Handmade Beauty Connection
March 10, 2003
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 | Vol. 4, Issue 10
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1. HBN Update: Welcome New
& Renewing HBN Members & HBN Members On The Move!
2. Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The Week: 1-2-3
Facial Mask
3. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: win some oil
to make your own skincare products! You have to win to find out what the oil is
this week!!
4. Handmade Beauty Product Review by Donna Maria: Jaipur
Euphoric Oriental Mister
1. HBN Update: Welcome New
& Renewing HBN Members & HBN Members On The Move!
Welcome New & Renewing Members!
Windmill Soaps | Cindy
Whitaker | Texas
* renewing member;
handmade soaps
Treat | Marnie
E. Massie | Oregon
* fresh baked bath treats like
Chocolate Truffles!
FAVORMart
| Carlo Stepanians | California
* supplier of organza sheer pouches
and other favors in beautiful colors
Dragonfly
Herbals | Ghita D. Heidt | Florida
* natural soaps, salves bath salts
body butters, etc.
Mad Woman Labs | Pamela
Zidik | Pennsylvania
*
handmade lip balms and creams, including Bee Nice
Skin Cream
The Soapery | Barbara
Cvek | Virginia
*
handmade soaps and more soaps ...
~ HBN Members On The Move!
HBN member Lynnel Calming of Handcrafted Country Soaps is pleased to announce the launch of her new Web site!
HBN member Scott Blackson of The Soap Fairy is pleased to be included along with HBN member Sandy Maine of SunFeather Natural Soap Co., at the Tokyo International Gift Show! Scott and Sandy first met 3 years ago in one of HBN's Beauty Calls and now, they are featured together at an international gift show!! Congratulations to Sandy and Scott!
Learn more about our members and their exciting activities by visiting their Web sites through HBN's Online Member Directory, now with 4 ways to search: (1) by state/country; (2) by member business name; (3) by keyword search; or (4) using our new alphabetical listings.
2. Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The Week: 1-2-3 Facial Mask
1-2-3
Facial Mask is as easy as -- you guessed it -- 1, 2, 3! And it's great for
your skin too and smells fabulous!
When you visit MakeYourCosmetics.com, it's easy to buy the ingredients you need by clicking on our Partner links:
Essential
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sweet almond, jojoba and shea butter and specialty packaging supplies!
Bramble
Berry, Inc.: over 75 different fragrance oils
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SunRose Aromatics: pure essential oils (many organic), carrier oils and other aromatherapy products, each carefully selected for quality. Check out their new Perfumer's Emporium.
The Scent Shack: fragrance oils and soap supplies. Fragrance oils are
pre-tested in cold process, melt & pour soap, and candles, and test results are listed at the Web site. Scents tested by soapers for soapers!Lynden House International , Canadian supplier of soap and candlemaking supplies such as fixed oils, perfumes, essential oils, molds, powdered milks, colors, pre-made bases, candle wax, wicks, embeds and more!
3. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: the winner of last week's contest was Jennifer Thompson of Des Moines, Iowa. Jennifer won a trio of lip balm flavorings (Strawberry, Raspberry and Tutti Fruity), courtesy of HBN member Hogan Flavors & Fragrances.
Last Week's Question: I am a spa destination enjoyed by designer Donna Karan. I feature a private 1,000-acre island in the Caribbean, an infinity pool and the Shambhala retreat center. What spa am I?
Last Week's Answer: Parrot Cay
This Week's Question:
The elephants of Africa love my fruit, which is succulent and rich and used
to make a delicious beverage produced only in Africa. My fruit also produces
an oil high in anti-oxidants and oleic acid, so it is fabulous for the skin.
To win this week, be the
first to provide the common name of the name of the plant talking above, the
name of the beverage produced and the name of the skincare oil and you'll win a
generous sample of the oil to use in your next handmade beauty treat!
Please read the contest rules here
before submitting your entry. Put "TRIVIA CONTEST ANSWER" in the subject line or your answer will
not be considered.
While time does not permit me to respond personally to all entrants, the
winner will be notified by email and their name posted at HBN's home page. Jaipur Euphoric Oriental
Mister When I need a quick in-town
getaway I typically go to the spa where I can temporarily freeze stress,
relieve tension and be pampered and "phoofed" for as long as I
(and/or my pocketbook!) can stand it. But those types of getaways are fewer
and farther between than ever these days, so sometimes, I just settle for a
wonderful warm bath. When that is not an option, and all I have is a few
minutes, I pick up a facial mister, move to a quiet place, close my eyes,
spritz and inhale deeply. Suddenly, I am transported anywhere from a breezy
ocean side villa, a field of freshly harvested lavender or a garden of roses
such as one might find in the Kazanluk Valley of the Roses in Bulgaria. When
a "Mister Moment" calls for the exotic, I reach for
Jaipur Euphoric Oriental Mister
4. Handmade Beauty Product
Review by Donna
Maria: Jaipur Euphoric Oriental Mister
by Inner Sanctum Salon & Day Spa
4 ounces | $18.00
I gave Jaipur Euphoric Oriental Mister to several lucky clients to celebrate the holidays last year and the glowing reports continue to come in. Jaipur Euphoric Oriental Mister is just one of many of the unique misters handmade by HBN member Ricey Clapp of Inner Sanctum Salon & Day Spa. To order yours and learn about her vast selection, email Ricey.
By the way, if you live in the DC
area, you must one day take the time to enjoy a special spa experience at the
Inner Sanctum. If you missed my review of the great Custom-Designed
Aromatherapy Facial Sequence I enjoyed with Ricey, click here.
Scroll to Item #4 to enjoy the review.)
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