Our Inspiration

For years now, we have been trying to eat unprocessed foods and organic foods whenever they are available. Our pantry has just the basics and our refrigerator is full of fresh fruits, vegetables, grass-fed beef and pasture-raised poultry. But, what about the contents of our medicine cabinet? What about the products on the shelf in our shower?

We started thinking about how many chemicals are in our bath soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, moisturizer, etc., and how many we use each day. We counted how many chemicals we were exposed to when we showered, washed and styled our hair, and moisturized our skin. We lost count as we read the ingredient lists on the products we had chosen to use!

Skin is the largest organ of our bodies and it is also the thinnest. How permeable is our skin? Can using chemicals on our skin be worse than eating them? When you add up your daily exposure each day – the number of potentially dangerous chemicals is really alarming!

Researching the numerous ingredients on the Web just made us more concerned, so we started searching for natural and organic skin and body care products in the supermarket. There is not much to choose from and even some of the products that claimed to be safe, had known carcinogens, allergens, and immunotoxic chemicals in their ingredients!

We wanted to find safe skin and body care products that were made with natural and organic ingredients. Our first step was to start moisturizing with organic, extra virgin coconut oil. We have cooked with coconut oil for quite a few years and we had read that it was an easily absorbed massage oil - ideal for smoothing the skin. We tried it and found it to be easy to use and very effective.

Inspired by organic, extra virgin coconut oil, we developed the Kee Botanicals line of natural and organic body care products. Each product contains organic coconut oil plus other safe, simple and organic, plant-based ingredients that will gently clean and moisturize your skin and hair.