Native American Heritage month afforded me the opportunity to meet Kiyani – a botanical soap concentrates company, founded by Miranda Mullett, a female-entrepreneur and descendant from the Navajo tribe, is launching into the United States. 

Kiyani specializes in body soap concentrates that are made from botanicals, it uses low-waste, non-toxic, vegan, biodegradable, and plastic-free components and materials to produce each concentration, as well as the dispensing bottles and packaging, putting sustainability first. Launching with the beautiful scent combinations of Tea Plant, Wild Mint, and Eucalyptus, the concentrates are encapsulated in aluminum bottles, which can be easily recycled. To use, you simply pour the concentrate into the reusable dispensing bottle, then fill it with water to the fill line, shake and it is ready to use! 

Kiyani is Inspired by Miranda’s grandmothers’ wisdom and traditional teachings from the Navajo culture. Having spent most of her childhood on the Navajo reservation with her grandparents, Miranda quickly learned the art of perseverance, gratitude, and appreciating the small things in life. This also meant taking care of the earth we as people continue to use and consume daily. As an indigenous-owned product, Kiyani centers around sustainable packaging and natural ingredients due to the teachings of gratitude of the earth within the tribe – these are the values that brought Kiyani to life. 

When creating the products, the protection of water was in mind, and with the influence of her grandmother’s botanical remedies, looking to the earth for solutions was the key. After researching and learning that soap berries, tea soap, and other plants contain saponins – a naturally occurring soap compound – it was decided that the use of soap berries along with plant-based surfactants and essential oils were to be used, making all the ingredients sustainable and biodegradable. 

Kiyani is available for pre-sale at www.kiyanibotanics.com.