{"id":411030,"date":"2023-09-18T17:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frontporchalabama.com\/magazine\/retailer-spotlight-kate-zills-with-made-simple-living\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:33:48","slug":"retailer-spotlight-kate-zills-with-made-simple-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frontporchalabama.com\/magazine\/retailer-spotlight-kate-zills-with-made-simple-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop Spotlight: Kate Zills with Made Simple Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frontporchalabama.com\/vendor\/madesimpleliving\/\">Made Simple Living<\/a>, one of the beauty and skincare retailers on Front Porch Alabama, specializes in clean, green, and natural products for your skin. An environmental engineer turned skincare entrepreneur, Kate knows firsthand how damaging the chemicals found in traditional skincare products can be to your skin and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her search for better products was the impetus behind <a href=\"https:\/\/frontporchalabama.com\/vendor\/madesimpleliving\/\">Made Simple Living<\/a> in Hoover, Ala., which began in 2019 carrying 15 of the best clean beauty brands on the market. Her initial success led her to develop her own line of handmade skincare products in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b99b73-ee .kt-block-spacer{height:45px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b99b73-ee .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:var(--global-palette1, #3182CE);width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_b99b73-ee\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id_41e55f-e5 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id_41e55f-e5 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id_41e55f-e5 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_73ce69-2d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_73ce69-2d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_73ce69-2d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_73ce69-2d\">\u201cI left engineering to chase after my dream of bringing you the best in clean and effective products. I believe you don&#8217;t have to sacrifice performance for clean products,\u201d says Kate. \u201cThrough my career as an environmental engineer, I realized just how damaging certain chemicals can be to us and to our environment. I dove into the world of clean beauty, but quickly became frustrated with the amount of knowledge required to find products with ingredients I actually wanted to apply on my skin.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_ec6ed5-fc .kt-block-spacer{height:45px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_ec6ed5-fc .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:var(--global-palette1, #3182CE);width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_ec6ed5-fc\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When you shop Made Simple Living products on Front Porch, you can rest assured that you are buying clean and conscious products that deliver results. It is Kate\u2019s goal to take the guesswork, inconvenience, and stress out of incorporating sustainable, quality products into your daily routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy ultimate goal is to help you live a conscious, intentional life in confidence,\u201d Kate adds. \u201cFront Porch Alabama helps me reach a wider audience through its state-wide reach. 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