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A Little New Year Inspiration

So imagine this. You have a product that you know really helps people but you are a small company competing with huge corporations. And then one day you get an email saying… “I love your product. I am a cancer patient. A new chemo made my lips react with cracking and dryness. My dermatologist at […]

Legendary Musician Arturo Sandoval Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

Congratulations Arturo on this amazing and well-deserved honor! You can read the full story here. I met Arturo Sandoval when ChopSaver first hit the market several years ago. He was speaking at a local university. Having performed at the same facility myself many times, I asked my stagehand friends to deliver some ChopSaver and my […]

An Interview with Sam Pilafian, Patrick Sheridan and Choppy the ChopSaver (Part 3 of 3)

Recently, tuba virtuosi and music industry giants Patrick Sheridan (https://patricksheridan.com/) and Sam Pilafian (https://www.pilafian.com/tuba/) caught up with Choppy the ChopSaver at the University of Illinois Marching Band Championship. In a hard hitting, 3 part interview, Choppy covered a wide variety of topics including the benefits of organic ingredients, marching band drill and global warming. A transcript is below to aid with hard […]

An Interview with Sam Pilafian, Patrick Sheridan and Choppy the ChopSaver (Part 2 of 3)

Recently, tuba virtuosi and music industry giants Patrick Sheridan and Sam Pilafian caught up with Choppy the ChopSaver at the University of Illinois Marching Band Championship. In a hard hitting, 3 part interview, Choppy covered a wide variety of topics including the benefits of organic ingredients, marching band drill and global warming. A transcript is below to aid with hard to hear segments. […]

An Interview with Sam Pilafian, Patrick Sheridan and Choppy the ChopSaver (Part 1 of 3)

Casting for Recovery

While ChopSaver is still a small company, we do what we can to support causes we believe in. Many times it is a simple donation of product for a charity to use as they see fit. One of those is Casting for Recovery. Casting for Recovery is a national organization that sponsors 2 ½ day […]

An Interview with Carol Jarvis

Not only are “ChopSaver Users Just Plain Cool,” many of them are inspiring beyond words! Carol Jarvis (https://www.caroljarvis.com/) is a virtuoso trombone player based in the UK and has toured and recorded extensively with stars such as Seal and Sting but can also be found working with internationally renowned ensembles such as the London Symphony […]

An Interview with Kiku Collins

We continue our “ChopSaver Users are Just Plain Cool” series with trumpeter Kiku Collins! While her early training emphasized classical music, Kiku (http://www.kikucollins.com/) has branched out into the New York jazz and pop music scene. She has performed and toured with Beyoncé, Michael Bolton, Jill Scott, Nick Lowe, Gloria Gaynor, and Train, among others. DG – When did you first […]

What is Your Trumpet?

I recently had a 10 minute appointment with the decision makers of a major retail chain. This meeting would be the culmination of years of blood, sweat and yes, tears. My objective? Get a second meeting. A second meeting would mean they were interested and that interest would ultimately lead to getting ChopSaver lip balm […]

White Willow…Nature’s Aspirin

Despite all the advances in medicine in recent decades, aspirin remains one of the most remarkable drugs ever to have been discovered. But do you know where it comes from? This is another in our continuing series on the ingredients in ChopSaver all-natural lip balm. It helps explain why ChopSaver is so different from other […]