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00:00All right.
00:01Think about something that you do every single day,
00:05or at least I hope you do it every single day.
00:08When we take a shower, it is something that we,
00:12it is the ultimate self-care
00:13because we got to do it every single day.
00:15But I have been doing it wrong my whole life, y'all.
00:18Because when I tell you this black woman,
00:21Camille Newman has absolutely changed the game
00:25when it comes to your shower experience
00:27and your bathing experience.
00:29We got to talk about it.
00:31I am Noni Donovan.
00:32You have just tuned in to Shop Essence Live
00:34in partnership with the New Voices family.
00:36Everybody, welcome.
00:37This week's guest, Camille Newman.
00:40Hey, Camille.
00:41Hi, Stephanie.
00:42So excited to be here and thank you for having me.
00:46Thank you, thank you.
00:47Now, everybody wants to know what I am talking about.
00:50As I have teed it up,
00:52you have created the most luxurious bath towels,
00:56full body bath towels.
00:57Yes.
00:58That's a new thing in my vocabulary right now.
01:00Full coverage.
01:02Full coverage.
01:02Can you talk about how you came up
01:04with this incredible brand?
01:06I definitely, I've been in an industry,
01:09the fashion industry for 15 years,
01:11but I had the aha moment when like so many people,
01:15I got to chill in my shower, after my shower,
01:18when I tried to wrap myself completely in my own towel.
01:21And from that fashion experience,
01:23fit has always been important to me.
01:26And I realized that we just needed more
01:29out of our bath experience.
01:30We needed a towel that we could wrap ourselves in,
01:34feel cozy after that amazing shower,
01:37or even sit and do makeup.
01:39And so I, you know, found a manufacturer,
01:42got the most luxurious cotton,
01:45and here we are with Body by Love, extra large towels.
01:49Listen, I know it just sounds like words
01:51that she is saying to y'all.
01:53When she was talking about full coverage,
01:55when she is talking about extra luxurious,
01:58like I don't, I'm holding this like,
02:00this is a towel here.
02:01Yes, like it's a blanket.
02:03Oh, it's a blanket.
02:04Like, I don't know if I've ever felt a towel
02:09with just this much luxury in it.
02:14Can you talk about, so you said it is full cotton.
02:17How did you come up with deciding how big it needs to be?
02:21I want to get into this towel here.
02:25Yeah, so let's jump right in.
02:26So, so few of us, like you mentioned when you started,
02:29so few of us think about our bath experience,
02:32our shower experience,
02:34and even the products that we're using in the bathroom.
02:37And the towel is no different.
02:39So after I had that frustrating experience,
02:42I really dug deep, you know,
02:44into the world of towels and discovered things
02:48like the different types of materials,
02:50Egyptian cotton, Turkish cotton.
02:52And it was my desire to create
02:54the most luxurious towel ever.
02:58And so, I mean, I could go on and on about this,
03:01but essentially towels over 700 grams per square meter,
03:07they call it, which is a towel weight,
03:09are considered luxurious.
03:11Our towel, the Body by Love towel is 100% Turkish cotton,
03:15which is one of the most luxurious materials
03:18you can get for a towel.
03:19And also I decided that a lot of other brands
03:22were doing towels up to 54 inches, maybe 60 inches,
03:27but that we were gonna go there,
03:28Body by Love, and have a towel that was 72 inches long.
03:34I love it, Stephanie.
03:36This is a towel.
03:37Yes, that is a towel.
03:40Stephanie, we're gonna have to, I love it.
03:43We're gonna have to, I love it.
03:48We're gonna have to,
03:49you're gonna be our main promo model.
03:51You're gonna love this.
03:53Listen, I will take it,
03:54cause my husband's trying to steal this towel from me,
03:56so I'm gonna need another one.
03:57And you know what, we get that all the time.
03:59After people try it, they're like,
04:00my husband tried to steal it, my wife tried to steal it.
04:02That's because we've just been, you know,
04:05doing the wrong thing in the bathroom.
04:07We haven't been treating that as our most sacred space
04:11and that bath and shower
04:13being one of the most important things
04:15that you could do for your day to recharge
04:18and really reinvigorate yourself.
04:21I just really see myself just sitting with this towel
04:24and nothing to do with the shower at all.
04:29Tell me how, and I just, like I said,
04:32the luxurious bath towel, even Turkish cotton,
04:35is something I've never uttered
04:38back-to-back juxtaposed together.
04:40How did you discover Turkish cotton
04:42and like, what was the journey for you
04:44to figure out what the,
04:45cause even the size is amazing,
04:47but when I tell you the texture of it, it's just.
04:51So as I mentioned, you know, it was so important.
04:54I should, could have mentioned this,
04:55but I'm coming from the plus size space
04:58and that whole idea of fit and luxury
05:01and coming from that space
05:03and not really all the times being seen and heard,
05:07it was important for me when it comes to fit,
05:09to design something
05:10where people would just feel amazing, right?
05:13And so really after doing a lot of research,
05:17I explored the world really of fabrics,
05:20Egyptian cotton, Australian cotton,
05:23trying different textures,
05:25and really it was the Turkish cotton that did it for me.
05:28And this is a true story.
05:30Stephanie, I said, you know what?
05:31I'm gonna take a chance on this.
05:33I'm gonna contact a bunch of Turkish manufacturers
05:37that I feel I could really do this luxury product
05:40that I want.
05:41And so many of them responded.
05:43And I went through months of refining the journey,
05:47making sure that, you know,
05:49some of these manufacturers were using solar energy,
05:51they're sustainable.
05:53So, so many things went into that research
05:55until I narrowed down to one
05:58and they produced this ultimate bath towel
06:01that you're looking at today.
06:02So I'm truly excited.
06:04It's been a labor of love,
06:05but I love that labor because you're,
06:08you're experiencing it and loving it.
06:10And that's what I wanna see.
06:13Listen.
06:14Yes.
06:17And this is why I opened the show that way.
06:20Like I'm just, it's such a calming feel,
06:22even like me here, like petting myself.
06:26It's such a calming feeling.
06:28And especially when you live a very busy, busy lifestyle
06:33and you don't always take time to like slow down
06:38and do the things.
06:39We all take in showers.
06:40At least I hope.
06:41You know, you're not bathing yourself.
06:43And it just like the intention behind this design
06:47and what it will inject into your everyday life.
06:50Like, I just wanna thank you as a brand new fan
06:53and consumer for coming up with something like this
06:56because, oh, it is so great.
06:59You didn't stop there though.
07:00Cause you also sent me some goodies.
07:03Oh man, don't talk about these.
07:05Yeah, so we don't have those available on the site.
07:08So I send those and like,
07:09this is for me.
07:11Giving away our secrets.
07:12Not yet.
07:15We send those right up in our PR boxes
07:20but we do have a body shimmer oil that everyone loves.
07:26You know, you put it on, it glows.
07:29We, we get crazy reviews about that.
07:33People love that.
07:34We also have homemade candles.
07:36Everything that we're trying to do at Body by Love
07:39is to really elevate your bath and shower experience.
07:43You know, there's so much negativity in the world Stephanie
07:46that we just wanna take a moment when we're doing,
07:51you know, bathing, whatever ritual it is
07:53we have in that sacred space
07:55that we take the time through our towels, candles, oils
07:59and we really just recharge.
08:00That's so important to me
08:03that we recharge and really, really take time for ourselves.
08:06Oh, it's the recharge.
08:09Yes.
08:10I can't wait to do it.
08:11You know what, now you're prompting me.
08:13I'm gonna rap with you.
08:14Come on, join the rap party.
08:16Let's rap together, yes.
08:18Body by Love rap party.
08:20I love this.
08:21I'm gonna sit like this for the rest of the day.
08:23Yeah, we're gonna do the rest of the session.
08:27I love this.
08:28So I love that you talked about the body shimmer.
08:30I'm such a huge body shimmer fan.
08:34Y'all, when you're going out or, you know
08:36you have a halter on, like there's nothing like,
08:39see, I wish I had, you see,
08:41use some shimmer right here.
08:42So I'm gonna check out the shimmer
08:44but it elevates your outfit even
08:47and have that sun kiss look all year round.
08:50I love a good body shimmer.
08:52So I can-
08:52Yeah, and it's also a hydrating body oil.
08:55You could use it for dry skin.
08:57We use ingredients such as mica powder
08:59for the shimmer and shea nut oil and sweet almond oil.
09:03And it's all organic materials.
09:06So I also love that shimmer oil as well.
09:09No, we love the intentionality
09:11because we have to be conscious
09:12of the things that we are putting on our body
09:14especially day after day after day.
09:16So thank you for that.
09:18Now, you watch Shop Essence Live.
09:20If you guys are watching this out there
09:22we're hooking you guys up with a promo code.
09:25Camille, let them know what it is.
09:27Yes, if you use the code Essence for the next 30 days
09:31you're gonna get 15% off your entire purchase
09:35at bodybylove.com.
09:37So we're really excited about this collaboration
09:41with Essence, it's amazing.
09:43Absolutely, so if you are watching this
09:45you don't know if it's day 29.
09:47You don't know what day you're watching it on, right?
09:50You wanna make sure that you go to their website
09:52and enter that code for sure, for sure.
09:54Do not miss out.
09:55You will not regret it.
09:58If you get one of these towels.
10:00Yes.
10:00Everything, so Camille, before I let you go
10:03this show is in partnership with the New Voices family.
10:06Can you talk a little bit about what it's been like
10:09being a part of that community?
10:11Oh my goodness, I don't even know where to start.
10:15I have been a part of the New Voices family
10:19since joining this previous cohort in fall,
10:22the Pace Bootcamp, launch and execute.
10:25So all you new business owners out there
10:28definitely check for the applications for that.
10:31It's an amazing program.
10:33We receive mentorships.
10:34We have sessions, you know, teaching us digital marketing,
10:39really talking, really taking a time
10:41to deep dive in our business
10:44so we can really scale and grow.
10:47There's so many people to thank there.
10:49Marie, oh my goodness.
10:51Maria, Art, so many people in that program
10:54and just in that community that I'm so grateful for.
10:58They're just so supportive,
11:00especially in a climate where we don't get
11:03that kind of support as founders of color.
11:06I'm truly grateful to them.
11:08And it's been a transformative experience for me,
11:12the bootcamp and just all of the people that we've met,
11:15including the fellow entrepreneurs.
11:17Yes, definitely go to newvoicesfamily.com
11:20and get, if you're a business owner especially,
11:23try to apply for their launch and execute cohort.
11:28It's called Pace.
11:29And I've been having an absolutely remarkable time.
11:34I'm so happy to be a part of New Voices.
11:38Yes, I love this.
11:41You guys bet on yourself if you're an entrepreneur
11:44and you are listening here.
11:45New Voices, we know there's all kinds of attacks
11:48going on everywhere.
11:49Oh my goodness.
11:51We're still out here helping a small black owned,
11:55small and large black owned brands.
11:58The community.
11:59There's different categories within the New Voices family.
12:02I'm in the beginners, if you wanna call it that.
12:04And that is important though,
12:06because there's somebody watching right now that's like,
12:08I'm not, I don't have it together.
12:10I'm not there yet and blah, blah, blah, blah.
12:13Listen.
12:13Oh no, this is the place completely.
12:17I'm telling you, Stephanie,
12:18it's been a transformative experience for me.
12:21A cohort like no other that I've experienced.
12:24So I'm truly grateful to their team.
12:26So good.
12:27Go to newvoicesfamily.com and check it out.
12:30It is free to join.
12:31Just fill out a business profile
12:33and I could be talking to you if you never know.
12:36Next on the next Essence Live, exactly.
12:39The next shop Essence Live, that's right.
12:40So we can't skip over how amazing of a gift
12:46this would be for somebody.
12:48Like if it's not for you, imagine someone,
12:51you're giving a loved one,
12:52whether that's your mom or significant other,
12:54every single time they wrap themselves in this,
12:57they're wrapping themselves in love every day.
13:00And they think of you.
13:01I'm telling you, it is a great, great gift.
13:04Camille, it's been so great to have you on the show.
13:07Thank you so much.
13:09And I look forward to checking out the body shimmer
13:12and all the things to come
13:13from Body by Love in the future.
13:15Yes.
13:17Thank you so much for the opportunity.
13:20And please join, you know, join our email list,
13:23follow us on all our socials.
13:25We're so happy and excited, you know,
13:28to welcome you at Body by Love
13:29to improve your bath or shower experience.
13:34Ooh, you can be luxurious like me.
13:36Yeah, get some luxury in your life.
13:41Luxury in a towel.
13:42Camille, thank you.
13:42Thank you so much.
13:46You guys, next time.
13:49So fun.
13:50All right, that's the end of that.
13:52So Camille, you're gonna wait backstage.
13:54Thank you, Stephanie.
13:55That was so fun.
13:57Listen, I'm no nervousness at all.
13:59That was so fun.
14:00Okay, I was like stuttering.
14:03No, we always in our mind,
14:05amplify what we think stuttering is.
14:06I couldn't tell.
14:07I couldn't tell at all.
14:08So I'm gonna put you backstage.