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#Crushinit: Cosmetics Crushed With Love
Natural home-made cosmetics are all the rage these days, but can be tricky to get right. Charissa at Crushed With Love makes a great range of products from foot scrubs, to bath salts, bath bombs, shower bombs, and loofah soaps. A self-confessed lover of the Purdy Natural story (that you’ll find in our last issue), Charissa first had the idea to sell some cosmetics to help pay for a bowl of fruit for her kindergarten class. Now her business is booming, so we sat down with her for a chat to see where it has all gone right.
Casa London: Let’s start with the name, where did it come from?
Charissa: It just kind of came out of nowhere, I started off doing bath bombs and on the top of it I was using crushed lemon peels and lime peels dried out. I was trying to think of a name that was kind of catchy and was to do with the business, so I thought “well I am crushing things on top and I’m making them with love”. So it became Crushed With Love. I wasn’t sure about it at the time but I am glad I stuck with it! Now some people have started saying “Crushed is here” or “you’re crushing it” – using the name in a way I had never even thought of.
Sounds like a company hashtag in the making! #crushinit
Casa London: When did you start getting involved in making your own soaps or bath bombs?
Charissa: Well last Christmas I made some foot and hand scrubs for my sisters in law, my Mom, and my Grandma, so that was the first time I made a home-made product. Then I saw someone making bath bombs online, so I thought I could do that too!