My name is Niema Stone. I am a minority and woman owned certified small business. The name of my business is called Soapstone Soaps, LLC, located in Detroit, MI.  I first started out making hand-made soaps and eventually increased my product line to include body butter, body oil and deodorant.  My goal is to retire from teaching and open up a small shop, where I can make, sell and teach others the importance of using healthy skin-loving products for their body.
   One of the reasons I started making natural products for the body was because of my husband. He suffers with eczema. In 2009, I began to research the process of how to make hand-made soap. In 2010, I started making cold process soap. I passed out samples to family and friends. I took in their input and perfected my recipes. Fast forward fourteen years later, here I am today. I have more than twenty types of artisan handmade soaps, five types of amazing smelling body butters, body oils, and no baking soda deodorants. I think, eat and sleep soap! This is my passion! This is what I do!