I was raised by a feral father in the back to the land movement. I have been exposed to and have had a fondness for herbal/alternative therapies but have always loved glamour. Naturally I went into the natural products industry as a career.

What inspired you to go into the craft business, do you still have a day job? I started making products for myself because I wanted something better than what I was finding in the marketplace, it turns out that other people are looking for the same thing. I feel totally lucky that this is my day job now.

Describe your creative process when designing/making your product line. I start thinking about something I want a scrub say and then I start thinking about all the qualities I would want in my perfect world scrub and then I start researching ingredients and then start doing test batches until it’s just right.

What’s the best thing about what you do? And the worst? Feeling good about making something I believe in and getting so many compliments and kind words from customers. One of the worst things is that I feel like I’m always at work, I’m trying to schedule time that is actually off sometimes even a whole day!

There’s detailed info about my products and stuff on the website ByNieves.com, I’d be happy to send a free sample of the Face Fix, just send me your address and I’ll pop it in the mail.