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Seventeen years ago I accepted a marketing director position at a small pharmaceutical company. This is where I met Leslie and her husband John, who had owned and managed the place for decades. I planned to work there for a year or two, then move on to pursue my design dreams in another industry. Over the course of fifteen years, I found a home, challenging work, inspiration and a fierce and fearless role model. We lunched, laughed, cried and worked hard, in offices side by side. During this time Leslie became family and the self-declared “fairy godmother” to my girls. The fairytale ceased when John became sick and the company was sold. Everything as we had known it for years was lost and with broken hearts, we searched for ways to close the wound, close the gap, and once again be a part of one another's every day. Once in a while, we joined forces to consult on small pharma projects. When working on the launch of a colloidal silver disinfectant, we were introduced to the possibilities of colloidal gold…in skincare. We left the controlled, sterile pharmaceutical world behind and walked hand in hand into the glamorous light of the beauty world.