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Our Founders:
Ballymoon's founders and co-owners are
Fran Agar and Colleen
Willoughby. They
are a mother and daughter team. Their passion
for Aromatherapy began in 1996 and through courses, lectures and
extensive research have achieved a high level of expertise in this
field. Ballymoon's products are developed and produced in Calgary,
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Fran retired from a thirty five year
career in Para-legal and Executive capacities for Lawyers’ offices,
Petroleum and Development Companies. Colleen holds two
Travel Agent designations & is a former employee of WestJet Airlines.
In 1999 she received the Calgary White Hatter Award for Travel &
Tourism.
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The name Ballymoon is the Agar
Ancestral Estate in Ireland |
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"The Agars at home in Ballymoon" Circa 1909 |
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"The Agar's at Ballymoon Castle" Circa 1985 |
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Mission: Ballymoon is guided
by a life philosophy; specific goals & our achievements are
consistent with our core values of Integrity, Honesty, Respect,
Dedication and Family. |
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Vision: To
be the Merchant of Choice providing exclusive premier quality
products to promote wellness - physically, emotionally and mentally through the power of Aroma and Beauty.
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Your Assurance:
- Innovative Anti-Aging using
DMAE & Hylauronic Acid, Retlinol A, AHA & Vitamin E
- Naturally Based Ingredients -
Sunblock with Zinc Oxide
- No Animal, Nut or Petroleum
ingredients
- Paraben & SLS Free
- All Skin types, highly
concentrated & no fillers
- All formulations are: created
jointly by owners & chemist, registered with Health Canada and
formulated with the most current active ingredients
- Produced new the Canadian
Rockies in Calgary, Canada
- Our products exemplify the
balance of casual elegance with classic style & high quality
- We are committed to the values
of our Mission and Vision Statements & are deeply dedicated to
fulfilling each of them
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“Our Story began in the fall of 2001 - I
had just retired & Colleen (a new Mom) left her employment to become a
stay-at-home Mom. Our desire was to experience our first “Rockwell”
Christmas & thus began our Christmas gift-giving project in Colleen’s
kitchen. Colleen & I started our education in Aromatherapy in 1996. Our
intention was not to begin a new career but to give ourselves another path
to wellness & fulfill an interest we mutually held.
Produced were soaps, lotions, salts & other
bath products. In our excitement, we produced too much & at the request
of friends & relatives, we began to sell our creations. Several months
passed, our enthusiasm grew & we decided to turn this “hobby” into a
viable business.
As this was family venture we chose the
name “Ballymoon” our ancestral estate in Ireland.
Marketing began by way of trade/craft shows
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We met our business coach,
Dawn Heartwell in March 2002 & Ballymoon began to accelerate its growth.
We quickly realized that in order to bring Ballymoon into the dream we
envisioned it was vital that we create alliances & obtain suppliers on a
more commercial footing.
Soon after we began working
closely with a cosmetic chemist & production of our formulas moved out of
the kitchen into the lab.
We have continued our close
relationships with Dawnie & the chemist, which has greatly contributed to
the success of our product line” - Fran Agar |
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