I was bored of being a product, both physically and mentally. I'm sure we are all aware by the countless news headlines that half of what we eat is rubbish and how times are changing towards eating better and consuming fewer products.

But what about what we put on our skin? Sure lots of ingredients; when you list them sound crazy, I mean, even listing the chemicals in a banana can read like madness but do we really know what we're washing with? I've always thought less is more, and as I said in my first story, sometimes what felt like a step forward for my acne was a step back for the rest of my skin.

They say necessity is the mother of invention, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, necessity took over for many of us. Myself included. We Ended up getting creative and using our skill sets to their full potential in new and innovative ways. It was tech help and Handyman work that kept me going while my primary career as a photographer was, by law, on hold.

However, everything I was doing was a service-based business, which not only took a toll on myself and thus my work elsewhere. Something had to change. I decided I wanted, needed, in fact, a product-based business—one where I was not the product itself.

It was simple, Soap! Scaleable, creative, crafty, techy (with all the chemistry fun). It was a perfect idea and challenge for my creative mind.