About Us
Hi there!
We‘re Melissa and Tiffany. We're besties and business partners who met through our shared passion for making the world a better place.
WTF Is Happening to Me
Tiffany’s perimenopausal experience was as bad as it gets. Starting in her late thirties, her acute early perimenopause symptoms included sleep disruptions, anxiety, hot flashes, swollen joints, weight gain, hair loss... you name it, she experienced it. With bells on. We cannot stress enough how bad her symptoms were.
Tiffany visited multiple doctors to find out what was wrong. Even after telling them her symptoms, she was told there was nothing wrong, her test results were normal and that it was all in her head.
Who can relate?
Finally, Tiffany was able to see an endocrinologist who confirmed she was in early perimenopause at 38 years old.
Meanwhile, her bestie Melissa was growing increasingly concerned as she watched her suffer through her symptoms. As an advocate of cannabinoid therapy, Melissa introduced Tiffany to hemp-derived, full-spectrum CBD oil to see if it might alleviate some of the intensity of her symptoms.
Melissa's decade working in hemp and cannabis media gave her a front-row seat to the growth of cannabinoid science and the role of minor cannabinoids and terpenes in plant medicine. A daily CBD user herself, Melissa encouraged Tiffany to try CBD oil — and the rest is her-story!
Introducing CBD
Fortunately, CBD brought Tiffany relief from her perimenopause symptoms. She could finally sleep, think straight and generally function like a normal person again. Which is very important as she has a demanding career and a busy family.
This discovery led us to discover a need for premium perimenopause products made from plants that help support women through this milestone.
About Our Products
Using clinically researched ingredients based on the latest white paper studies to demonstrate their efficacy, we have created these innovative science-led, cannabinoid-based perimenopause products using premium and ethical ingredients.
Creating products for women, made by women, was really important to us. So our products were formulated by a female doctor who specializes in women's health, using a proprietary blend of clinically researched hemp science with adaptogenic and Ayurvedic plants.
Our products have brought Tiffany and other perimenopausal women just like you relief from their symptoms.
We're excited to share them with you so you can feel like your old self again — only better.
Our Mission
For too long, women have had to endure perimenopause and menopause symptoms in silence. We deserve more. YOU deserve more.
We do this for the women who came before us: Opal was Tiffany's great-grandmother; she was a Texan rancher. Joy was Melissa's grandmother; she was a talented artist from New Zealand.
We do it to make sure our daughters, nieces and the next generation of women will get the support we all deserve.
Proudly made by women, for women, Opal & Joy is here to support you through this transformational chapter.
Embrace the change. Be Perimenoproud™.
Love,
Melissa & Tiffany xx
Tiffany Tompkins
With 20+ years in the natural products industry, Tiffany excels in start-ups, growth strategies, and market development. A CEO passionate about ethical business, she drives market strategies, government engagement and industry leadership.
Melissa Zissou
An accomplished and dynamic thought leader and trend forecaster, Melissa co-founded one of the largest cannabis media brands in the US. With over a decade’s experience in the industry, she’s witnessed first-hand the rise of cannabinoid therapy and plant medicine.