Our Story: From Frustration to Innovation
Penilopee La Rosa never set out to reinvent the beauty world - but life had other plans.
After an injury sidelined her from exercise during pregnancy, Penilopee watched her body change in ways she couldn’t control. By her 40s, she was battling sagging skin and stubborn cellulite that no creams, treatments, or remedies could fix. While others confidently wore shorts and skirts, she felt trapped behind capris, hiding her legs and her frustration.
Then one day, she noticed something: when she gently lifted the skin on her thighs, the cellulite all but disappeared. It was a breakthrough moment. She reached for duct tape to hold the lift - an effective fix, but one that left her skin raw and irritated.
Most people would’ve stopped there. Penilopee didn’t.
Instead, she spent the next year working with adhesive experts to create a safe, skin-friendly solution that could lift and smooth without pain. The result? A patented, dermatologist-tested skin tape that works invisibly under clothing and holds all day long - without irritation.
What began as a personal fix became a complete line of targeted body solutions. Today, Skinnies Instant Lifts offers patented tapes for eight specific areas, helping women everywhere feel confident in their own skin - no surgery, no gimmicks, just results.
Message from the Inventor
Skinnies are made to help you feel best in your own skin. They are worn by Celebrities, Princesses, Soccer Moms, and everyone in between.
We all have little areas where we would like a lift, or a tuck, and short of surgery there were just no solutions. So, this is a simple, easy way to help you feel comfortable and give you the freedom to wear whatever you want, whenever you want. We want to eliminate that feeling of being self conscious about your body.
When you feel good in your own skin, it's easy to forget about yourself, and help others. "We lift you, so you can lift them."
Our patented design lifts and tucks the excess skin into a center pocket where it can rest all day without feeling pinched. In doing so, it makes your skin appear tight and firm. We have helped hundreds of thousands of women around the world, and I hope we help you, too.
Founder / Inventor
