I, Mrs. Aruna Rathi, am the director of Moarvi Exports Private Limited, Mumbai. I am the founder of Sampan Handcrafted Glycerin Soaps since 2011.

Being a chemical engineer, I felt the need for good personal care products. I improvised on formulations of soaps and decided to continue my journey with glycerin-transparent soaps, as they look very secretive. In 2014, we launched commercially four varieties of the Sampan Natural Collection of soaps, adding natural ingredients such as flower petals, saffron strands, neem leaves, multani mitti, and activated charcoal to soaps, besides adding high-quality essential oils and fragrances.  Further, we have introduced the new Sampan Jewel Collection of Soaps: Sampan Gold Jewel and Sampan Silver Jewel. Soon, body shampoos, face washes, and hair oils will be introduced in the collection. 

Sampan soaps were placed in the M/s Future Retail Limited chain of stores in 2018 and 2019, such as Big Bazaar (BB), BB Genex, and Hypercity, in various states of India; and later on the e-commerce platform Nykaa from 2018 until 2021. Now we are placed at Flipkart, Tira, Netmed, and Jiomart online stores, and at the Roopam store in Mumbai. We are looking forward to exporting Sampan soaps globally. 

I am looking for connections to merchant exporters of personal care and beauty products from India, importers overseas of the afore-mentioned products, purchase managers in personal care in modern retail chains such as Reliance Smart Bazaar, V-Mart, Lulu Mart, gifting agencies, and super markets above 1500 square feet in India.

I have authored a book, “Joys of Soap Crafting Melt & Pour: Create Fancy Soaps at Home with Ease,” in 2021. The Joys of Soap Crafting is a compilation of fifty-six unique soap projects that encourage the use of natural ingredients like foliage, essential oils, flower extracts, and fragrances. It is available on the Amazon, Flipkart, and Walnut Publication websites.