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Wednesday, December 9, 2010
for the love of
Money
The County Times
Business and Its Products Are 100 Percent Organic By Corrin M. Howe Contributing Writer Forever Eden Collection, LLC, a local manufacturer of organic products, has taken the next step in growing its business. In December the owner of Forever Eden, Wynne Briscoe, started selling her flagship 100 percent-natural lip balm in six local retail stores throughout St. Mary’s and Calvert counties. “I think it is important to really note the customer has been driving Forever Eden from the beginning. It’s like we are on the ground and Forever Eden is the kite in the sky,” Briscoe said. Their initial concept was to have affordable unscented organic skincare products. It all started with a personal need of Briscoe and her sister, Wanda, to have products that wouldn’t irritate their sensitive skin. Being a crafter and entrepreneur, Briscoe set out to fulfill their need a little over four years ago by researching indigenous farming cultures from around the world and going back through history. After a year she’d found 800 recipes. She first worked on her recipe for lip balm. After several trial runs and receiving input from her family and friends, she settled on the current lip balm formula. One of the major factors for her lip balm was to price it the same as other lip balm products on retail shelves. She didn’t see the need to charge three times as much just because it was 100 percent organic. Since creating the lip balm, Forever Eden has come out with over 40 organic products such as deodorant, body creams, body moisturizers, toothpaste, insect repellent, sun screen, mouthwash, herbal pillows, linen sprays and more. However, she doesn’t intend on stopping there. During 2011 she wants to add several lines to her products, including a men’s line in which personal grooming products will be more masculine; a women’s line for cosmetics and a baby line for wipes, powder and creams. All the products will continue to be 100 percent organic and affordable. She makes and packages all of her products in a commercial space in St. Mary’s County which she shares with another small business. While she was born and raised in St. Mary’s County, Briscoe and her husband recently moved to Calvert County where she also sells her products. Forever Eden products are sold through community events such as Anne Marie Gardens, Farmer’s Markets, and
Wynne Briscoe, owner of Forever Eden, shows off her 100 percent organic lip balm.
County Fairs; personal pamper parties, similar to other marketing products like Tastefully Simple and Southern Living; and through her business relationships. She also sells through her website at www.myforevereden.com. Whether she sells her product or not, one of the important things to her is educating people on what chemicals are in the products they use every day and what those chemicals can do to them over the long haul. After rolling out lip balm to local stores, Briscoe plans to add to the wholesale line over the year by rolling out deodorant, body creams and lavender and rosemary sprays. Right now she is mostly limited by the fact she is still mostly a onewoman operation. Her products can be found in The Good Earth in Leonardtown, Nati’s Unique Boutique in San Souci Plaza, Joy Lane Healing Center in Hollywood and the Apple Basket in Mechanicville.
Photos by Corrin Howe
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