The Naturally Beautiful Podcast

(Ep 44) "Biotechnology in Beauty: Fusing Tech and Botanicals to Create Sustainable Products" with Leona Dondi, Founder of UZIMA (@uzima.co)

May 11, 2023 Naturally Beautiful Season 3 Episode 44
(Ep 44) "Biotechnology in Beauty: Fusing Tech and Botanicals to Create Sustainable Products" with Leona Dondi, Founder of UZIMA (@uzima.co)
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The Naturally Beautiful Podcast
(Ep 44) "Biotechnology in Beauty: Fusing Tech and Botanicals to Create Sustainable Products" with Leona Dondi, Founder of UZIMA (@uzima.co)
May 11, 2023 Season 3 Episode 44
Naturally Beautiful

On today’s episode Sabrine interviews Leona Dondi, founder of UZIMA (@uzima.co) UZIMA, (pronounced OOZeeMA), means full of life in Swahili, and is a sustainable clean beauty hair care line that blends the fusion of biotechnology with African botanicals for products that promote healthy hair and scalp and confidence in our naturalness. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • Leona's natural hair journey
  • Growing up in Kenya 
  • The inspiration behind creating her brand 
  • What is biotechnology and how it can be impactful
  • Using fermentation to amplify ingredients and create sustainable products
  • Her career in research and tech and how it helped w/ her business
  • and much more!

This episode is proudly sponsored by Credit.Com

To sign up for ExtraCredit, go to credit.com/naturallybeautiful and get started there. To sweeten the deal you can even get the first 7 days absolutely free. It is just $24.99+ tax a month after the free trial.

For more information about UZIMA visit:
www.uzima.co
IG: @uzima.co 

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Show Notes

On today’s episode Sabrine interviews Leona Dondi, founder of UZIMA (@uzima.co) UZIMA, (pronounced OOZeeMA), means full of life in Swahili, and is a sustainable clean beauty hair care line that blends the fusion of biotechnology with African botanicals for products that promote healthy hair and scalp and confidence in our naturalness. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • Leona's natural hair journey
  • Growing up in Kenya 
  • The inspiration behind creating her brand 
  • What is biotechnology and how it can be impactful
  • Using fermentation to amplify ingredients and create sustainable products
  • Her career in research and tech and how it helped w/ her business
  • and much more!

This episode is proudly sponsored by Credit.Com

To sign up for ExtraCredit, go to credit.com/naturallybeautiful and get started there. To sweeten the deal you can even get the first 7 days absolutely free. It is just $24.99+ tax a month after the free trial.

For more information about UZIMA visit:
www.uzima.co
IG: @uzima.co 

Support the Show.

For more information about Naturally Beautiful visit:
www.naturallybeautiful.co
IG: @naturallybeautiful.co