Diaries za Ntchito: Kumanani ndi Tina Hedges, Woyambitsa LOLI Beauty, Zero Waste Skincare Brand

Kupanga mtundu wopanda zinyalala, wachilengedwe, wokhazikika wokhazikika kuyambira pachiyambi si ntchito yophweka, koma apanso, Tina Hedges amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuthana ndi zovuta zazikulu pantchito yokongola. Anayamba ntchito yake yogwira ntchito kuseri kwa kauntala monga wogulitsa mafuta onunkhiritsa ndipo adayenera kukwera masitepe. “Pamene anakwanitsa” sizinam’tengere nthawi kuti azindikire kuti izi si zimene ankayenera kuchita. Ndipo kotero, mwachidule, ndimomwe LOLI Kukongola kunabadwira, kutanthauza Living Organic Loving Ingredients. 

Patsogolo pake, tidakumana ndi a Hedges kuti tiphunzire zambiri za zinthu zodzikongoletsera zomwe zimachokera ku ziro, komwe zosakaniza zokhazikika zimachokera, ndi chilichonse chokhudza LOLI Beauty.  

Munayamba bwanji ntchito yokongola? 

Ntchito yanga yoyamba pantchito yokongola inali kugulitsa mafuta onunkhira ku Macy's. Nditangomaliza maphunziro awo ku koleji ndipo ndinakumana ndi pulezidenti watsopano wa Christian Dior Perfumes. Anandipatsa ntchito yotsatsa malonda ndi mauthenga, koma ananenanso kuti ndiyenera kuthera nthawi yanga ndikugwira ntchito kuseri kwa kauntala. Panthawiyo, malonda a e-commerce sanali abwino kwa malonda, kotero iye anali ndi malingaliro oyenera. Kuti mupambane pa malonda a zodzoladzola, kunali kofunika kuphunzira kusinthasintha kwa malonda pa malonda - kulowa mu nsapato za akatswiri odzikongoletsa. Inali imodzi mwa ntchito zovuta kwambiri zomwe ndidakhalapo nazo pantchito yokongoletsa. Pambuyo pa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ndikugulitsa mafuta onunkhiritsa a amuna a Fahrenheit, ndinalandira mabaji anga ndipo ndinapatsidwa ntchito mu ofesi yotsatsa malonda ndi mauthenga ya ku New York.

Kodi mbiri ya LOLI Kukongola ndi chiyani ndipo idakulimbikitsani kuti muyambitse kampani yanu?

Patatha pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri ndikugwira ntchito yokongola - zonse zokongola komanso zoyambira - ndinali ndi mantha pa thanzi langa komanso vuto lachidziwitso. Kuphatikiza kwazinthu izi kunanditsogolera ku lingaliro la LOLI Kukongola. 

Ndinali ndi vuto linalake la thanzi - zachilendo, kusamvana kodzidzimutsa ndi kuyamba kwa kusamba koyambirira. Ndinakaonana ndi akatswiri osiyanasiyana, kuyambira mankhwala achi China mpaka ku Ayurveda, ndipo ndinatsala opanda kalikonse. Zinandipangitsa kuti ndiime ndikuganiza za zodzoladzola zapoizoni ndi mankhwala zomwe ndakhala ndikuziphimbidwa mutu mpaka chala pantchito yanga. Kupatula apo, khungu lanu ndiye chiwalo chanu chachikulu kwambiri ndipo limatenga zomwe mumagwiritsa ntchito pamutu.

Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, ndinayamba kuganizira mozama za bizinesi yaikulu ya kukongola ndi zimene ndinaperekapo m’zaka zanga zonse za ntchito yotsatsa malonda. M'malo mwake, ndidathandizira kugulitsa ogula mabotolo ambiri apulasitiki opakidwanso ndi zitini zodzaza ndi madzi 80-95%. Ndipo ngati mukugwiritsa ntchito madzi kupanga chophikira, muyenera kuwonjezera mlingo waukulu wa mankhwala opangira kupanga mapangidwe, mitundu, ndi zokometsera, ndiyeno muyenera kuwonjezera zotetezera kuti asiye kukula kwa bakiteriya. Izi zili choncho chifukwa nthawi zambiri munayamba ndi madzi. Ndi zidutswa za 192 biliyoni zonyamula kuchokera kumakampani okongola zomwe zimatha kutayidwa chaka chilichonse, kulongedza pulasitiki kwambiri ndi vuto ku thanzi la dziko lathu lapansi.

Chifukwa chake, zochitika ziwirizi zolumikizana zidandipangitsa kukhala ndi mphindi ya "aha" yomwe idandipangitsa kudzifunsa: bwanji osawononga botolo ndikuwononga kukongola kuti ndipereke yankho lokhazikika, loyera komanso lothandiza pakhungu? Umu ndi momwe LOLI idakhalira mtundu woyamba padziko lonse wa ziro zinyalala zodzikongoletsera. 

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Kodi mungafotokoze tanthauzo la ziro ziro?

Sitingowononga momwe timapezera, kupanga ndi kupanga zinthu zathu zapakhungu, tsitsi ndi thupi. Timapeza zopangira zakudya zapamwamba zobwezerezedwanso, ndikuziphatikiza kuti zikhale zamphamvu, zopanda madzi zopangira zinthu zambiri pakhungu, tsitsi ndi thupi, ndikuziyika muzinthu zobwezerezedwanso, zobwezerezedwanso, zogwiritsidwanso ntchito komanso zopangira manyowa m'munda. Ntchito yathu ndikulimbikitsa kusintha kwa kukongola koyera komanso kozindikira ndipo ndife onyadira kuti posachedwapa talandira Mphotho Yokongola ya CEW ya Kupambana Kwambiri mu Sustainability.

Kodi chovuta chachikulu chomwe mumakumana nacho ndi chiyani mukayesa kukhazikitsa mtundu wa kukongola kopanda zinyalala? 

Ngati mukuyesera kuti mukwaniritse ntchito yotaya ziro, zopinga zazikulu ziwiri zomwe muyenera kuthana nazo ndikupeza zosakaniza zokhazikika komanso zoyika. Pali "kutsuka kosatha" kochuluka komwe kumachitika ndi ogulitsa. Mwachitsanzo, ma brand ena amagwiritsa ntchito machubu apulasitiki opangidwa ndi bio ndikulengeza ngati njira yokhazikika. Machubu opangidwa ndi bio amapangidwa ndi pulasitiki, ndipo ngakhale amatha kuwonongeka, sizitanthauza kuti ndi otetezeka padziko lapansi. Ndipotu, amamasula ma microplastics mu chakudya chathu. Timagwiritsa ntchito zotengera zamagalasi zomwe zimatha kudzazidwa ndi chakudya komanso zolemba ndi matumba oyenera kompositi yam'munda. Pankhani ya zosakaniza, timagwira ntchito mwachindunji ndi Fair Trade, alimi okhazikika padziko lonse lapansi kukonza zosakaniza kuchokera ku chakudya chamagulu. Zitsanzo zathu ziwiri plum elixir, seramu ya superfood yopangidwa ndi mafuta obwezerezedwanso a French plum kernel ndi athu Mtedza wowotchedwa, mankhwala osungunuka bwino opangidwa kuchokera ku mafuta ambewu ya mtedza wopangidwa kuchokera ku Senegal. 

Kodi mungatiuzeko pang'ono za zosakaniza zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zanu?

Timagwira ntchito ndi minda ndi mabungwe padziko lonse lapansi kuti tipeze zakudya zopatsa thanzi, zoyera komanso zamphamvu. Izi zikutanthauza kuti sitingogwiritsa ntchito zopangira zoyengedwa kwambiri, zodzikongoletsera zomwe zimataya mphamvu komanso thanzi lawo. Zosakaniza zathu sizimayesedwa pa nyama (monga zinthu zathu), ndizopanda GMO, vegan komanso organic. Ndife okondwa kukhala oyamba kupeza zakudya zapadera zomwe zimatayidwa ndikupeza zomwe zitha kukhala zothandiza pakusamalira khungu - monga mafuta a plum mu athu. plum elixir.

Kodi mungatiuze zakusamalira khungu lanu?

Ndikukhulupirira kuti gawo lofunika kwambiri lachizoloŵezi chanu chosamalira khungu, makamaka ngati muli ndi ziphuphu, mafuta, kapena nkhawa za ukalamba, ndikuyeretsa koyenera. Izi zikutanthauza kupewa zotsuka zokhala ndi sopo zomwe zingasokoneze khungu lanu losakhwima la pH-acid. Zomwe mumagwiritsa ntchito zoyeretsa zoyeretsera, khungu lanu lidzakhala lochuluka kwambiri, zimakhala zosavuta kuti ziphuphu kapena zofiira, zowopsya komanso zowonongeka ziwonekere, osatchula mizere ndi makwinya. ndimagwiritsa ntchito yathu Micellar madzi ndi chamomile ndi lavender - magawo awiri, mafuta pang'ono, pang'ono hydrosol, omwe ayenera kugwedezeka ndikuyika pa thonje kapena nsalu yochapira. Mokoma amachotsa zodzoladzola zonse ndi litsiro, ndikusiya khungu losalala komanso lopanda madzi. Kenako ndimagwiritsa ntchito yathu lalanje lokoma or Madzi apinki ndiyeno funsani plum elixir. Usiku ndimawonjezeranso Brulee ndi kaloti ndi chia, mankhwala oletsa kukalamba kapena Mtedza wowotchedwangati ndili wouma kwambiri. Kangapo pa sabata ndimapukuta khungu langa ndi zathu Kuyeretsa Mbewu za Chimanga Chofiirira, ndipo kamodzi pa sabata ndimapanga detoxifying ndi kuchiritsa chigoba ndi wathu Matcha Coconut Paste.

Kodi muli ndi chinthu chomwe mumakonda cha LOLI Beauty?

O, ndizovuta kwambiri - ndimawakonda onse! Koma ngati mutha kukhala ndi chinthu chimodzi mchipinda chanu, ndikadachoka plum elixir. Zimagwira ntchito kumaso, tsitsi, scalp, milomo, misomali, ngakhale decolleté.

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Kodi mukufuna kuti dziko lapansi lidziwe chiyani za kukongola koyera, kokongola?

Chizindikiro chomwe chili organic sizitanthauza kuti chimapakidwa kapena kupangidwa molingana ndi chilengedwe. Onani mndandanda wazinthu. Kodi ili ndi mawu oti "madzi" mmenemo? Ngati ndi gawo loyamba, ndiye kuti ili pafupifupi 80-95% yazinthu zanu. Komanso, ngati choyikapo ndi pulasitiki ndipo chamitundu yosiyanasiyana m'malo molembedwa, chimatha kutha kutayirapo kuposa kubwezanso.