Originally published July 21 2005
Chicken Poop for the chapped-lipped soul
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Jamie Tabor's grandfather always told her that you should rub chicken poop on chapped lips, to discourage licking them, so Tabor took that advice to heart and created her all-natural lip balm named Chicken Poop, although the ingredients are not chicken- or poop-related, reports the Wichita Eagle.
Jamie Tabor hopes to someday retire on Chicken Poop.
Chicken Poop is the whimsical name of her all-natural lip balm, which she makes in a corner of the Fisch Haus, an artists cooperative on South Commerce.
Tabor sells Chicken Poop at 15 stores in Wichita and across the country.
Much of her business is coming from Chicago, driven in part by a mention in Daily Candy, an e-mail magazine of sorts about fashion, shopping and cultural events tailored to metropolitan areas.
Chicken Poop started after a friend of Tabor's from beauty school took her to Sephora, a chain of makeup and skin care emporiums found in larger cities.
Her husband, Eric Schmidt, helped her with the machine that makes Chicken Poop.
Within 24 hours of the mention in Daily Candy on Jan. 31, Tabor received Chicken Poop orders totaling $1,600 -- a lot for a product that sells for $4 each.
Tabor receives orders every day on her Web site, www.ilovechickenpoop.com.
She advertises the product around town with a VW Beetle adorned with pink stars and the Chicken Poop logo.
Love Box Co. recently made display boxes for Tabor, which is helping her pitch to retail stores.
The boxes feature a 3-D chicken, and a slot in the back dispenses the tubes of lip balm.
"One reason is because it's local," operations manager Chet Shelite said.
She says she can't stop doing hair because her clients would kill her.
Schmidt, whose title is plant manager, dreams that he and Tabor will someday buy the warehouse next to the Fisch Haus to use as a manufacturing facility.
She has her eye on a $50,000 machine that could make 50 to 60 tubes of Chicken Poop a minute.
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