More About Us
Hey there!
We are the Johnson sisters, Sasha and Nadia, and the Hazell sisters, Jessica and Angelina. Maternal first cousins who are definitely much more than just family! What started out as cousin taco and games nights quickly became two of us crafting together for fun (thanks COVID!), which then flourished into this; a full blown, small family business, and we are so excited! We got to discussing and the ideas just flowed and we ran with it. We are super proud of the products we have created and can’t wait for all of you to try us out! So that’s us in a nutshell, Simply Essential. Artisan. Natural. Eco-conscious. Made with Love.
Sasha
One of our two main "artisans". Sasha along with Jessica (read more on her slide) handle the majority of the creation of all the great product Simply Essential offers. Sasha is our resident "hobbiest" and had a soap making kit which inspired the experimenting to create soaps. Her other main roles include excel expert (thank god), accounting and finances, washcloth crocheting, and generally our designated driver for everything.
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She can often be found navigating the streets of town (and half of Barbados), collecting stock and making deliveries.
Nadia
Nadia predominantly helps manage social media, design, marketing and promotion. She is our captions queen, unfiltered idea generator, go to for all things public relations and "front of table talk" at events. She is the original crocheter (she has since guided two more of us) and our resident details "nazi" who loves a list and helps to keep details from getting lost in the big picture chaos.
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She can often be found at a table designing something, organising and following up with business goals or promotion and networking,
Jessica
Angelina
The other half of the dynamic artisan duo. Jessica was the other initial spark behind creating soaps with Sasha. She is our wearer of many hats and basically handles bits of everything. She is responsible for a significant portion of the creation of products, however is also the other half of social media and design with Nadia. Jessica is our "do-er" and can jump in to assist with any role where needed.
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She can often be found "in the lab" cranking out soaps (or any other current product in stock), formulating new recipes to present to the team, or designing new Canva layouts.
The youngest of the bunch, but no less important. Angelina's involvement started out small as she was in the middle of CXC's when Simply Essential began to come about. Like Jessica, her involvement is in many areas where needed. Predominantly Angelina is our soap saver crocheter, taking the torch from Nadia, and has more recently been helping Jessica and Sasha with product creation (her favorite is packaging body and lip scrubs).
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She can often be found with a ball of crochet yarn trying to figure out a new soap saver pattern or acting as a second hand to any of the rest of us.