All Natural Lip Balm

This is from a journal that I was keeping several years ago. It is a rare glimpse into the mind of a man possessed (and this post can be viewed in the YouTube video below). May 16th, 2004 – Talked to my old student Wes about lots of things. He mentioned an herb called Arnica. […]

Happy is the inventor who creates something for one market and then his/her product is adopted by another. Think Crocs®. Crocs were created as a spa shoe and later adopted by boaters. Now Crocs and their many imitators are worn by everybody. ChopSaver was originally created for musicians who use their lips to play an […]

Anyone who runs a successful business will tell you it takes hard work, tenacity, patience and a little luck. I believe the luck is often a happy result of the first three items on that list. In other words, you often create your own good breaks. One such example is how we were able to […]

There are literally thousands of lip care products on the market. What made me think the world needed one more? Despite all those other options, as I developed the formula for what would become ChopSaver, a quick survey of my musician friends told me that very few, if any, of the other products actually addressed […]

So you have a product idea and maybe even some prototypes. What are you going to call it? You want something catchy and memorable and easy to pronounce. Do you want to describe the product with the name? Is the name something you want to trademark? Is the name already taken? Would it make a […]

OK, so by now you are getting the idea that ChopSaver is full of really good stuff. I could continue to write about each and every ingredient and why they are in there, but that would be a little bit like Coca-Cola giving away their formula, wouldn’t it? Or Kentucky Fried Chicken (oh – sorry! […]

Here’s a fun word – astringent! When lip tissues become inflamed or swollen you just want them to feel normal again. You need something to relieve the puffiness that builds up in sore tissues. I didn’t even know there was a name for what I was looking for. What I needed was an “astringent”, a […]