how it started.

built from burnout

For thirty years, yoga was the only hour of my day where I could actually breathe.

I was a mother, a wife, a professional. High-achieving and highly exhausted. I knew how to perform. I had no idea how to recover.

The catalyst was my kids.

the kitchen table

Six years ago, my children asked if we could make candles for a local school fair. What started as a kitchen table experiment became an obsession. We weren't just melting wax. We were researching soy chemistry, fragrance safety, burn quality. We wanted to make something genuinely good.

We sold out in an hour. My kids asked: "can we do this again, but better?"

That question changed everything for me.

Better didn't mean faster. It meant more intentional.

the massage candle

The real turning point was our massage candle. I wanted to create something with a direct connection between body and mind. Something that helped you physically transition from the stress state to the rest state. Not just a scent. A signal.

When customers told us it had become part of their nightly ritual, that they were sleeping better, that they kept coming back, I knew this was bigger than a hobby. We were building something for people who, like me, had forgotten how to come down.

the pants

As Drymint grew, I looked at what I was wearing to wind down. Most of it was synthetic. Tight, restrictive, plastic against my skin at the end of an already hard day. It felt like a contradiction.

I wanted fabric that asked nothing of you. So we built it. GOTS-certified organic cotton, wide-legged, designed for the hours after. 

why drymint

Drymint is named for enduring freshness. The idea that even when life feels completely dried out, there is always a way back. Not through doing more. Through recovering better.

I know what it feels like to run on empty for years and call it ambition. I built Drymint because I needed it and nothing like it existed.

what drives us

The products are only part of it.

Every hand-poured candle and every GOTS-certified thread moves us toward something larger. Our goal is to create meaningful employment for survivors of domestic abuse and fund education for underprivileged girls. Because recovery isn't just personal. It's something we owe each other.

What started at a kitchen table with my kids has become the most purposeful work of my life.

I'm glad you found us. I hope it finds you at the end of a long day, with a candle nearby.