{"id":8,"date":"2023-11-08T08:35:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T08:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:35:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:35:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-mellobalm-header-scaled-e1753343130679-1024x206.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-mellobalm-header-scaled-e1753343130679.png\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"206\" width=\"1024\" title=\"mellobalm header\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/206;\" \/>\n\t<p>My name is Mel, I created this thriving business after our second child was born who is now almost four!<\/p>\nOur oldest is 5 and they both benefit from our products along with us, our family, friends and customers.\nOur first born has always been a great sleeper but it was getting her to sleep that was an issue at times, she also has very sensitive skin. I wanted to make a product that could help her relax before sleep and also be great for her skin.\nThat&#8217;s when I came up with our original Mello Balm. At first it was just for us, we found it was great for so many things we just had to share it. To start with, just family and friends used it but before we knew it, we were selling it all over NZ!\nOur main focus was to keep everything natural, make products as affordable as possible for people and grow our business enough to supplement our family income. Thankfully we have achieved a lot of this which wouldn&#8217;t have happened with out all our amazing customers!\nMello Balm products are 100% natural and have a small list of beautiful and yet powerful ingredients.\nOver time, by listening to our customers needs, we have created five new balms to sooth, replenish, calm and help many different skin types.\nOur Mello balm Green is our most popular Manuka bees wax balm due to its amazing range of healing properties. With the added Hemp oil, this balm has been a game changer for a number of skin issues for many people.\nOur two honey based, palm oil free, natural soaps, are great all over wash bars. Fantastic for cleansing your body and face leaving it fresh and soft.\nOur whipped Tallow balms are very popular for a big list of skin issues but they are also just incredible moisturizers for a wide range of skin types. We find Mello Tallow is great for sensitive skin just like all of our balm range.\nTallow mimics the fatty acids we have. Making it one of the best natural ingredients to help keep skin look glowing youthful and smooth.\nOur lovely mineral bath soak is incredibly detoxifying for the body and leaves you feeling super relaxed and recharged.\nCheck out our <a href=\"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/?page_id=44\">products page<\/a> for pricing and more information and please message us with any questions or to place your order today!!\nTo read an article about us on My treat box <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mytreat.co.nz\/blogs\/news\/founder-of-mello-balm-melanie-stewart-nz-made\">click here.\u00a0<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Mel, I created this thriving business after our second child was born who is now almost four! Our oldest is 5 and they both benefit from our products along with us, our family, friends and customers. Our first born has always been a great sleeper but it was getting her to sleep &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/?page_id=8\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mellobalm.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}