Season 5: Jill Nadine of Nadina's Cremes

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Inside this Episode with Mitch Hampton I first met our guest Jill Nadine Clements through my late father, probably about thirty odd years ago. My father, Aubrey Hampton, was the founder, of course, of Aubrey Organics, a completely unique natural cosmetics company that was the first of its kind when it debuted in 1967. That business closed in January of last year after a fifty year run. Jill is literally carrying on that tradition however; her emphasis is on creams and lotions as well as her unusually fabulous designs and "packaging." It is one of the precious few businesses of its kind that upholds the ecological, health and cosmetic integrity that we started at Aubrey so very long ago. It was also great to see her on video since it has been the far too long twelve years since we have been in contact! I do hope that this episode inspires folks to purchase some of her products and I actually learned some things during it which I did not know. I certainly hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did our reunion. Links to Nadina’s Cremes:

Shop her cremes: https://nadinascremes.com/collections/all Website: https://nadinascremes.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NadinasCremes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadinas.cre... More About Nadina: For the full version, visit her website (https://nadinascremes.com/pages/about...) In Hawaii there is a term: " talking Story" (it’s not lies, it’s your Life and the wonders that have happened). After 30 years of Nadina's Cremes and 1,000's of stores that have carried Nadina's... another dream come true: of moving to Hawaii and making Nadina's Cremes both East Coast and Hawaii.

First I'd like to tell of the joy and honor of the famous people who have shared appreciation for Nadina's Cremes. Every person's Love of the product matters to me, but what fun to have the memories of these special talents. I started Nadina's Cremes while traveling in the Renaissance Faires being an apprentice Potter. After three years doing the Renaissance Faires I had the pleasure and adventure of crossing Africa with a best friend from college volunteering In The Peace Corp. We traveled all the way from West to East Africa! It was on the island of Lamu where lovely Muslim women took me into their homes to make cremes their way... I then returned home in mid 1989 with only 5 accounts, Whole Foods being the first when they had only 2 stores.... I moved into my Grandmother's kitchen end of '89 and by '92, Nadina's Cremes had become a million dollar business in over a 1,000 stores.

I kept working hard, endless shows... grateful to have the tags of the jars be an avenue to educating about how important the Rain Forest is for our planet. Through the purchase of Nadina's Cremes we donated $1,000 to different environmental organizations; one being Rain Forest Action Network. The tags would fold out in color and show the canopy, slash and burn, logging then desertification. Plus, the address for RFAN at the end, they sent a testimonial that the tags helped. A few more years go by and by luck Sarah Mac Lachlan purchased our Cremes in the special town of Captain Cook on the Big Island of Hawaii, and in 1997 calls our company asking us to join her concert and craft vendor in the outdoor venues. WOW again... Mac Lachlan to be sold with her CD's and her artwork and t-shirts at her booth... I have always cared to educate through our brochues to help our environment. #hawaii #cosmetics #herbalism #aubreyorganics #nadinascremes #rainforest #maryland #organic #natural #healthfood #Florida Paulsimon #sarahmachlachlan #ylangylang #swahili #africa #hope #nadina #peacecorps #aubreyhampton #nasa #marylandrenaissancefestival #anitaroddick #baltimore #bodyshop #breadandcircus #johnwaters #california #wholefoods #crueltyfree #texasam #cameroon #crescenthotel #dallas #carolinerosehunt #essentialoil #ireland #organic

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