LAEDY- P ORGANICS MAKES A MARK IN BODY CARE ESSENTIALS
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Style that it took her more than She is glad that she had to move 10 years, sorting recipes on how from her comfort zone and chose to to produce homemade body care share her products with the world,
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and household essentials from a than only with people close to her craft magazine. When she decided like when she started back then. ” Our to take her products to the people, Products were introduced to the
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she says, she was confident that, market in 2016, and we never looked she was bringing both rewarding back but ensured that we serve qualand therapeutic products, and she ity products and package greatly to is glad that she already receives attract even international buyers,”
and the
quiet positive feedback. She has she says. The creative Mokgathong ensured that she suits the modern also notes that, having struggled for era and just meets the required years trying to find suitable products
sedentary
standards with her long lasting for her and her family has actually quality products made up of; perpushed her to be where she is now. sonalized Bodycare and household “I struggled for so long trying to essentials including; soap, body find suitable products for myself and
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butter, bath salts, scrubs, massage my family’s sensitive skins. I was so and branded memorial candles. anxious that I immediately started experimenting with the products for our own use at home. They turned out to be a great success and it was such a fascinating process that we never had to purchase toiletries again,” she says, adding that through many tests and tweaks, she has built a substantial list of recipes for a range of situations. They have a wide range of flavours to select from and mainly caters according to the client’s taste. “We basically personalize our products, so our customers are spoilt for choice,” highlights Mokgathong. She says so far, competition in her field is healthy, as there are a few organizations/ companies that provide almost the same products. “So we get to benchmark, and inspire one another, hence having them around is just healthy so far,” she explains. They also have a delivery service and courier products to clients outside Gaborone. Mokgathong says they dream of opening other branches across the country in the future. www. botswanaguardian. co. bw