Recurring injuries meant resting up and reaching for heat and cold — oils, warm compresses, ice. None of it ever felt like it was truly easing anything; it felt more like a mind trick than real relief. That frustration is what sends the research down a different path: into herbs.
A number of herbs come into focus. Research never really stops, but it's joined now by something new — the shape of an actual business, sketched out alongside the notes.
The very first oil is made — an olive oil base carrying horsetail, comfrey, mimosa pudica, and black seed. It's tested on no one but myself first, long before it's ever offered to anyone else.
Another batch is made — still without MCT coconut oil — and used on no one but myself. A UK supplier for the hair oil I'd been planning proves impossible to find, so that idea stays just that: an idea, shelved for now.
The start of the year is spent focused fully on the hair oil idea — until overseas supply issues get in the way again. My supplier happens to be selling MCT coconut oil, so I buy a litre. I remake that very first formula with it instead of olive oil, and try it on myself. The relief is real this time. I start giving it to family, friends, and even professionals — and later in the year, the feedback comes back overwhelmingly positive.
The formula gets refined — softer, more balanced, without losing its recovery focus. Around the same time, the amber glass bottles start showing their limits. Research leads to Miron violet-glass, chosen for how it protects the oil's quality over time.
