diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 67a6940..ef9a54c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ checksum = "d71b6127be86fdcfddb610f7182ac57211d4b18a3e9c82eb2d17662f2227ad6a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes-str"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "rkyv",
diff --git a/crates/bytes-str/Cargo.toml b/crates/bytes-str/Cargo.toml
index 388ff42..85548d0 100644
--- a/crates/bytes-str/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bytes-str/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include     = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs"]
 license     = { workspace = true }
 name        = "bytes-str"
 repository  = { workspace = true }
-version     = "0.2.4"
+version     = "0.2.5"
 
 [features]
 rkyv  = ["dep:rkyv", "rkyv/bytes-1"]
diff --git a/crates/bytes-str/src/byte_str.rs b/crates/bytes-str/src/byte_str.rs
index 6a6a6e2..231255b 100644
--- a/crates/bytes-str/src/byte_str.rs
+++ b/crates/bytes-str/src/byte_str.rs
@@ -185,6 +185,40 @@ impl BytesStr {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Creates a new BytesStr from a [str].
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use bytes_str::BytesStr;
+    ///     
+    /// let s = BytesStr::from_str_slice("hello");
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(s.as_str(), "hello");
+    /// ```
+    pub fn from_str_slice(bytes: &str) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            bytes: Bytes::copy_from_slice(bytes.as_bytes()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new BytesStr from a [String].
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use bytes_str::BytesStr;
+    ///         
+    /// let s = BytesStr::from_string("hello".to_string());
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(s.as_str(), "hello");
+    /// ```
+    pub fn from_string(bytes: String) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            bytes: Bytes::from(bytes),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new BytesStr from a static UTF-8 slice.
     ///
     /// # Examples