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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — After more than a decade of creating natural skin- and hair-care products for friends and family, New Rochelle resident, Lona Jacas-Gill, followed her passion and officially bottled her body products for the masses in 2012.
Baobab Spa (bay-o-bab) uses all natural ingredients and includes 11 nurturing formulas including Dead Sea Salt body scrubs, bath salts, body butters, aromatherapy sprays, scalp and hair moisturizers and even an all-natural yoga mat cleaner. New in 2015 is a fragrance-free baby line including bath gels, shea butters and skin oils.
Jacas-Gill named her company after the baobab tree which, in many cultures, is known as the Tree of Life and Positivity. “Baobab Spa relates to the baobab tree because we use only the purest ingredients and are dedicated to improving your life. We believe what you put on your skin is just as important as what you eat.” she explained.
All products are made in New Rochelle and are paraben-free, phthalates-free, free of sulfates and other harsh chemicals. “Everything is made with love.” she added.
And, thanks to Jacas-Gill’s marketing background — she worked for 18 years as vice president of marketing for three major banks — she knows her way around the business world and was able to sign on Whole Foods in the spring of 2014. Products are also sold online at www.BaobabSpa.com/.
She says she’s now product designer, marketing and sales director, as well as the delivery person, but the tremendous amount of love and support from her family and friends helps as she pushes her business to the next level.
As to where she hopes to be in five years? “I want every adult to appreciate and accept my products as the final piece of healthy living that they can actually see and feel for generations to come. When creating products, I keep the men, women and children suffering with sensitive skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, and cracked hands and feet paramount in my mind.”