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Zosimos Botanicals

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About Me

Multifaceted, with a lifelong interest in learning. Owner/formulator of natural mineral makeup, skincare, bath & body line where all products are handcrafted called Zosimos Botanicals. Vegetarian on the verge of Vegan. Animal lover. Known to have dry sense of humor and generous spirit.

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My Interests

Formulating natural health & beauty recipes for ZBLLC.COM. Freecycling. Taking pictures of flowers, dating my husband. Sleeping.

I'd like to meet:

People interested in mineral makeup and natural skincare (especially the brand I make!!). Those rare few who appreciate my snarky sense of humor without getting offended. Creative types.

Music:

Corinne Bailey Rae; Rob Thomas; Ricki Lee Jones; Tracey Chapman; Laurie Berkner, Dan Zanes; Spoken Word by John S. Hall; music that sounds Happy. Can't stand anything that is shouting at me.

Movies:

Adore subtitles (so much so that will turn on the English ones just for the heck of it); Run Lola Run; Memoirs of a Geisha; Bowling for Columbine; Thank You For Smoking; Memento; Like Water for Chocolate.

Television:

Survivor, the Nanny, Trading Spaces, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Mommy Swap, South Park. Typically watching Sponge Bob Square Pants, Dora the Explorer, Ben 10 or Scooby Doo with wee little ones.

Books:

Born in the Big Rains by Fadumo Korn; Not Just A Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of The Beauty Industry by Stacy Malkan; Night by Eli Weisel; Sold by Patricia McCormick; A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah; A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

Heroes:

The professor at VA Tech who barred the doorway, sacrificing himself, so his students could flee.

My Blog

Farzana to the Rescue!

Although the grocery store still hasn't made up their mind about carrying the line, things are blowing up around here! More and more people are using the Skin Deep database to find green makeup produ...
Posted by Zosimos Botanicals on Mon, 05 May 2008 06:36:00 PST

My Organic Wholesale

2008 and the latest development for ZB is attempting to get products placed in a local grocery store called My Organic Market. Very cool store. One of their employees came to a speech I delivered at...
Posted by Zosimos Botanicals on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:00:00 PST

Balancing Beauty

A bit of insomnia going on here.  A lot has been going on, so it's a good time to write.  Prepared like mad for the World Market, it was built up so much by the sponsors.  Thought I was...
Posted by Zosimos Botanicals on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:51:00 PST

Website First Birthday

Things are going pretty well, lucked into a lot of good advice lately. July 4th the website will be online 1 year. Thinking of a special way to commemorate the occasion. Considering it's a few days...
Posted by Zosimos Botanicals on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:49:00 PST

Podcast Airs!

Really feeling like things are taking on some momentum.  Kimberly Wilson, author of Hip Tranquil Chick, interviewed me recently about my business and the Podcast just aired.  Right afte...
Posted by Zosimos Botanicals on Tue, 08 May 2007 07:28:00 PST

Overcommitted and should be committed

Signed ZB (Zosimos Botanicals) up for Celebrate Mama, an event the weekend before Mother's Day which will be the first time Orders can be made face-to-face rather than online. Should be a good chance ...
Posted by Zosimos Botanicals on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:17:00 PST

Baby steps

Alrightey, so here I am on MySpace.  Created a page, invited everyone I knew with an e-mail address.  Stupidly opened a Friend Invite from "someone" who promptly placed a horrific worm on my...
Posted by Zosimos Botanicals on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:41:00 PST