Welcome to Side Us For School. This is your host, Chris Gillibault. So glad you're here.

Hope you've been enjoying the year of interaction. We are coming to the end of February.

It's been so fun to get so many questions when people hear updates, just kind of understand what

people are working on, succeeding and struggling and, you know, all the things. So I feel grateful,

as always, to be able to bring you this show every day. And today we've got a story, a case study,

when two sisters are unable to find the perfect skincare products for their needs. They embark

on a DIY quest to test hundreds of recipes. The result is a $4,000 a month business and a growing

community. At the end of the episode, we'll also look at the ideal qualities for a successful

partnership. It's called Skincare Wows Lead Moody Sisters to Picky Products. That story is coming

right up.

Jess Atchison had resigned herself to a lifetime of skin oiliness, acne and rosacea.

With the exorbitant prices of skincare products in the market, she decided she might be better off

living as a hermit. Her sister Whitney had another problem. Despite being a beauty consultant,

Whitney was unable to find products that wouldn't flare up her exema or cause a severe allergic

reaction with her dry and sensitive skin. This was a problem that even doctors couldn't make go away.

Exhausted after spending hundreds of dollars on consultations and commercial products,

the two sisters decided that they'd had enough. They came together and started researching

alternatives. They experimented with hundreds of DIY recipes, some they found online and some

they invented. Then they would tweak and enhance their creations, increasing or decreasing the

amount of the active ingredients. This went on for months as they balanced their project with full

time jobs and families. Before long, they had quite a stash of reject lotions. Still, they knew

this was part of the learning curve, so they persevered through the mishaps. Eventually,

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