Handmade Beauty Connection A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
April
12, 2004
ISSN 1530-9630 | Vol. 5, Issue 15
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: Welcome New & Renewing HBN Members!
2. Branding: It's Not Just For Cows!
3. Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The Week: Rainforest Banana Balm
4. Beauty & The Business Trivia Question: win some handmade soap!
5. Handmade Beauty Product Review: Customized Baby Shower Soap
1. HBN Update: Welcome New & Renewing HBN Members!
Woodsong Soap
Co. | David & Sharon Willson | Michigan
* renewing member; soap and bath products with some of the
finest ingredients nature has to offer
Mineral
Treasures | Kathy Longhurst | Utah
* conceptually natural products made with herbals, vegetable oils, aromatherapy essential oils and vitamins
Grassy
Pond Farms | Mary Humphrey | Missouri
* high quality, natural, handcrafted soaps
Luisa,
Inc. | Gili Zilca | New York
* olive oil, glycerin, and milk based soap bars and also our
originally produced relaxing Ultra Age music
Eagle
Moon Soap Co. | Marshelle Joseph | Colorado
* handcrafted soaps and
soapmaking equipment specially for the handcrafted soapmaker
Naturally
Jade, Inc. | Opal | Maryland
* all natural skin & hair care
products in our skin & hair care products
Naikid,
Inc. | Melissa Naval | New Jersey
* your only reason to get dirty, soap that gets you naikid
…naturally!
Angelic
Soap and Gifts | Dieshawn and Julius Holmes | Michigan
* herbal soaps, lotions, balms and more
HBN Members On The Move!
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. I'm delivering an information packed presentation on the topic of
branding at the National Association For Holistic Aromatherapy 2004
World of Aromatherapy V Conference in Norfolk, Virginia on April 29,
2004. Branding blends your personality, mission, products and
services into a powerful package that elevates you above the crowded
field of competitors in the rapidly growing and ever expanding
aromatherapy market. In this informative session, I'll
cover the important topics of branding and trademarking your
business. Learn how to positively project your personality,
abilities and products into an unforgettable business brand, and
then how to obtain federal statutory trademark status for your
business so that you protect your investment into the future. NAHA has spaces left for exhibitors so click here
to learn how you can reach conference attendees with your products
and services. For conference scheduling details, click here. See you in Virginia!
2. Branding: It's Not Just For Cows!
Branding
is perhaps the most significant tool you will ever use to increase
the value of your business as an aromatherapy expert!!
3.
Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The
Week: Rainforest Banana Beauty Balm
is
a mixture of coconut and banana that is sure to keep your lips and
skin glossed and moisturized. Made with fresh fruity stuff, you'll
love the way it tastes too!
New Features At MakeYourCosmetics.com! Register to enjoy printable recipes, site user recipe ratings and your own personal recipe book! HBN members are automatically registered using their usernames and passwords! To register, just click here!!
When you visit MakeYourCosmetics.com, it's easy to buy the ingredients you need by clicking on our Selected Supplier links:
Essential
Wholesale: pure essential oils, over 200 cosmetic bases, hundreds
of carrier/fixed oils such as meadowfoam, cranberry, jojoba and shea
butter plus a new Short Run Private Labeling Program!
Bramble
Berry, Inc.: over 105 different fragrance
and essential oils (including their exclusive "Energy" and
"Relaxing"), 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!
From Nature With Love: over 1,600 ingredients and supplies, including cosmetic ingredients, spa supplies, bath accessories and packaging supplies!
4. Beauty & The Business Trivia Question: last week's winner was Tricia Godin of Foxboro, MA. Rochelle won a bar of handcrafted Coffee & Vanilla soap made by HBN member Premium Wine Soap!
Last Week's Question: I am a chemical that occurs in essential oils. I am potentially toxic and can harm the skin when an essential oil containing me is applied topically. Examples of me are bergaptene and citronene and I occur in angelica and ammi visnaga oils, among others. What am I?
Last Week's Answer: coumarins (or forocoumarins)
This Week's Question: I am dark and thick. I am used in perfumery to obtain a green and earthy middle/base note. I am just a bit sweet, a fresh and slightly cucumber-like aromatic indication of the delicate white to pastel colored blooms found on the plant from which I come. I am extracted using solvents since it is not possible to obtain much of me through the distillation process. My scent is fleeting yet unmistakable. While not cheap, I am worth every penny and only a small amount of me is needed to make a difference in your favorite perfume. What am I?
Be the first to provide
the common and botanical name for the above and win one of the
Personalized
Baby Shower Favors reviewed in this issue!
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's name will be announced in the next newsletter!
Personalized
Baby Shower Favors by HBN member Tomboy Handcrafted Soaps & Body Products
$1.00 | 1 ounce shower favor bar
A few weeks ago, I hosted a baby shower for dear friends who are adopting a little boy from Ethiopia. They are so looking forward to being parents! His name is Lukas and I've been chatting with his mom and dad about him for so many years now that I felt like I knew him already. They'll be arriving with him from Ethiopia later this week.
For the baby shower, only something extra special would do to serve as a remembrance of the special occasion. It had to be something personalized, which for me also means it had to be handmade. What else could I do but look to a member of the Handmade Beauty Network for the perfect answer? And once again, I was not disappointed!!
This time, I chose handmade soaps in an assortment of scents by HBN member Tomboy Handcrafted Soaps & Body Products in Telluride, Colorado. Each bar was individually wrapped in glassine with a personalized welcome and congratulatory message for the parents, the baby and all of the friends and family members who are so excited and supportive. These soaps were the perfect token for all shower attendees and I was delighted to "stand guard" over them and make sure no one took more than one since all leftovers were for Lukas. Of course I was proud to let everyone know that they were handmade for the happy occasion by an member of HBN, and Jessica at Tomboy was happy to include this information along with her own company contact information on a personalized label on each bar. She also put a label on the back of each glassine wrapper indicating the scent -- and there were lots to choose from.
These personalized bars were wrapped and delivered within a little over a week of my order. The service was prompt, friendly and easy. I was able to hand out soaps in several scents including Lemon Geranium, Lime Grapefruit, Herb Garden Scrub and Tangeline, a personal favorite of mine made with fine red desert sand and tomato powder along with tangerine and lavender. Yum!
You can enjoy these soaps and other bodycare goodies, along with the same First Class service at Tomboy.
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