Realizing there were hundreds of chemicals in the skin care products she had been purchasing, Nabors took it upon herself to create a natural soap bar and a natural cream for her daughter, and they worked.
“I started sharing with family, ‘Hey, it’s working. Her skin is healing.’ She had discolorations all over her face, and all that went away,” she says. Nabors became passionate about making her own skin care products as she discovered that many others faced similar skin problems. Word of mouth quickly built up interest with potential customers.
Nabors realized she was on to something, but without any credit history or affordable access to conventional loans, she was only able to do so much. “At the time, not having any real loans or backing, it was hard just trying to keep up,” she says.
A former social worker who had just moved to San Antonio from Chicago, Nabors started searching for local resources that could help her grow. She found some classes hosted by a nonprofit called LiftFund that helped her learn about building credit. Then she learned about the other ways LiftFund could help entrepreneurs like herself.