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Lili DeOliveira shows how easy and fun it is to use Oopsy Daisy shampoo as she washes her sister Emmy's hair Thursday. (Tammy Abbott/The Leader)

BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT:
A solution that came naturally
Burbank woman uses her experience as a mother to start a line of rinse-free products for kids.
By Chris Wiebe
Like many mothers, Burbank resident Debby DeOliveira wanted to be everywhere at once.
Especially at mealtime, when she struggled to feed her newborn daughter, Emmy, while watching her 18-month-old, Lili — who was just learning to feed herself — get more food in her hair than into her mouth.
“All my bathrooms with tubs are upstairs,” DeOliveira said. “And I couldn’t run upstairs to the tub when I had my newborn downstairs.”
That dilemma led DeOliveira to search for a safe, easy-to-use cleaning product, and the result was Oopsy Daisy, her own line of all-natural, rinse-free cleaning products for babies and children.
“I just thought, ‘Why isn’t there some way that I can clean her hair without having to put her in the tub’” she said. “So that kind of started everything.”
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