
Episode #18
EP 18: The Alchemist Mom: From Rashes to Radiance; One Mom’s Journey to Building Her Skincare Empire
<p>Melissa Bitan never planned to become a skincare entrepreneur. But when her son contracted hand-foot-mouth disease and doctors offered no solutions beyond "it's just a virus," her maternal instinct kicked into high gear. Drawing on her lifelong interest in natural remedies, she created a cream (Creme de Mekkai) that cleared her son's symptoms in just three days, a moment that would eventually birth the “Little Naturalz” child product line from her health-conscious advanced skincare line called “belle_lisse_beauty”.</p><p>Throughout our conversation, Melissa pulls back the curtain on the beauty industry's historical neglect of melanated skin. "When you make...





