Move over Doogie Howser — Maine has its own whiz kid
The business ventures of 14-year-old entrepreneurs have come a long way from newspaper delivery routes and lawn mowing rackets, as Jack Cardin of Saco has shown with Kinney Shores Trading Co.
Using techniques that he learned from a class Cardin took with his mother, the wunderkind began hand crafting candles and fire starters before expanding his craft into balms through home experimentation.
Now, six months later, Cardin has his own studio at the North Dam Mill in Biddeford and agreements with three shops in southern Maine to sell his hand-crafted products — with a fourth business possibly being added to his roster of retail supporters.
“I’m happy to say we’re no longer in the red,” Cardin told the Journal Tribune.
Using ingredients like organic shea butter, high-grade essential oils and beeswax, Cardin has made a wide number of products including hand balms, the insect-repelling Bug Balm, which uses citronella oil, and Paw Balm for dogs.
His newest product, which Cardin made at the request of a client in Portland, is a Beard Balm — a leave-in conditioner that moisturizes, conditions, softens and helps style even the most fickle of facial follicles.
As for what the future holds for Kinney Shores Trading? Cardin told the Tribune that he’s hoping to start offering a soap product and hand-crafted jewelry, in addition to possibly operating a retail shop out of his Biddeford studio.
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