Arrington Gavin was born and raised in Chesapeake, VA. While Arrington was growing up, he developed facial hair at a young age. By the time Arrington was fourteen years old, he had a full beard. By the time he went to high school, Arrington had to battle with his private high school about his facial hair, which he won. The only time he was cleaned shaved was for his high school graduation. Soon after high school graduation, Arrington started growing his beard. Since Arrington has a passion for the human body, he always had a burning desire to help individuals accomplish their personal goals by living a healthy lifestyle through fitness and wellness. In 2017, Arrington graduated from Chowan University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Wellness, Recreation, and Sport. During college, Arrington began experimenting with various products. After examining some products, Arrington notice that the market was missing an all-natural ingredient products. Arrington is a huge advocate of natural products, especially face base products. Arrington started doing some research for the key ingredients for his beard in 2016, and began to share his findings with his family and friends. As months passed, Arrington discovered a significant difference with this beard. Arrington watched his beard evolve from dry and rough to soft, smooth, and manageable. The results of Arrington’s beard helped name his company, Rugged Evolution Beard Care. In August, 2017, Arrington launched his company with a goal of creating a beard care line of products that he could make available to other men of distinction. Fast forward to 2018, Rugged Evolution achieved major success. The company had a star-studded launch party and was chosen as a brand to watch in Essence Magazine’s December 2018 Gift Guide, the beard care line was ranked fourth for holiday gifts for men in the Essence Online Magazine. Currently, Rugged Evolution is located in four local retail stores, Walmart online, Amazon, We Buy Black, and Etsy. Not only is Arrington Gavin the CEO of Rugged Evolution, he has launched other businesses. In 2019, Arrington created the Rugged Evolution Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to serve the community with our time, talents and resources. The foundation partners with other local organizations to support causes that have a great impact on our local youth. Before the school year, the foundation donate schools supplies and necessary tools to provide for grade levels K-12 throughout Hampton Roads Virginia. Paving the way for tomorrow’s leaders through our contributions today. In 2020, Arrington created the R Smooth Club podcast, where everyday men discuss everyday topics. This year, Arrington launched Rugged Evo trucking company. 2021 has already proven it will be another awesome year. So look out for Rugged Evolution and its young CEO. Because as their slogan says, “Rugged IS the new Smooth”.