to buy this.’ I have weird skin,” she chuckled.
CreekBaby launched in February 2015.
The name was born after Duffy’s daughter, Olivia, was walking around the creek barefoot and wasn’t fazed by the rocks and pebbles on her bare feet.
“My dad looked at her and said, ‘She’s a creek baby.’ I felt like we are all creek babies — anyone who grew up in this area grew up exploring nature. We didn’t sit around watching TV, we were outside. That is what CreekBaby is. It’s exploring nontoxic ingredients,” Duffy said.
She produces organic unscented skincare and cosmetics.
“We are simple, safe and unscented,” Duffy said. “I wanted few ingredients, ingredients I could pronounce and unscented. That was really hard to find in organic skincare because a lot use essential oils, some are not good for pregnant women. “
Her line is small but growing. She is working on a lip and cheek tint that will come out soon; an SPF stick is in development.
“The SPF stick is a challenge. You have to have it manufactured in a drug manufacturing facility in order to claim SPF. There is a lot of process and initial investment to do that,” Duffy said.
Working for a major corporation and starting her own business are two different worlds, but she’s learned a lot.
Duffy is currently developing another brand of organic skincare that will be scented with plant based oils. To her surprise, her coconut oil skincare line, which was meant to moisturize, helped clear up her acne problems.
“My skin is amazing. I don’t have the breakouts I used to get,” Duffy said. “That has been a fun part of this business. It’s so rewarding when someone contacts me and says my product changed their life.”
For the gents — beard oil SUBMITTED
Ozark Beard Co. If your beard is dry or unruly, you may want to try beard oil.
And you won’t be alone.
Online searches for “beard oil” hit an all-time high in December 2015, increasing one hundredfold since 2012, according to stats from Google Trends.
Wylie McIntyre was searching for an affordable beard oil when he decided to make his own a few years ago.
“It started from me bring frugal,” he chuckled.
He crafted his own with natural oils like almond and argan. Once he
CreekBaby crafts personal care products our of all-natural ingredients.
was pleased with the oils, he decided to capitalize on his graphic design and marketing background, designed a few labels and in 2015 launched his own business: Ozark Beard Co. in West Fork, Arkansas.
“Beard oils have made more of a surge as beards become more popular,” McIntyre said. “A good beard oil will soften the beard and won’t make it as rough. We add vitamin E oil to ours so it conditions the skin and the hair.”
He uses all natural ingredients, has the labels printed locally and sources as many American
products as possible.
The hand crafted beard oils come in three scents and one unscented option and their popularity is surging.
Now the entrepreneur is working on moustache wax using beeswax from his own beehives.
“We want to be as natural and local as possible,” McIntyre said.
Homegrown Arkansas
If beard oil seems like an unusual product for a T-shirt company to carry, it is.
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