Hi!
For those who have never met me (because I’m usually in the basement), I’m Kayla, co-owner, former esthetician and product formulator of White Elm Spa. All of our White Elm Spa brand products are formulated and hand made by me! I love creating new products for our clients and I’m always working to improve and perfect the products I make for you. It’s definitely hard work trying to keep everything on the shelf and keeping the spa topped up on fun butters and scrubs to use during your service, but it is rewarding seeing people get excited for new scents and formulations!
Along with working at the spa twice a week, I work with my brother at his business in Landmark, MB. We cut and supply school bus glass for multiple school divisions in Manitoba! It is a nice change of pace being able to do a physically demanding job to balance the creative demand of being a product creator.
When I’m not at the spa or at my brother’s, I am at home creating jewelry out of epoxy resin, gemstones and other specimens that I have collected over the years. Flowers, shells, grasses, bones, stones, among other things! I love spending time outdoors looking for neat things to collect and stones to tumble and polish. I also spend lots of time drawing intricate patterns with ink! I love playing Dungeons and Dragons on the weekends with my brother, sister-in-law, and my husband!
I have 2 kitties at home, Jables (orange) and Rumple (seal point siamese), who love to watch me draw and keep my feet warm in my basement apartment that I share with my husband, Tyler! I also have a precious 1 year old niece that I love more than anything! Spending time with her while I work with my brother is the best part of my week!