That's why Pure Enchantment's packaging reminds anyone who indulges in the blissed-out natural lotions, soaps and balms that products are "Handcrafted in Rocky River, Ohio." Debbie Brink, who started the home based business with her husband three years ago, says a supportive community confirmed what they already knew about their products: They were something different too.

"We started by selling the products at the Rocky River High School cheerleader craft show, and it took off," Brink says.

So Brink began to market the product to area spas, including Renuvo Salon on Detroit Road.

"I do this from my basement," Brink says, shoring in her line's national distribution to its roots. Local buyers who call her looking for the products are pleasantly surprised that they won't have to drive far to find them. "They are excited when they find out it's here in Rocky River, and that makes it even better."

Pure Enchantment offers natural skin care products

Debbie Brink grew up in a family of entrepreneurs, so naturally, she thought of owning her own business. That dream started to take shape on a 2001 family vacation to Wilmington, North Carolina. Debbie bought a bar of natural soap. “I couldn’t believe how soft it made my skin feel,” Debbie said.

She then began reading, taking classes and experimented with making soaps and lotions in her Rocky River home. Though she still had a full-time job, her husband Bill and their blended family of five children gave her the support she needed to launch the Pure Enchantment line of natural soaps and lotions in 2003.

The solid lotion bars, for both hands and body, are made using shea butter. They soften dry and cracked skin, and feature a light, natural fragrances. They are packaged in portable metal tins. Pure Enchantment also offers an unscented olive oil castile soap for sensitive skin, a goat’s milk oatmeal soap that gently exfoliates, a revitalizing rosemary mint foot balm, and natural lip balms in flavors such as lemonade. The company’s products are garnering raves.

Dr. Helen Torok, a dermatologist and owner of the Trillium Creek holistic medical center in Medina, is a huge fan. “Your products are ideal for my patients with dry, sensitive skin; eczema, and psoriasis,” she wrote to the Brinks.

Visit www.pureenchantment.com for retail locations and more information or call 440-743-7772.