Karen Guilmette, owner of Natural Red, is our small business champion for the month of August. Karen’s journey started one day in 2013 when she was feeling mommy-guilt about the harmful ingredients she found in the personal care products she and her family were using.  After a fruitless search for all natural products that worked well, she decided to research, experiment, and create some for her family.  Soon afterward, she went through a divorce. Karen found herself a single mom with 5 children that were aged 10 and under.  Financially, she needed to supplement her child-support.  She considered going back to teaching, she is a former Detroit Public School teacher…