Tim Schley wanted to use a deodorant with all natural ingredients. He couldn’t find one on the market that did the job, so he decided to try making it himself. That first batch that he whipped up at a friend’s apartment in Eugene worked well, but it wasn’t quite the texture and consistency that he wanted. “From that point on, I started tweaking the formula and giving numerous samples out to everyone I could get to try it and asking for feedback,” Tim says. “Within about five months, I felt ready to hit the market, and although it continues to be a learning process and I've evolved along the way, it’s been one of the most gratifying experiences of my life.” Tim’s company, Green Theory Naturals, makes aluminum-free deodorants that include probiotics and bentonite clay. Tim says the clay has a detoxifying effect to help the body rid itself of the aluminum used in other deodorants. He says the key to long-lasting odor protection is the probiotics, which outcompete bacteria that feed off sweat.

Lifelong athletes Britni Jessup and Tanja Baker founded their Eugene-based company, Hatshe Blends, to promote and to help active people maintain their activities through the topical use of CBD, or cannabidiol, one of the essential extracts from the hemp plant. From the company’s early days, when Britni and Tanja were experimenting with beeswax, shea butter, olive oil, a basket of hemp trimmings, and a double boiler in the kitchen, their focus and purpose was clear: relief for an athlete’s aches and pains. Now Hatshe Blends produces three vegan, full-spectrum hemp extracts blended with pure and organic ingredients: Eucalyptus Orange Salve (its flagship product), Tangerine Relief Gel and Sandalwood Healing Cream. Eucalyptus Orange Salve is great for people on the go. Eucalyptus and orange essential oils complement the hemp extract’s earthy scent, and in its paper-push tube packaging, it’s perfect to carry along on your athletic outing, whether to the gym, on the trail or on the ski slopes. Tangerine Relief Gel is best for sore muscles and joints, Britni says, thanks to its “cooling menthol, warming capsicum and camphor oil to take the edge off, dull the pain and help us move on.” Sandalwood Healing Cream is not only great for soothing sunburns, bug bites and scrapes, Britni says, but also it works well on wrinkles, dry skin and redness.