20.05.12
For sufferers of skin afflictions, finding the right salve, lotion, cream or balm can be a challenge.
Silver Spring resident Sara Damelio had problem skin and found that available remedies caused uncomfortable reactions, so she created her own all-natural formulation, Combat-Ready Balm.
Patch sat down with the Silver Spring entrepreneur to learn more about her company Skincando .
Patch: Tell us a bit about how Combat-Ready Balm came to be.
Sara Damelio: I had problem skin, and found that I reacted to traditional skin care products. In the late 1990s, there were no natural skin care products readily available. I researched extensively and found out that most available lotions contained toxic preservatives, ones that people with sensitive skin were reacting to. So, I decided to make my own, and started giving them out as gifts to friends and family.
Patch: Creating skin care cream isn’t like making cookie dough, how did you learn what to use?
Source: Patch.com