Jewelry Company Gaining National Exposure as they Work to Prevent Skin Cancer

M.Mills Co has been attracting national media attention. The reason: their line of UV detection jewelry. The Connecticut based business was recently featured in a Huffington Post Skin Cancer story. You can read it here. They’ve also been on CT, MA and NY news stations.

May is Melanoma Awareness Month and the topic is all over the news, blogs and social media. The artisan jewelry is outfitted with a SolarActive crystal that changes color when the wearer is exposed to UV rays. The jewelry was created to serve as a reminder of the dangers the sun has on your skin and for women to wear their sunscreen.

Mandi Gaviak, the owner and designer of the line, has spent the last 15 years providing her spa clients with anti-aging treatments that removed fine lines and sun damage. Throughout that time, Mandi was seeing many family, friends and clients develop skin cancer, especially melanoma. She knew that she had to do more than just erase the signs of sun damage. That’s how the jewelry line came about.

“Our mission of prevention is very true to our hearts,” says Mandi Gaviak, owner of M.Mills Co. “In times of injections, surgery and treatments to “undo” what could have been prevented, we hope that our collection will remind people to wear sunscreen and prevent the damage before it begins. We wanted to create a beautiful piece of jewelry that women of all ages will wear that can be worn with a bathing suit or a work suit. The jewelry gives women a reminder that they are putting themselves at risk when they are out in the sun. So many times we have UV rays hitting our skin and we don’t even realize it,” says Gaviak.

Two of the bracelets in the collection, the Agnes and the Meghan, have been named after survivors. All net proceeds of the Meghan bracelet go to the Melanoma Foundation of New England. Meghan Rothschild was diagnosed with Melanoma when she was only 20 years old. Meghan has spent her adult life educating people of all ages how to prevent and detect of skin cancer. Gaviak says they will continue to name their bracelets after survivors in each collection.

M.Mills Co has more than 40 pieces of jewelry to choose from on their online store, http://www.mmillsco.com/. Prices start at $18.