Although I am the face of my brand I want to make it less about me this time and more about the community and who Sauda serves at its core.

I'd love to create a campaign and complete the final stage of product development ready for market. The campaign would feature every day men, women, and children in my local community of New Haven, CT.

I will also work with the college students of Yale University that make up all races and ethnicities.

I’d like to inspire other creatives in my community to dream big, encourage them to collaborate with one another, and support local businesses.

This project will drive me towards pushing the boundaries on my creativity and entrepreneurial journey. This is the biggest solo project thus far that I have taken on and I love a challenge! I aspire to continue to make bigger and better projects as I evolve and grow.

What kind of impact do we want to have?

#1 Artistic - Go create! So many of us get overwhelmed with everyday life that we forget about our dreams and what makes us happy. Whether it's the kids, the job, school, or every day life taking a toll on us, we want to ignite that light in others to not give up on their passions.

#2 Social - Get people talking and how they can get involved.

#3 Environmental impact - We love the Earth and want to keep it clean! We strive to continue to educate, source, and use the best materials for our packaging.

The new skills I will learn are people and project management. I work a lot alone so to have assistance on creating a project within 30 days allows me to learn new ways of staying organized and balancing my projects to completion from others who are more skillful in that area.

The inspiration I will draw from is my everyday community, especially the youth. I love to get them involved in the arts and show them that they have options to individually express their creativity whether it's in music, visual arts, photography, graphic design, etc.

The Imagination fund of $10,000 would cover

-Photography sessions of subjects

-Videography

-New design/packaging for lip balm tubes (4 scents) 

-Product photography (4 scents)

-Voiceover

-Inventory

-Local travel expenses

-Marketing

-Packaging, bags, and shipping supplies

-Final stage of testing which include stability and shelf life determination (30 days)

(By the way check out our clean ingredients that parents can read and understand 😊)

Cacao Butter Lip Balm Ingredients:

Theobroma cacao (Raw cacao), 

Candelilla wax, 

Ricinus communis (Castor oil), 

Simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba oil),

and Argania Spinosa (Argan oil)