Handmade Beauty Connection
April 7, 2003
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 |
Vol. 4, Issue 14
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Together
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Everyone knows that there is power in numbers. Collectively all 380+ HBN members work within the handmade beauty products community to accomplish goals for everyone that none could accomplish on their own. Being a part of the HBN team allows a business to maximize its strengths. We need each other to succeed and Together Everyone Achieves More!! To facilitate everyone's success, HBN has lots of new member benefits!
1. Our Online Member Directory now features product photos to encourage site users to do business with members! See how great your product photo can look at this link.
2. Our Web site now features "Shop!" links down the right side of pages so that site users can quickly click on member links and go directly to their Web sites to shop!
3. Our Philanthropy Page makes it easy for consumers to do business with companies that support causes that make our world a better place.
4. Our "REFER 3 AND YOURS IS FREE" Program allows HBN members to earn credits toward free membership dues when they refer other businesses to HBN!
5. Our new INCI Dictionary providing members with easy access to the names they need to properly label their cosmetics products!
Join the HBN team and start putting HBN to work for your business today!
1. HBN Update: Welcome New
& Renewing HBN Members & Report On A Fabulous Weekend!
2. Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The Week: Raspberry Oatmeal Hand Cream
3.
Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: still no winner from last week!
4.
Handmade Beauty Product Review by Donna Maria: LaraBars
1. HBN Update: Welcome New
& Renewing HBN Members & Report On A Fabulous Weekend!
Hartland Naturals | Cynthia Heintz |
Connecticut
renewing member;
handmade soaps and body care products
Caerlon Gardens Luxury Soap | TJ Currey |
Washington
renewing member; high-quality
soaps and spa essentials made from exotic oils such as evening primrose, emu,
olive, coconut, & shea butter
sunny brae body works | Juliet Bedell |
California
renewing member; soaps,
creams, oils and salts handmade in small batches. and integrate the healing
qualities of the natural world into your day
Deal Farm Soap
Company | Renee Deal | Massachusetts
renewing member; specializing in goat milk soaps and natural skin care products for sensitive
skin
The
Enterprising Kitchen | Joan Pikas | Illinois
renewing member; non-profit
producer of high quality handmade soaps made by women who receive hands-on life
skills training
HG Herbals |
Joyce Sawicki | Illinois
renewing member; an
evergreen array of handmade natural soaps and herbal lotions made from natural
ingredients
Anchor Bay
Bath Works | Jenafer Simpson | California
renewing member; herbal & botanical soaps, salves, bath
& body oils, bath salts, bath teas and lotions
Aunt
Wally's | Jacque
C. Riella | Iowa
renewing member;
specializing in natural soaps,
salts, scrubs, butters, and more
Naples Creek Soaps & Sundries | Katy
Schwingle | New York
* an array of handmade items
like scented bath salts, herbal milk bath, bath tea, lip balm & etc.
All About You Spa, Inc. | Leigh Little |
Illinois
* offering spa services and
handmade beauty products
Moondancer Enterprises |
Julie Whitehurst | Illinois
* Bath, body, and beauty products, candles, incense, oil blends, dream
pillows and more!
Willow Way Equipment, LLC |
Ron Jonas | Indiana
* manufactures and designers of custom soapmaking equipment
Report On A Fabulous Weekend!
Along with some other great speakers, I was fortunate to be invited to speak at this year's Conference of Handcrafted Soapmakers, sponsored by the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild. What a fabulous weekend it was in beautiful, sunny, breezy Tucson, Arizona, where we enjoyed wonderful southwest cuisine (including some delicious margarita tarts) and accommodations at a beautiful resort complete with wellness center and inviting walking trails. Speakers addressed attendees on topics ranging from developing a niche market, tips on marketing handmade soaps, bulk soapmaking, incorporating aromatic and base oils into soaps and more. My topic, Cultivating An Entrepreneurial Mindset, addressed 7 ways for start-up entrepreneurs to renew their minds to achieve maximum business success -- all with the goal of creating wealth and enjoying their lives! It was very exciting and I commend the coordinators and event planners for creating such a wonderful time for all of us. For more information about the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild, visit their Web site.
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: Raspberry Oatmeal Hand Cream
Raspberry Oatmeal Hand Cream
is a nice and easy recipe to smooth and soothe you hands, with a
raspberry/milk/honey fragrance combination that is truly unique!
When you visit MakeYourCosmetics.com, it's easy to buy the ingredients you need by clicking on our Partner links:
Essential
Wholesale: pure essential oils, base carrier oils such as avocado,
sweet almond, jojoba and shea butter and specialty packaging supplies
packaging supplies!
Bramble
Berry, Inc.: over 75 different fragrance oils
(including their exclusive "Relaxing" and "Rosehip
Jasmine"), all soap tested, soap molds and unscented soap
bases!
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: there was no winner from last week! Stumped you again??!!
Last
Week's Question: In the late 1960's and early 1970's, I was sold at
cosmetics counters throughout the world, bearing the claim that I was
"a facelift without surgery." Controversial ads were run in
women's magazines in efforts to sell me. One of them caught the attention of
the Federal Trade Commission and I was eventually pulled from department
store shelves in the US. That ad showed a "before" picture of a
woman prior to using me, and beside that, an "after" picture of
the same woman after using me. The problem was that the "after"
picture was taken after a professional application of make-up, so the ad was
false and misleading. The last jar of me is believed to have been sold by
Bishop Industries, Inc., sometime around the end of 1971. What is my name?
Be the first to correctly state the name of the product advertised and the manufacturer and win a jar of Muscle Relief Bath Soak, courtesy of HBN member Planet Earth Remedies.
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.
4. Handmade Beauty Product Review by Donna Maria: LaraBar
LaraBar
1.6 ounce bar | $1.89
As you know, I've been taking a break entirely from reviewing skincare and beauty products to review some other types of items that I think make great complements to a delicious beauty product. My first such review as for a delicious jar of Triple Strawberry Homemade Specialty Jam. If you missed that, you can enjoy it here.
This week, I'm reviewing a delicious newly introduced product called LaraBars. LaraBars are naturally tasty energy bars made by Humm Foods. They come in several varieties: Apple Pie, Cashew Cookie, Banana Cookie Dough, Chocolate Coconut Chew and Cherry Pie. I have tried them all and my hands down favorites are Cherry Pie and Cashew Cookie. Any of them are the perfect addition to a basket of pampering treats like soaps, teas, candles and such.
Like you, I have tried several bar type energy foods before. Some are dry and brittle -- not at all fun to chew. Many are made with puffed rice and corn syrup which requires that at least 8 ounces of water be on hand so I don't choke! Yet others are made with lots of fillers that are meant to fill me up without adding much nutrition. LaraBars are different.
LaraBars are made with nothing but dried fruits and nuts ... that's right, just fruits and nuts -- and sometimes a spice or two like cocoa (in Chocolate Coconut Chew) or cinnamon (in Apple Pie). Since they're just fruits and nuts, they have all the moisture needed from the nuts to stick to the fruits to form a solid bar of delicious chewy goodness. The ingredients are very finely ground so they're fun to eat ... my 17-month old daughter loves a little cut up into small pieces. They help her learn how to chew properly and nuts are of course great for babies. LaraBars are a little high on the calorie side -- usually about 200 calories with nearly half of them from fat) so I like to share them with her as a special "dessert" sometimes. (My daughter is not allergic to nuts!) Apple Pie (which I am snacking on as I write this) is made with walnuts, apples, almonds, raisins and cinnamon. Chocolate Coconut Chew has dates, almonds, walnuts, cocoa and coconut. These bars were the perfect companion for a recent out-of-town trip across the country. They looked much more appetizing than the airplane food everyone else was eating!!
You can buy LaraBars at the Humm Foods Web site. The price is right to try each one so you can pick your favorites too!
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