My Joli Friends is our caring community of mums and dads sharing their own parenting experience. 

Today we are very happy to welcome Olivia in My Joli Friends‘ community!

With keeping in mind that we all look for the best for our children, Olivia has founded Because Your Care, a natural laundry detergent that takes care of our skin, and… our Planet!

Olivia’s Portrait

Job 1: Mummy of Alicia (5 y.) and Hector (3y).

Job 2: Founder of “Because You Care” a natural laundry detergent for sensitive skin.

What would be your best “mom to be ” advice?

Sleep as much as you can before the delivery! I am kidding. The real advice would be to always stay surrounded by friends demonstrating goodwill and ready to support you at any time. As most of the time we don’t have our family here, it’s very important to not stay alone.

What is the worst young parent advice you were given?

I would say that is the lack of advice of my mom! She did not warn me about how difficult it will be to have children! She pretends that she forgot everything about it! Hopefully one day I will forget as well and I will keep only the great family moments!

Mama Bear or Mama cool?

We should ask my children, I think they would reply Mama Bear! (And proud to be!)
I have chosen to work as an independent to have the freedom to take care of them as much as I can. For me it’s the perfect balance between my professional career and my mommy job.

I always say that since I have kids, the most important job for me, is my mommy job, to make sure that I raise them as good as we can (with my husband of course;). In certain countries this mommy job is a paid work, which is completely normal : raising well a child for our society is one of the most important roles in the world. According to me, one of the keys to reach this goal, is to spend time with them.

What could you bring to the “mum-to-be” or “nursing moms” community through your expertise/job/activity?

As a mother, we always look for the best for our child. That is the exact reason why I have decided to propose an alternative to the traditional toxic laundry detergents that we find in the supermarkets. There is a big lobby around these products which are full of toxic ingredients and work as endocrine disruptors. The most visible effects are the skins allergies. But not only! 

With Because You Care I want to share a solution with a complete transparency regarding the formula: only four natural ingredients, the main one is the famous Savon de Marseille. We don’t need any extra ingredient to wash properly.

I also want to participate to reduce our plastic consumption. So I offer a cardboard packaging. I am not looking to sell my products worldwide! I really want to keep my business as a local one, the powder is crafted in Dubai and will always remain destinated to UAE residents.

Where can we find you?

Our clients order on www.becauseyoucare.ae 

You can find us at @lacouveuse.dubai and very soon at Maison Tini, Villa Margot and Villa Just Be.