La Isha skincare.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF

Sharon Gnatt Epel's son Aaron was blistered by polluted water in 2005, and clinical essential oil therapy helped mend his skin. Inspired, Epel jumped into the field and developed her own La Isha line of skincare products after moving to Colorado in 2007.

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"I felt like I had died and gone to skin hell," she said. Her line includes Breast S.O.S., one of the only skin-care products embraced by the breast cancer survivor community, and several products...