Spinster sisters natural soaps and skincare products.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: SMALL BIZ: MADE IN COLORADO

Kelly Perkins came up with the name for her company with her sister in 1993. Today, sans sister-partnership and happily married, the moniker still stuck. "Married Sisters doesn't sound as good as Spinster Sisters," laughed Perkins. While she's been making soap since the early '90s, she didn't start selling it at Front Range markets until 2010 and didn't quit her day-job as a business analyst until 2012. "You can't get more polar opposite," she says of the career change. Using natural, often homegrown herbs and other ingredients, Perkins now crafts soaps as well as men's shaving...