05/03/2026
Our Journey
EcoGaia didnât start from a trend.
It started when I began questioning what I was putting on my skinâand realized I couldnât fully trust the answers I was finding.
Around 2010, I started looking deeper into ingredientsâchecking them against the EWG database, trying to understand what was actually inside the products I was using. That process led me into a vegan, cruelty-free lifestyleâand a bigger question: what am I actually supporting when I buy something?
*Thereâs Lead in Your Lipstick* by Gill Deacon shifted everything. It exposed the gap between marketing and reality.
In 2012, my Mama and I created Wellness Oasisâa small, intentional space for non-toxic, ethical products. We kept it alive quietly, alongside full-time work.
In 2020, EcoGaia took shape.
Reading *The Vanishing Face of Gaia* reframed something deeply: we are not separate from ecological systemsâwe shape them.
At the same time, my mother left accounting and moved into holistic healingâfirst equine therapy, then aromatherapy massage.
By 2021, as I completed my Masterâs in Business and Sustainability, both of our paths aligned.
I studied lifecycle thinking, cradle-to-cradle, and sustainability frameworksâlearning how to evaluate what is truly sustainable, beyond claims.
Wellness Oasis evolved into OâWell Wellness Collective.
Today, I continue curating botanical, non-toxic, cruelty-free productsâand expanding into apparel.
That journey hasnât been easy.
15+ years of searching for truly aligned optionsâvegan, ethical, bio-based. Especially shoes⌠đĽ˛
Testing, questioning, refining.
This is what I share here: not perfection, but process.
The challenges of being a conscious consumerâand the solutions that do exist.
I continue my professional career because I love it. Itâs where I apply my knowledge and support people directly.
EcoGaia is where that work becomes expression.
To one day build a small eco-community that feels like a destinationâsomething between nature, sanctuary, and a new kind of world.
A vision Iâm shapingâquietly, intentionally, step by step.