On this episode, you’ll hear the superb story of 1 Formulation Botanica graduate who knew what she wished to do, however didn’t know precisely learn how to get there. We hear how she went from cafe proprietor to mom to formulator to trainer to contract producer in lower than 10 years and created an empire by turning issues into options and roadblocks into alternatives.

Most nations all over the world help you manufacture your personal skincare model at residence, however that isn’t the case in Indonesia. So what would you do in case you had been formulating in a small analysis lab and the authorities instantly turned up, ordered you to destroy all your components and gear after which shut you down?

Lorraine talks to Dewi Kauw, Formulation Botanica graduate and founding father of Pores and skin Dewi, an award-winning, Indonesian-based skincare and bodycare model that gives merchandise constructed from pure and natural components. What started as a mom’s quest to alleviate her child’s pores and skin points has grown right into a formulation and manufacturing empire with a mission to coach on life-style and wellness whereas serving to its viewers and clients look after a myriad of pores and skin points.

Dewi explains the trials and tribulations of not solely launching a plant-based natural skincare line in Indonesia, but additionally the challenges she confronted on a producing entrance. She dared to dream of constructing her personal manufacturing facility and with dedication and creativity she made it occur. Tune in for an enlightening interview stuffed with juicy entrepreneurial tidbits and smart recommendation on how ardour and perseverance can transfer magnificence mountains.

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On this episode with Dewi Kauw, you’ll hear:

• After graduating from college in Singapore and spending a couple of years within the USA, Dewi returned to Indonesia understanding she wished to run her personal enterprise however didn’t know precisely what. It wasn’t till she discovered her “Why” that the whole lot began to fall into place.
• How synchronicity, and the will to discover a pure plant-based options for her child daughter’s eczema, took her to Germany to analysis pure merchandise after which to looking out on-line for a faculty to show her what she wanted to know; which is when she stumbled upon Formulation Botanica’s public Fb Group and signed up as a scholar.
• How her skincare training taught her rather more than formulation, to incorporate how life-style, weight loss program, bodily and psychological well being can have an effect on the pores and skin. Transferring this helpful information grew to become her mission – to offer again to those that wanted it most by empowering and educating folks.
• How the elevated demand, spurred on by Covid and the shortage of GMP-certified producers in Indonesia, noticed Dewi wanting into constructing her personal facility as a way to scale.
• In 2023, after a variety of hurdles and challenges, Dewi overcame all of them and opened her GMP-certified contract manufacturing facility – the primary of its variety in Indonesia centered on pure and natural merchandise.
• About her continued want to develop her enterprise, notably growing not solely a neighborhood Indonesian model, but additionally a premium one which could possibly be offered worldwide and compete on the world stage. She firmly believes that the Eurocentric notion of magnificence is unrealistic and out-of-date.

Key takeouts embrace:

• Entrepreneurship takes many varieties even within the skincare formulation sector. Being curious, studying and rising can take you locations you could not have imagined. Alternatives abound.
• To be a profitable entrepreneur you could have a that means and better objective. There should be a mission behind your model. For Dewi it was watching folks with pores and skin points being remodeled, seeing them burst with confidence. Altering lives is the driving pressure that retains her going.
• Don’t be dissuaded by those that are set of their methods or refuse to alter with the instances. Be singular in your dedication. Know what you wish to create and construct. Be constant. Be genuine. Every thing else is only a distraction.
• Know your “Why”. Why do you wish to do what you might be planning on doing? Be very clear about this. Write it down. In huge letters. On a large sheet of paper. You’ll be able to all the time come again to your “Why” if you really feel defeated or wish to quit.
• Beginning a enterprise doesn’t require a pile of cash. With $1500 Dewi discovered the information she wanted to get began on constructing her dream. Leap and the web will seem.
• Perceptions and attitudes about international magnificence are altering. There are a selection of formulators, magnificence manufacturers and wonder entrepreneurs which can be striving to alter the ingrained Eurocentric notion of the wonder trade.

Meet our visitor – Dewi Kauw, founding father of Pores and skin Dewi

Introducing Dewi Kauw, Formulation Botanica graduate and founding father of award-winning magnificence model Pores and skin Dewi. Pores and skin Dewi merchandise are constructed from pure and natural components which can be designed for prime efficiency, but mild and secure to ship outcomes for even these clients with delicate pores and skin. Along with working a profitable and sought-after skincare model, in 2023 Dewi opened her personal 1,000+ m2 manufacturing facility making hers the primary manufacturing facility in Indonesia that focuses on pure and natural formulations. Her facility boasts an in-house QC Lab, R&D Lab and a Microbiology Lab. Her one-stop-shop has the capability to handle 50-80 different manufacturers.

You could find extra data on Dewi Kauw, her product line Pores and skin Dewi and her contract manufacturing particulars right here:

Web site: skindewi.com
LinkedIn: Pores and skin Dewi
TikTok: @skindewi
Firm Instagram: @skindewi
Private Instagram (contract manufacturing inquiries): @dewikauw

If you wish to hear extra about a few of the subjects we coated, please delve again into the podcast archives. Go and hearken to:

Episode 89 – Interview with magnificence pioneer Sarah Brown of Pai Skincare who additionally runs her personal manufacturing facility. That is certainly one of Formulation Botanica’s hottest episodes up to now. To not be missed.

Episode 91 – Interview with Sandra Velasquez of Nopalera who, identical to Dewi, agrees the cosmetics trade is constructed upon archaic Eurocentric view of magnificence and is pushed to alter that notion globally.

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Lorraine Dallmeier is a Biologist, Chartered Environmentalist and the CEO of Formulation Botanica, the award-winning on-line natural beauty science faculty. Learn extra about Lorraine and the Formulation Botanica Workforce.