Where should I start?
Three boys, a husband who travels for business all the time
(about 50%) and working on having my start up business grow.
Yep a start up business.
How the business came to be was more of an epiphany
Back in 2005 my oldest son was 1yr old. He had this rash on
the back of his knees and inside of his elbows. I was on a mission to find a
cream that would clear the rash. Of course it would go away for some time and
then come back after the skin got used to the new baby cream or lotion. Yeah
and the doctor also prescribed the steroids creams.
Fast-forward 3 yrs and 2 more kids. In 2008 the rash was
still there.
Aaaaahhhhhh.
Then my little one at about 6 months started having the same
rash. Was worse too.
I had to act fast.
On a mission to find anything that will work. Nothing.
Urgh!!! they just took my money.
So what does a desperate mom do?
Aha!!
Make my own stuff. Seriously this is not me.
Took all the baby creams and lotions I had. Wrote down all
the ingredients, and then researched all of them (will share them in futureJ). Mom on a mission!
I cannot believe how ignorant and uneducated about what I
was putting on my kids skin.
(Sigh)
Next step.
Started reading about the ingredients the “high end” products
were telling us were good for us. You know shea butter, cacao butter, jojoba
oil, Zinc Oxide for sun protection and a few others.
Yeah this can be done.
Buy the stuff I needed and try to make something to get rid
of the rash.
Hmmm
This mom made magic happen in the kitchen.
I was a cook on a mission. Melting, mixing and swirling.
Never ending.
Then something. Used on the boys. The rash just seemed to
disappear.
I was on to something.
Gave it to friends (testers). They loved it. That was crazy
wanting to test an unknown product. But I guess if I was using it on my kids it
was okay.
But it was not market ready.
Now the long road to the market begins.
Agnes Mwangi
