Today we’d like to introduce you to Arminda Scott.
Hi Arminda, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start, maybe you can share some of your backstories with our readers.
My name is Arminda Scott. I am the owner and founder for RosiesMinda LLC. We are an Independent Black Woman Owned Business where All Products are Handmade with Love.
I started this business because I was dealing with so many different ailments associated with pain. Just to name a few, Arthritis, Anxiety, Depression, & Chronic pain
I began to research the effect essential oils and various salts have on the body and mind when soaking in a warm bath, how they affected me as I inhaled them during a shower, as well as when I rubbed them on my skin. This knowledge helped me to implement various butter, oil, and salt combinations for my products.
With consistent use they began to work for me. I received some much-needed tension and pain relief. My products helped me so much so that I decided to start RosiesMinda LLC to share the love.
I came up with the name RosiesMinda from clients who couldn’t pronounce my given name (Minda), and (Rosies) is in honor of my mother whom I lost some time ago (2015). Her closest friends called her Rosie. I put the two together, birthing RosiesMinda LLC.
I started my business right at the beginning of 2021, thinking I must be crazy. I don’t know what I’m doing. Today, I don’t feel the same way. I’ve had some amazing experiences. I’ve had wonderful opportunities and had a chance to speak with some of the most prominent people in my community.
In August of 2019, owning my own business was just a vision placed on my vision board. It didn’t take me long to realize my passion and actually make it come to fruition. I love what I do; I love meeting and working with new people, most of all, I love making the products that makes people skin happy.
We all face challenges, but looking back, would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
In order to understand where I am now, I have to take you back a bit.
I must say It has not been a smooth road for me at all. September of 2018, I had a violent fall that, at the time, I didn’t think anything would come of it. I got up confused as if nothing was wrong because I thought I was normal and okay. I guess I tried to play it off because I was out celebrating with whom, at the time, was one of my closest friends, and I didn’t want to ruin the fun. It wasn’t long after I had gotten up that I needed quickly to be rushed to the hospital.
I suffered a concussion, a broken elbow, a torn ligament in my shoulder a bruised knee and ego, as well as shooting nerve pain that stemmed from my neck while furthering my chronic back pain.
I continued to work, furthering my injuries. Taking on jobs for the money and not for the passion. One of which that added to my injuries. I continued to have uncontrolled crippling spasms at home and on the job as well. These spasms would cripple me and hospitalize me as well. After so many X-rays, MRIs, Injections, and Medications, my life was at risk. I couldn’t work a physical job anymore.
At the end of March 2021, my Spine Specialist told me my life was at risk. If I continued on my current lifestyle, I would lose the ability to walk. I’m the rock of my family, and that news was unacceptable. I had to be convinced, and I was because of the continued spasms. Any one of those could have made that truth happen at any given time. April of 2021, I ended up having the Cervical Spine Surgery.
I participated in my first Pop-up publicly launching RosiesMinda LLC in June of 2021, just two months after my surgery. I didn’t know how I was going to pull my event off because I wasn’t supposed to be doing really anything strenuous. My family ended up stepping in, friends from my past came out of nowhere that wanted to help. I couldn’t believe it that people in my life were there to help me and to see me succeed.
After my launch on this journey, I lost some of my closest friends whom was once thought of as family. These events sent me into a deep depression. I quickly recognized that I needed to get help because I still had a business to run. Today 2023, I still suffer from my injuries, I am still in pain, and still suffer from depression, but I don’t let what’s happened to me or what I suffer from dictate my now or my future.
So, a long answer to such a short question; Yes, there have been struggles along the way, and by no means has this journey been a smooth ride.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
RosiesMinda LLC Handmade All Natural Bath Products is just what it sounds like. We hand make and never outsource our products from third parties, so you’ll always know what’s exactly in our products, so you don’t have to second guess what you’re buying. We are a local Detroit, MI, Minority Woman Owned Small Business. We participate in various Artesian Marketplaces around the Greater Detroit area as well as carefully selected Pop-up venues.
We are proud of all our Handmade Bath Products. Right now, our line consists of
-Ache Away Bath Bombs
-Beard Oils
-Custom Spa Baskets
-Infused Bath Salts
-Infused Rose Oil
-Hair Serum
-Whipped Body Butters
-Shower Steamers (Our most popular item)
Soon we will be looking into expanding our brand with our product line as well as actively looking for stores or boutiques to place RosiesMinda LLC brand on their shelves.
How do you define success?
I define success as what happens when I use LOVE overall to attain or conquer a goal. I feel successful when I see real growth in my abilities and skills. At RosiesMinda LLC being patient, gentle, humble, and loving (Ephesians 4:2) helped to build my success along with my openness to continue to learn. I define success as keeping the door open to opportunities and willingness to collaborate with great minds to further the successes of my company.
I have a passion for what I do. I have the Drive to keep that passion alive. I’m known to be a person of Integrity. I have developed a strong sense of Independence and Self-Reliance at an early age. I have the ability of Connection and Communication. Despite what I suffer from, I still maintain a sense of Optimism for a growing future.
I keep at the forefront of my mind that success is a process. To not let the successes of others around me define what I’ve accomplished myself. I’ve had the vision, conquered what it took to get me where I am right in this moment. I am continuing the process to aim on purpose and not let the failures or shortcomings stop me from being able to share one day what will be my ultimate Success story.
“Her success owed more to hard work than luck.”
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.rosiesminda.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosiesminda_llc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RosiesMinda
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@rosiesminda?_t=8aVGmTYWT0t&_r=1
Image Credits
Arminda Scott
