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215: How this Busy Mom Created Play Pits All-Natural Deodorant for Kids (REWIND)

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4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This week we have a rewind episode with @PlayPits founder Chantel Powell. As a busy working mom and wife, Chantel found herself shuttling her son Kameron between summer basketball camp and football practice. She quickly noticed that he was starting to smell like a grown man because he was sweating buckets under his armpits, and that’s when her innovative mindset kicked in.

Chantel decided to develop an all-natural deodorant for her son. And so Play Pits the brand was born.

Play Pits is a 100% all-natural deodorant. It’s free of aluminum, parabens, synthetic fragrances and other harsh chemicals. While it can be used on the most gentle skin types, it also packs a strong punch against odors. Although it started out with a focus on kids, it has an adult line as well, and I love the Queen deodorant! With recent features by @Beyonce and the grand opening of an official Play Pits warehouse, Play Pits is growing and thriving.

  • In this episode hear how it all got started as Chantel breaks down:
    • How she tested out Play Pits on family to get feedback
    • How customer demand led her to evolve from children’s deodorant to an adult deodorant component as well
    • How she did it all while side hustling

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Transcript

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0:00.0

But right now I'm the creative person and my husband is the operations person and I'm also the

0:08.3

admin person. So you know like we're at the stage with like okay we need to build a team.

0:13.4

You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your

0:20.0

Side Hustle from Passion Project to profitable business and I'm your host

0:24.4

Michaela Matthew Zocome. So let's get started. Okay hey guys welcome welcome

0:31.0

back to the show today in the guest, we have Chantel Powell.

0:35.2

As a busy working mom and wife,

0:36.9

Chantel found herself shuttling her son Cameron

0:40.0

between summer basketball camp and football practice.

0:43.3

She quickly noticed that he was starting to smell like a grown man

0:47.2

because he was sweating buckets under his armpits.

0:50.6

And that's when her innovative mindset kicked in and she came up with the idea for her side hustle.

0:57.0

Chantel decided to develop an all natural deodorant for her son.

1:01.0

And so, PlayPits, the brand, was born. PlayPits is a 100% all natural

1:07.8

deodorant for active kids. It's free of aluminum, parabins, synthetic fragrances, and other harsh chemicals.

1:15.0

While it can be used on the most gentle skin types, it also packs a strong punch against

1:20.5

odors. In today's episode, Chantel breaks down how she tested out playpits on

1:26.1

family to get feedback, how customer demand led her to evolve from children's deodorant

1:32.0

to an adult deodorant line as well,

1:34.5

and how she did it all while side hustling.

1:37.4

Let's get right into it.

1:38.8

What made you decide to start side hustling?

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