has taken her revolutionary transformative compounds to the epicentre of fashion, industry, and society, collaborating with a variety of high-profile global brands and organisations from Virgin Galactic to the NHS. Her work has been exhibited worldwide and has inspired material innovation and user experience in the automotive, aeronautics, technology, healthcare, retail, fashion, textiles, and beauty sectors.

In February 2017, Lauren released F I R E, the world’s first colour-changing hair dye that responds to the environment, receiving more than 80m views online in the hours after its unveiling, and in 2021 launched T H E U N S E E N Beauty with the vision of becoming the forefront of intelligent beauty by offering true innovation in the beauty industry.

Lauren is an ambassador for STEM, a spokes person for climate activitsm for the UN and on the board of The British Beauty Council, helping to bring about transformation and innovation in the beauty industry. As T H E U N S E E N, Lauren is a curious person that sets out to explore the unseen.