ECONOMY
HERE AND NOW
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By Lynne Konstantin
iana Spiegel believes that con-
sumers should not need a science
degree to understand what goes
into their beauty products.
So when she started Marmalade
Hills in 2006, handcrafting cold-
process olive-oil soap in her Bloomfield
Hills kitchen, she was committed to
empowering healthy, natural and
green lifestyles and packing all of her
artisanal skin-care products with the
most decadent ingredients nature has
to offer, free of parabens, sulfates, pe-
troleum, silicone and phthalates. And
she makes them gorgeous, both to see
and smell, to boot.
Spiegel, who earned a law degree in
her native Ukraine, came to Michigan
with her husband when she was 20.
Her father, one of the first post-Soviet
era entrepreneurs, inspired her sense
of adventure and desire to be her own
boss, and when he passed away unex-
pectedly from skin cancer — four days
before the birth of her first child — she
began to educate herself about living
a healthy lifestyle and the presence
of carcinogens and chemicals in our
everyday lives.
"My dad is still my biggest role
model," says Spiegel."When my'entre-
preneurial going'gets tough, I always
production) and a collection of
luxurious lotions, body scrubs,
lip balms, facial masks, makeup
removers, baby care, candles
and more infused with deli-
ciously power-packed scents
like Iced Tea, Strawberry Fig,
Goji Berry and Plum and Rose.
And last year, the hard work has
Nurturing with nature earned Spiegel's small business
the distinction of being ranked
No. 2 out of America's top-200
Mom-owned
businesses by
Liana Spiegel
StartupNation.com .
remind myself: 1 1f he
"I'm living the American
could do it, there
dream," says Spiegel — and she's do-
and then, I most
ing it smelling sweetly of her favorite
definitely can do it here and now:"
Marmalade Hills Pink Grapefruit Facial
Since its start in her kitchen, Mar-
Wash and emulsifying Apple Twist
malade Hills has expanded to a
Body Polish.
1,000-square-foot studio where she
carefully hand-blends high-quality, ex-
Find Marmalade Hills products at Mills Pharmacy
otic, natural and plant-derived ingredi-
and Apothecary in Birmingham, Tamara Spa & Well-
ents, a staff of skilled helpers (including
ness in Farmington Hills; online at marmaladehills.
her mom who assists with labeling and
com.
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