Innovator – Hellen Birungi
HEB Lip balm, a natural blend of shea butter and coconut oil with essential oils for lip care.
Other products: Lip gloss, skin moistures, jelly, herbal nail polish remover. We are adding value to mango seeds by processing them into butter. This butter is used to manufacture cosmetics that are very good for the lips. The cosmetics include lip balm and lip gloss. These help to solve the problem of cracking, drying and inflammation of the lips. We train young women in manufacturing their own organic products. This improves their standards of living and enable them to provide for their families. We are providing employment opportunities to the youths.
Innovator - Jimmy Angupale
Pearl Jelly, a purified ghee based product innovated for skincare. Ghee, an excellent skin ingredient with long history of use in Western Uganda but in crude form. The invention of a purification method by the team and blending the purified oil with shea butter and other natural ingredients has become a perfect natural formula for cosmetics in Uganda.
Products: Pearl Jelly and Pearl Cream, NovaCap, Pharmaceutical grade starch and cellulose.