Jennasis isn’t just a hair and skin care brand—it’s my life, my heart, my story in a bottle.

For over 20 years, I’ve battled severe health challenges, survived six comas, and lived through a triple organ transplant. I’ve spent countless nights in hospital beds, holding on by a thread. There were moments where I didn’t know if I could keep going. Moments where I was seconds away from a full-blown breakdown. But what always brought me back was the mirror.

Not because I loved what I saw. But because I learned to love on myself. A little face oil here, a homemade sugar scrub there, worship music playing in the background, and a Pinterest recipe I found at 2am. That was my therapy. That was my reset. That was my survival.

Jennasis came from that place. It came from making something beautiful during the ugliest moments of my life. It’s a piece of everything; every memory, every lesson, every person who ever poured into me.

Even as a kid, I was soaking up knowledge. Sitting with friends from all different backgrounds, braiding each other’s hair, learning about oils and ingredients they used in their cultures. I didn’t realize it then, but those memories would shape my hands later—when I started crafting products of my own. It’s those tiny moments, those little nuggets of wisdom, floating around in my head that have now found their way into every product I make.

And let’s be honest—while I felt sick inside for years, I learned early that if I looked good, I’d feel better. So Jennasis isn’t just about healing your body. It’s about helping you feel whole again. Because rebirth starts at the root.

This brand is a mix of everything I am. My love for cooking inspired the first batch of hair oil. I infused it the same way I’d infuse olive oil in the kitchen. I threw in carrier oils I had laying around, added rosemary because I knew it was great for hair health, and did what I now call my “8 hour balanced boil”— slow, meticulous, a little obsessive, and full of desperation. I needed a distraction. I needed a solution. And it worked. Better than anything I had ever tried.

Jennasis is me. It's my story wrapped in oil and sealed in glass.

It’s the love and care from all of my loved ones who got me through; my big brother Jon, who doesn’t even realize how many times he pulled me out of the darkness, encouraging me, pushing me, planting the first seeds of my entrepreneurial spirit. My mom, who is one of the most wildly talented people I know. She taught me creativity, perseverance and grit without ever saying a word. That’s her in every jar too. From my son's father who has been a resounding loud speaker telling me to stop investing myself into everyone else's dreams, and start investing into my own. It's from everyone who has supported me in every small, or big way. It was a seed that was planted. 

It’s my journey as a mother to a beautiful biracial son. The hours I spent researching how to take care of his hair and skin the right way. Making sure he had what he needed, because no one was going to love him harder than I would.

It’s all the days I spent broke and sick, trying to make something out of nothing. The endless hours in hospital beds where I poured myself into researching ingredients, reading everything I could find, watching videos, learning not just how to survive, but how to create in the midst of chaos.

Jennasis is rebirth. It’s healing. It’s love. It’s science and soul. It’s a whole lot of grace. It’s a mirror moment and a prayer. It’s the past and the future.

This is me. This is Jennasis.