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Why I Created NightSip

To clean up the oral care industry with a healthier, gentler approach to fresh breath.

Hana Ader, Founder of NightSip
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I did what any slightly obsessive wellness lover with trust issues and a blender would do: I created NightSip — the first functional nighttime oral health beverage designed to hydrate your mouth and freshen your breath while you sleep. No sting. No sketchy chemicals. No regrets.

Hana Ader
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Founder & CEO · Artist. Visionary. Wife. Mom.

Artist & Product VisionaryWife & Mom

The 3 AM Moment That Changed Everything

It was 3 AM. My daughter had a nightmare. I stumbled into her room, half-asleep, and leaned in to comfort her. She scrunched up her face and said, "Mommy, your breath is stinky."

I laughed it off. But I couldn't go back to sleep.

I lay there thinking: I brush twice a day. I floss. I use that burning blue mouthwash that makes my eyes water. And my five-year-old just told me I have dragon breath at 3 AM.

That's when it hit me — mouthwash doesn't work while you sleep. Your mouth dries out. Bacteria multiply. And you wake up with breath that could clear a room. We've just accepted this as... normal?

I couldn't accept it anymore.

52 Failures Before the Breakthrough

My husband thought I'd lost it. Our kitchen looked like a mad scientist's lab — pH strips everywhere, ingredient jars labeled with masking tape, a notebook filled with formulas that didn't work.

Iteration #12: Too chalky. Iteration #23: Tasted like a swimming pool. Iteration #38: Made me gag (my husband still brings this one up at parties). Iteration #47: Too minty — like drinking toothpaste.

I almost quit after #41. The kids needed attention. The house was a mess. My husband gently suggested maybe this "breath water thing" wasn't meant to be.

But I couldn't stop. Because every morning, I'd wake up with that familiar film on my teeth, that stale taste — and I'd think: there HAS to be a better way.

Iteration #52 changed everything.

The Morning Everything Changed

I woke up on a random Tuesday after testing iteration #52. Something was different.

My mouth didn't feel like a desert. My teeth didn't have that fuzzy coating. And when I breathed into my hand (yes, I do this, judge me), it was... fine. Actually fine.

I ran to wake my husband. "Smell my breath!" I demanded at 6 AM.

He was not thrilled about this request.

But then he said the words I'd been waiting months to hear: "It doesn't smell like anything."

I cried. He was confused. The kids thought we were both weird. But I knew — we'd cracked it.

The idea for NightSip came from real life — late nights with the kids, early mornings with my husband, and that 3 AM moment when my daughter told me my breath was "stinky." I wanted to create something that actually worked, something gentle enough for my family.

As an artist, I approach problems differently. I see solutions others miss. I obsess over details others ignore. And I couldn't stop thinking about why we accept harsh, burning mouthwash as the only option.

I started experimenting in my kitchen between nap times and school pickups. Endless combinations of pH-balancing ingredients, natural fresheners, and hydrating compounds. Iteration #38 made me gag. Iteration #47 was too minty. Iteration #52 finally worked — I woke up and my mouth felt... different. Better.

After months of R&D (and a lot of failed taste tests on my very patient husband), we had real prototypes in glass bottles. Early testers reported waking up feeling fresh — genuinely fresh — without the chemical aftertaste of traditional oral care.

The first batch of 500 bottles sold out in 48 hours. I cried. Then I panicked because we didn't have inventory. Then my kids asked why mommy was crying and laughing at the same time.

NightSip isn't just a product. It's a different way of thinking about oral health. One that's gentle, natural, and designed to work while you rest — created by a mom who wanted better for her family.

Welcome to the mouthcare revolution.

The Journey So Far

Phase 1

R&D begins

Kitchen experiments, 50+ formulation iterations

Phase 2

Beta testing

Early testers report waking up with fresher breath

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