Christine Trice - Entrepreneur Extraordinaire

I have a day off today, what a treat.  Unfortunately it's already pretty hot outside and my kids are not cooperating in my effort to get out the door before the temperature peaks.

I multi-tasked in an extreme way this morning (in a fruitless effort to get out early), like any good super-mom would:  I updated my Etsy shop, replied to some emails, uploaded a photo album on Facebook, tweeted some product info and chatted with my husband via Google chat, all over a plate of corn tortillas topped with fried eggs, cheese and salsa.  My 4 year-old son, in the mean time, would not take his pajamas off and was impressively attempting to negotiate his way out of breakfast.  He got away with a whole grain cereal bar, fruit and a cup of milk.   He thought he won.  Speaking of being a super-mom and multitasking, I'm featuring two businesses today from a great woman I've known since high school.

Christine's daughter suffered from terrible eczema, and nothing prescribed or purchased was helping, so she created her own body butter.  On the product website she says, "I became an avid label reader. I learned how to decipher ingredient labels, how to pick out toxic ingredients & irritants that were disguised even in natural & organic products. I learned how manufacturing processes affect the integrity of products & how harmful parabens really are. And finally, I learned that I was beyond disappointed with the lack products that were truly natural & consistently results oriented."  She goes on, "When all else failed, I resorted to using my personal arsenal of lotions & potions to remedy my baby girl’s skin condition. Within only a few days after the first application, her skin began to heal. The eczema that covered most of her body for over six months was finally at bay."   From there, she created a line of natural body products, Brown Bag Botanicals.  Visit her site and friend her on Facebook for updates on products and specials.

Recognizing that many moms have to go above and beyond on a regular basis, Christine jokingly created the Facebook page OMG I So Need A Glass Of Wine Or I'm Gonna Sell My Kids!  Today she has 112,333 fans, not counting non-Facebook followers. She holds events in California, samples and shares wines from all over, and shares hilarious mom-moments via status updates. Grab some of her OMG logo wine glasses and join the rest of us in admitting that it does get hard sometimes to balance real life...


...especially when you're allergic.