The Flow Initiative

Ava Dean Beauty has partnered with The Flow Initiative to raise funds and awareness for this incredible organization.

The Flow Initiative's mission is to achieve menstrual equity for girls, women, and people who menstruate. Through programs, partnerships and policy, the mission comes to life and reinforces The Flow Initiative as a national leader in period poverty.

Our Spring and Summer 2022 Collections had a portion of the proceeds donated to this organization. We cannot wait to continue partnering with Eiko and Sabrina in 2023 to provide more awareness for this community!

Our Story

"Nail polish was this one subject that just continuously came back up. Obviously, I’ve been wearing polish for 20 years. It started probably in 1998, that was the first time I started wearing black nail polish and then Josh and I started talking. It just slowly but surely became this reality that hey, we should do this! And we CAN do this. Then, the real inspiration came from both of my girls." - AJ McLean

About AJ McLean

AJ McLean, not a stranger to the red carpet or stages around the world, can be found shining his brightest at home with his wife, Rochelle, and two daughters, Ava Jaymes and Lyric Dean.

His enthusiasm for nail polish dates back more than 20 years. So, naturally when the girls became of age to paint their nails, AJ jumped at the opportunity to have daddy-daughter time.

About Joshua Naranjo

Joshua Naranjo has jumped head first into the cosmetics industry when starting Ava Dean Beauty with AJ in 2016. After extensive product research, he and AJ launched the first products for Ava Dean Beauty in November 2020.