Meet Jamie Tabor Schmidt aka Simone Chickenbone... WAHM for March

If you have Chicken Poop, you are probably, undoubtedly, hooked, and refuse to use anything else on those pretty little lips of yours.  That mystery little tube of “lip junk”, whose name alone can evoke disgust or uncontrollable giggling, makes you feel you HAVE to try it.  If you haven’t heard of it, or used it, relax, there’s no chickens, or poop involved in the creation of this product, just one super cool chick with lots of super cool ideas.

Jamie Tabor Schmidt’s destiny seemed to be clearly laid ahead of her.  At age 4 she went door to door selling homemade “air fresheners” from Kleenixes soaked in handsoap for $.05.  In her twenties, a trip to a Sephora store with a beauty school friend, inspired her to make her first product, a hair pomade. Soon requests for a lip balm came in.  She instantly knew, that if she made a lip balm, it would have to be called “chicken poop” because of a saying her Grandfather always said when someone complained of dry lips:  “put some chicken poop on ‘em so you won’t lick ‘em”.  She had a great product, but not everyone at first was excited about it because of it’s name.  But perseverance paid off and she got her first big order in Chicago.  Local interest picked up and she scored an account with Wal-greens.  Chicken Poop is now sold in over 700 stores across the nation including Canada, Australia and the UK.   

 

Also known as “Simone Chickenbone”, Jamie stays inspired by her freedom to spend time with her family. Both she and her husband are self-employed, and they spend all their time with their two kids:  Aurora, 5 and West, 2, and two dogs and a cat. Her husband Eric is an artist/inventor and is very supportive of her and her business.  They enjoy gardening and hanging out at home when not creating or working.

Here’s a couple of questions I ran by her for this story:

What is your favorite inspirational quote/saying?

“When you're green you grow, when you're ripe you rot.”  She heard this at a product education class while she was working as a hair dresser. She also lives by "what goes around comes around". Her husband, Eric, is always telling their daughter Arora "to whom much is given, much is expected". 

Baby "chicks", Aurora and West

What is your favorite guilty pleasure?

“I love getting a latte and a cinnamon streussel donut from The Donut Whole”,  and her Pilates with Aliesa George at Centerworks Pilates, twice a week.

If you could change the world with your products, what would you want to do?  

“To encourage the use of only all natural products on the skin. Also, the humor in my products is a universal ice breaker/boundary breaker.  People of all walks of life get a kick out of it. Somehow, Chicken Poop transcends gender, race and age.”

Her best piece of advice for other entrepreneurs?  

“Persevere and get a good attorney.”

Keep persevering Jamie! Your fans love you and your products and can’t wait to see what the future holds for Chicken Poop. 

You can get your own tube of Chicken Poop over at her website, www.ilovechickenpoop.com, along with her other products "Good Gravey", and "Kill it Dead" and through March only, any order can get a free “I love chicken poop” tee shirt with coupon code #freetshirt.  This is for Wichita City Mom readers only!!! 

Thanks Jamie, for being our Work At Home Mom of the Month for March!