The idea of HotVapes was conceived when Helen (co-owner of HotVapes) bought an e-cig back in October 2009.  She bought the e-cig so that she could smoke indoors while at work instead of going outside in the freezing Chicago weather (this was back when we could still vape indoors).  About three months into vaping, Helen decided to give up her 20 year, pack a day habit and switch entirely over to vaping.  The only problem was that all the juice Helen was buying was coming from China ... so she decided to figure out how to maker her own juice.