FORMER NURSE TURNED ENTREPRENEUR
Ms Chew was inspired to start Rough Beauty when she was a former staff nurse at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, the entrepreneur told online publication Vulcan Post in an interview from 2021. The healthcare job required her to wash her hands regularly.
"I started Rough Beauty in 2014 when I was looking for simple and sustainable bath and body products. We use natural ingredients such as herbs, spices and essential oils," she said in a video from 2019 on local florist Far East Flora's Facebook page.
"Ingredients like these are more sustainable for the earth and less harmful for the skin."
Ms Chew also told Vulcan Post that she decided to run her business full-time after completing her nursing degree in 2016. The Singapore-based business was already taking off that year and became profitable soon after she made it her full-time gig.
Mr Alvin Ng, who rescued the male kayaker while on his way to a fishing spot on Sunday morning, previously told CNA that his friend had spotted a capsized kayak and shouted for the captain of their boat to stop. This was "far away" from the blue floating barriers, he added.
They saw another capsized kayak about 200m to 300m away after the rescue but did not find Ms Chew.
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