You Heard It Here First
Bustle speaks to the hair care founder.
Two years ago,Khalyla Kuhnexperienced a very public (and very brutal) breakup.
Namely, she spent hours a day free diving AKA descending the deep blue on a single breath.
The internet sort of rained down on me, says Kuhn over Zoom.
They needed a villain, and I was that villain I had nowhere to go.
The positive, of course, was that the water allowed her to free her mind.
The downside, however, was that her long hair took a beating.
What Kuhn never imagined, though was that these samples would be really, really good.
Here, she tells Bustle all about how the line came to be.
I split my time between California and Hawaii now, but I’m actually originally from the Philippines.
I lived very adjacent to the ocean and was a competitive swimmer.
Then I got a full ride to a Division I school, so I swam collegiately as well.
When my competitive career was over, I started free diving and spearfishing.
It was kind of this accidental thing, but thats the genesis of EBB.
The products have a more subtle scent thats calming but slightly energizing.
Its a combination of yuzu, moss, and shiso thats very pretty and light and feels totally unisex.
It’s always in my purse.
If it’s a short dive, I just let it be free.
I had always envisioned EBB as not just a one-product thing.
That’s sort of the bigger picture around Ebb.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
