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When my eldest daughter was about 6 months old, she developed itchy rashes on her skin. When we took her to the doctor, he prescribed a moisturiser. The moisturiser helped but whenever we stopped using it, the rashes would return. I remember looking at the moisturiser’s ingredients and thinking, it can’t be good to put this stuff on a baby’s skin for a long time (potentially forever). I was quite distraught by that thought.
Growing up in a small village in Sri Lanka, I have fascinatingly watched my grandma massaging gingelly oil (sesame oil) or coconut oil on my baby cousins when they were merely few days old. Did they ever have any skin issues? what skin issues? None of them ever had any skin issues. So, I decided to come up with a natural alternative inspired by my grandma. I blended some natural oils and applied on my daughter and it worked a treat.
Growing up in a small village in Sri Lanka, I have fascinatingly watched my grandma massaging gingelly oil (sesame oil) or coconut oil on my baby cousins when they were merely few days old. Did they ever have any skin issues? what skin issues? None of them ever had any skin issues. So, I decided to come up with a natural alternative inspired by my grandma. I blended some natural oils and applied on my daughter and it worked a treat.
The rashes were gone for good! The best part was that we did not need to apply it regularly like the drug store moisturiser. Well, that was a few years ago! Building on that success, I extended my product range to replace regular harsh products my family and I was using.
Being a chemist and a chemical engineer, I continued to improve my products without compromising the ingredients’ natural characteristics. My friends, family and some of my colleagues became fans of my products. I received wonderful feedback form them. They also encouraged and supported me to keep going and take it to the next level. That resulted in the birth of Shahana – a brand that is committed to providing affordable and high-quality natural alternatives to mainstream personal care products.
Few years later, a loyal customer, former colleague, and dear friend - Barbara joined me as business partner and together, we built the business that it is now. For Barbara, great is just not good enough. I admire her zeal for precision and quality. Each tub of our product represents our passion, our traditions, years of hard work, my grandma’s wisdom, and good old Aussie quality. We don’t say our products are perfect, but we do promise never to stop improving them!
— Jenith Jesuthasan BSc. BE(Chemical). MIE Aust. CP Eng NER APEC Eng IntPE(Aust) Shahana Founder
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