Today we are meeting the face behind the afterglow brand and guess what we have the same name!! I love when people have the same name as me and also the same spelling! But my name is probably the only thing I like sharing apart from my opinion...
So I have used the afterglow scrub for a few months now and I love it, I love it so much I leave it with my roommates pile of things in the bathroom after I finished with it to make her use it too! And trust me I know if she is lying about using it!
Well we know that Abbey is the face behind the brand, but who is she? Abbey is a 23 year old creative from a small Coastal Holiday town Anna Bay - hey this is similar to me! I am from a large coastal town ( Sunshine Coast, QLD) - but now I live in the big smoke ( Adelaide - its actually smaller than where I am from).
Abbey told me why she started After Glow Handmade, and it was actually such a simple reason.
"I began creating scrubs in late 2014 as I was over paying a fortune for scrubs that contained all foreign ingredients. This has now lead me to make my other items including lip scrubs, lip balms & pyjamas. One stop pamper shop"
She went onto tell me that the name really fits the brand
"And it fits perfect as your skin is rejuvenated & almost glows after using our scrubs."
I can second that, as my skin feels so soft after using it - oh and super relaxing in the bath!
But what is the best product at her store, this is such a hard pick, I like to make it hard for all the creatives ;) My favourite product from Abbey's store would have to be her lip balm! and then the scrub, I don't know why I just love her lip balms!
"The coconut&lime body scrub has got to be my favourite smelling product of them all! Along with its added benefits. Also the lip balms I use religiously! And who can go past a cute set of PJ’s"
I really want to try her Pj's! Maybe if I get a promotion I could afford more nice things ;) Joking I love my job and I possible couldn't fit in any more hours!
I asked Abbey what her favourite thing about having her own little company is..
"Best part is you can do what you want! Add new products, delete products you don't want anymore. Try new things, do giveaways.. Everything!"
Okay.. I agree but giveaways are actually so stressful whenever I do them! I like stress out because I want to pick everyone and then I hope they like what they recieve ahhhh! I just stress out, over at Vivo swim we had a month of giveaways (1 a week) and I went crazy, in the end we just picked the winner out of a hat! But yeah if you love giveaways you are doing something right!
Lastly I asked Abbey what she would like people to know about herself and Afterglow Handmade.
"Would love people to know that their continued support is amazing, its giving me hope that I will be able to quit my retail job & run my own business (hopefully a shop one day) for many years to come! Its great doing something you love & being able to sell it. Afterglow just needs more exposure. So every new person who tries/buys is doing us the world of good!"
I also asked Abbey here favourite online store and she didn't have an answer - because all the small businesses she follow on instagram are all amazing.
www.afterglowhandmade.bigcartel.com
@afterglow_handmade
So I have used the afterglow scrub for a few months now and I love it, I love it so much I leave it with my roommates pile of things in the bathroom after I finished with it to make her use it too! And trust me I know if she is lying about using it!
Well we know that Abbey is the face behind the brand, but who is she? Abbey is a 23 year old creative from a small Coastal Holiday town Anna Bay - hey this is similar to me! I am from a large coastal town ( Sunshine Coast, QLD) - but now I live in the big smoke ( Adelaide - its actually smaller than where I am from).
Abbey told me why she started After Glow Handmade, and it was actually such a simple reason.
"I began creating scrubs in late 2014 as I was over paying a fortune for scrubs that contained all foreign ingredients. This has now lead me to make my other items including lip scrubs, lip balms & pyjamas. One stop pamper shop"
She went onto tell me that the name really fits the brand
"And it fits perfect as your skin is rejuvenated & almost glows after using our scrubs."
I can second that, as my skin feels so soft after using it - oh and super relaxing in the bath!
But what is the best product at her store, this is such a hard pick, I like to make it hard for all the creatives ;) My favourite product from Abbey's store would have to be her lip balm! and then the scrub, I don't know why I just love her lip balms!
"The coconut&lime body scrub has got to be my favourite smelling product of them all! Along with its added benefits. Also the lip balms I use religiously! And who can go past a cute set of PJ’s"
I really want to try her Pj's! Maybe if I get a promotion I could afford more nice things ;) Joking I love my job and I possible couldn't fit in any more hours!
I asked Abbey what her favourite thing about having her own little company is..
"Best part is you can do what you want! Add new products, delete products you don't want anymore. Try new things, do giveaways.. Everything!"
Okay.. I agree but giveaways are actually so stressful whenever I do them! I like stress out because I want to pick everyone and then I hope they like what they recieve ahhhh! I just stress out, over at Vivo swim we had a month of giveaways (1 a week) and I went crazy, in the end we just picked the winner out of a hat! But yeah if you love giveaways you are doing something right!
Lastly I asked Abbey what she would like people to know about herself and Afterglow Handmade.
"Would love people to know that their continued support is amazing, its giving me hope that I will be able to quit my retail job & run my own business (hopefully a shop one day) for many years to come! Its great doing something you love & being able to sell it. Afterglow just needs more exposure. So every new person who tries/buys is doing us the world of good!"
I also asked Abbey here favourite online store and she didn't have an answer - because all the small businesses she follow on instagram are all amazing.
www.afterglowhandmade.bigcartel.com
@afterglow_handmade