Handmade Toiletries Weekly Newsletter
March 26, 2000
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630
March 26, 2000
Issue 11
------>THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR: Leslie's Garden Handcrafted Soaps<-----
At Leslie's Garden, handcrafted is synonymous with quality. Inspired by the gifts of the garden, premium soaps are carefully made in small batches with 100% vegetable oils and superfatted for extra emollience. Soaps are lovingly cut and wrapped by hand and tested only on willing human friends and family members. Classes and workshops available.
Leslie's Garden Handcrafted Soaps, Brentwood, Maryland, (301) 779-8562 ... Web Site Under Construction!!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WELCOME NEW HBN MEMBERS!!
2. HANDMADE TOILETRIES THYME TRIVIA QUESTION-win an 8 ounce bottle of Donna Maria Aromatics' Delicious
Handmade Body Lotion made with genuine rose alba hydrosol and pure rose essential oil. An exquisite treat!!
3. LAST WEEK TO WIN WHITE LOTUS AROMATICS PRODUCTS & MORE!!!
4. HBN UPDATE
5. SITE SURFING-Sites That Help Propel Your Business Skyward!!
1. WELCOME NEW HBN MEMBERS!!
Welcome New FULL HBN Members
Anastasia Crabtree, Moon & Stars Enchanted Soap, Independence, Kentucky
David George, Sweet Scents Soap Company, Neenah, Wisconsin
Cathryn Condon, Great By Soap Company, Garden City Beach, South Carolina
Carol Ochs, Simply Soap~A California Soap Company, San Diego, California
Laura Doermer, A Garden Of Soap, Lakeville, Minnesota
Janice Carter, Earth Mother Soap Company, Virginia Beach, Virginia
These new FULL HBN members are now listed on HBN's Find A Handmade Beauty Business Page which will be advertised to consumers and businesses seeking to find quality handmade beauty items.
Welcome New HBN HOBBYIST Affiliate Member: Peggy Deutsch, Waterloo, Iowa
Stop by the site and see what these handmade beauty businesses have to offer!! For more information about applying for HBN membership, see HBN Update, below.
2. HANDMADE TOILETRIES THYME TRIVIA QUESTION
Congratulations To Last Week's Winner-Pamela Guest of Plano, Texas. Pamela won a copy of "The Aromatherapy Companion" by Victoria H. Edwards!!
LAST WEEK'S QUESTION: Name the person to whom the following is attributed. "Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have lived. The odors of fruits waft me to my southern home, to my childhood frolics in the peach orchard. Other odors, instantaneous and fleeting, cause my heart to dilate joyously or contract with remembered grief. Even as I think of smells, my nose is full of scents that start awake sweet memories of summers gone and ripening fields far away."
LAST WEEK'S ANSWER: Helen Keller
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: When making and selling a body care product intended to be used as an insect repellant, the Environmental Protection Agency requires that the product be registered with the EPA. But products classified as "minimum risk pesticides" need not be registered. Minimum risk pesticides contain as their "active ingredients" one of a number of different substances, many of them essential oils. Name 10 of these substances to win this week's contest.
Read contest rules at http://www.handmadebeauty.com/subscribe_htn_Newsletter.htm
3. LAST WEEK TO WIN WHITE LOTUS AROMATICS PRODUCTS & MORE!!
Go to http://www.handmadebeauty.com and click on the Give Us Feedback icon to give us some feedback. You can be entered in the drawing to win HBN's March Goodie Box containing a selection of products from Moon and Stars Enchanted Soaps & Candles, a Storey Bodycare Book and generous samples of pure and unadulterated aromatic oils from Christopher McMahon's White Lotus Aromatics!!
4. HBN UPDATE
b--->COMING IN APRIL!!
My interview with Dr. John Bailey, Ph.D, director of The FDA's Office Of Cosmetics & Colors! Get your soap and
cosmetics information straight from the source. Exclusively for HBN members!!
--->HBN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM AVAILABLE
Visit the site and follow the link to complete and submit your membership application and dues payment.
Membership remains FREE until the end of March but applications WITH DUES PAYMENTS are being accepted
now. Please do NOT complete an application form unless you are also sending in your dues. Beginning April 1,
certain portions of HBN's Web site and www.mangobutter.com will be password protected for dues paying HBN
members only.
--->PASSWORD PROTECTION
Beginning April 1, you will need your username and password to access the BEAUTY BUSINESS, FORMULA
FORUM AND LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY pages of HBN's Web site. For now, these areas of the site are
accessible only if you use our temporary "dummy" username and password of "member." Use "member" as your
username and "member" as your password to access these areas. Once you have used these words to access one
password protected area, you can access the other ones as well in the same login session. When you join HBN,
you will receive your personal password within 48 hours of approval of your membership application. If you have any
questions about this, please email donnamaria@handmadebeauty.com.
--->NEW MEMBER DISCOUNT!!
In conjunction with McMahon Communications, HBN is pleased to offer Press Release Polishing (PRP) services for
HBN members. McMahon Communications will review press releases that you have drafted, and will provide
feedback, edits and tips designed to finalize and "polish" the release for submission to the media outlets important to
you. Read more about it at on the Member Discounts page!
--->NEW!! YOUR PERSONAL FRAGRANCE DIARY!!
Christopher McMahon of White Lotus Aromatics shares one of his secrets for creating a personal Fragrance Diary.
Anyone can use Christopher's unique Fragrance Diary to create single note perfumes or aromatic blends to suit any
mood or occasion. Create Your Personal Fragrance Diary today at http://www.handmadebeauty.com. Click on
HBN's Formula Forum and follow the link for Current Formula Forum Features!
5. SITE SURFING - SITES THAT HELP PROPEL YOUR BUSINESS SKYWARD!!
You can be an entrepreneurial success!! While surfing this week, I found an article written by Vance Ceasar, an organizational psychologist. Vance believes that 10 very simple perspectives on living life and running a business can mean the difference between success and failure. In the time it takes to brush your teeth, get a winning edge perspective by applying Vance's 10 career strategies to your life and business. Vance's article can be found at http://www.franklincovey.com/priorities/vol2issu1_career.html. Read it and propel your business skyward!!
Have A Great Week!!
Donna Maria
Founder & President, The Handmade Beauty Network
"Securing The Future Of The Handmade Toiletries Industry"
http://www.handmadebeauty.com
http://www.donnamaria.com
Handmade Toiletries Thyme Question Contest Rules.
To enter, send one answer ONLY, name and street mailing address to donnamaria@handmadebeauty.com. The winner will be notified via personal email. Winner's name and correct answer will be announced in next week's HBN Newsletter. Email entries are tallied based on the time indicated as "received" on my computer. HBN VALUES YOUR PRIVACY ... your personal information will not be sold, loaned or given to any third party without your permission. HBN staff not eligible to win.
Handmade Toiletries Weekly Newsletter US Library of Congress ISSN # 1528-8021. Copyright (c) 2000 by The Handmade Beauty Network and Donna Maria. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution or reproduction is prohibited. HBN does not necessarily endorse any product, event or ideology featured on the Newsletter or on HBN's Web site. All information is provided on an "as is" basis and no express or implied warranties are given. Any use of the information contained in HBN's Newsletter or on its Web site, including Recipes, is solely at your own risk. HBN and Donna Maria disclaim any liability in connection with the use of all recipes, products reviewed and other information. This Newsletter does not accept compensation from companies to feature or mention their products. Opinions expressed in any Product Review are personally those of the reviewer and do not represent the views of any other person or company.
