Kat Aromatherapy Ltd was formed as a limited company in 2003 when Vanessa Kemp decided to take her Kemp Aromatherapy Treatments from a local market to become a national and international brand. Her bath melts, skin and bath products are now sold throughout Britain and internationally, but they are still handmade in Gloucestershire in a small factory unit in converted farm buildings on the banks of the River Severn.
I soon started blending my own products – the first was a pain relief lotion for a client with arthritis which remains a best seller. As I lay in the bath one day thinking about Belgian chocolates, my bath essences ought to look a little more luxurious and the idea of the bath melt was born. I started selling them in Stroud Farmers’ Market but they soon gathered an enthusiastic following and by 2002 I needed to move production into a small factory unit.
Now my melts and skin and bath care products are sold all over the world, but I remain true to the concept that everything should be handmade, pure and ethically sourced (where possible). I continue to create new blends and products and still massage one day a week at an NHS doctor’s surgery. And I still man my stall at the farmers’ market some Saturday mornings. It gives me a chance to meet my customers face to face and understand what they need. Talking to them gives me many of my new ideas.
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