Right after Keeley Kossof gave beginning to her son, she dropped 90% of her eyesight.
She had been executing hair and make-up in her father’s salon, Teddie Kossof Salon Spa in Northfield, for extra than 10 several years. While she had to end functioning as a stylist, she observed yet another outlet for her skills.
“We were being acquiring an odor-neutralizing product or service for females who don’t wash their hair just about every day,” the Vernon Hills resident claimed.
That’s when it dawned on her: That solution could be employed on animals.
“Natural beauty and wellness are not just for individuals,” Kossof explained. “So that’s how my husband or wife and I started off Scentsational Animals.”
She was introduced by a mutual to her enterprise companion, fellow animal lover and now superior pal, Lori Cooper of Buffalo Grove, and they investigated and made Scentsational Animals, fragrances that are secure for each animals and their individuals.
The items, which occur in a few scents — citrus, lavender and aloe, and rosewater and coconut oil — can be applied anyplace, from entire body to bed, on any animal.

























“We did a ton of investigate on animals and their feeling of odor,” Kossof claimed. “These are examined and tested, researched fragrances that are safe and appropriate to animals.”
To be clear, these are not perfumes that just mask odors. They truly neutralize smells. And if you’ve ever experienced a wet canine or a cat with some (how do I say this politely?) intestinal distress (?) you know how vital it is to get. rid. of. that. scent.
Groomers are large supporters, much too.
Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins, worldwide accredited Grasp Groomer and licensed canine aesthetician, who owns Enjoy Fur Canines in Glencoe and is president of the Illinois Expert Pet Groomers Association, is just one of Scentsational Animals newest admirers and shops. Scentsational Animals is the 1st solution of its kind that she has endorsed and carried in her store.
“This line respects the outstanding sense of odor pet dogs have and definitely is effective as built — as an odor neutralizer,” Bishop-Jenkins stated in a news launch. “Perfumes for puppies are unhealthy, and Scentsational Animals is not a fragrance. It was designed for the animal and then its owner, and it benefits both equally.”
Scentsational animals was released in February 2020, and we all know what transpired suitable after that: Pandemic.
So Kossof and Cooper are relaunching now, and they are performing it in a way that will aid other animals.
Scentsational Pup-a-Palooza operates 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 18, at Teddie Kossof Salon Spa, 281 Waukegan Street, Northfield, and will advantage Redemption Street Rescue and Get to Rescue.
The event will consist of booths that includes community smaller corporations, foodstuff from Vienna Beef, Taco Vita in Deerfield, El Tapatio Cafe (generating refreshing churros!) and the Joyful Facial area ice cream truck, plus buying, fun hairstyles for little ones, audio and, most importantly, doggy adoptions.
“We like helping folks, and we definitely required to do this fundraiser,” Kossof explained. “But the pet adoptions are truly the principal point. We want to enable locate households for these tiny furbabies.”
Admission is totally free for the fundraiser. For information, check out @TeddieKossof on Facebook or phone (847) 999-9500.
For data about Scentsational Pets, stop by scentsationalpets.com, electronic mail data@scentsationalpets.com or call (847) 571-8078.
