There’s a trendy new product that is capturing the attention of middle and high school students all over the country, and some creative and enterprising tweens and teens are cashing in on this craze. Slime, a soft, slippery substance, is the latest fad among the youth, and young entrepreneurs all over the U.S. are making money out of it.
According to KDVR, 14-year-old Juneau Padilla from Aurora, Colorado is just one among dozens of slime entrepreneurs who have found success with their revolutionary product online. Slime is usually made with white craft glue, food coloring, and borax, but each slime vendor has their own closely-guarded recipe which makes their product stand out above the rest.
Padilla is selling a variety of slime online, and her Etsy shop, which was launched in November, features slime in fluffy mint and lilac, slime with halo glitter, slime with black glitter, and a glow-in-the-dark variant.
The teenager says that since opening her Etsy shop called SimplyPastelGothShop, she has made enough money to buy herself some new clothes, a few pairs of shoes and even paid for an Advanced Placement test at school.
Meanwhile, Casey Duke, a 14-year-old eighth grader in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, has also found success with her online slime business. According to Today, Duke makes a variety of slime using her own secret recipes that may include glue, foam hand soap, shaving cream, corn starch, foaming facial wash, scented hand sanitizer, lotion, and food color.
Like Padilla, Duke also has her own Etsy shop called Fruity Slime Factory. Some of her slime variants contain foam beads or sequins. On Etsy, a container of slime can cost from $2.50 to $9.00 per container.
Duke’s mother, Julie, says that because of the demand for her daughter’s products, she and her husband would often travel far to find supplies or go on Amazon to find what their 14-year-old needs as there has been a shortage in slime supplies in certain parts of the country.
However, Julie said that the effort is worth it.
“I am very proud of Casey’s ambitious nature and excitement over becoming the young entrepreneur she is today,” she said. “Her creativity and learning about what it takes to become an entrepreneur at an early age is very important to me.”
For more, check out Jobs & Hire’s report on the teen who created “on fleek” who is now raising money for a hair and makeup line.
