In 2001, in the kitchen of my basement suite, the concept and idea for the Ladybug Spa Cafe was born. With a passion for natural health and a vision for offering people a truly natural skin care line, I went straight to work learning everything I could about aromatherapy and raw ingredients; then I started applying what I learnt by formulating recipes for my spa line. Trial and error was the basis for creating my current recipes as well as using family and friends as guinea pigs (and yes, they are still loyal customers to this day!).
Further along in my business, I started doing an in-depth study of the current ingredients used in commercially made beauty care products. The results not only surprised me but they also frightened me! It is unbelievable what is allowed to be used in the preparation of products used on the skin. Not to mention the misleading advertising which is so prevalent today. A company can advertise that their product is "natural" but upon dissecting the label (if the ingredients are listed) the very last item on the label is the natural ingredient, but what about the other 99.9% of the ingredients? Not so natural, actually quite the opposite.
Having suffered eczema severely over several years, I was constantly looking for some miracle cream to take it away. After all - I was using high-end, high-priced facial products from quality department stores so why did my face have patches of red, itchy eczema all over it? Amazingly enough, after using my own product line, my eczema completely went away. It goes to show that if you use products that nourish and enhance your skin a lot of skin allergies and skin problems seem to vanish. I can't stress how important it is to feed your skin 100% natural ingredients. That, and only that, is what you will find in the Ladybug Spa Cafe products.
People are constantly coming up to me and saying "you have such beautiful skin" and my response to them is always the same.... "I use my own products!"