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Handmade Beauty Connection
June 4, 2001

A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630
June 4, 2001
Vol. 2, Issue 22

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1. HBN Update - Welcome New HBN Members!!
2. HBN Member Success Spotlight: Caerlon Gardens Luxury Soap
3. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question ~ win a generous sample of skin loving shea butter, courtesy of HBN member BioChemica!
4. Handmade Beauty Recipe: Honey Butter Belly Salve
5. Donna Maria's Aromatherapy Workshops At Smile Herb Shop!
6. Take A Moment To Complete Our Reader Survey!

1. HBN Update: Welcome New HBN Members & Members On The Move!

~ Welcome New HBN Members!!

Carra Bath and Body | Carra Palmer | Texas
*bath and body products such as Soaps, Salts, body creams, etc.

Angelheart Enterprises |Gloria A. Charlier | Ohio
*herbal hair care products and customized hand and body lotions

MilkyMoon | Kayo Wakiyama | Massachusetts
* Oriental taste natural pure soap maker

Soaps by New Creation | Polly Hurd |Indiana
* handmade soaps, body scrubs, lip balms, lotion bars, etc.

Wheaton Soapworks | Diane L. Stevens | Illinois
* soap, herbal salves, skin lotion sticks and more

Making-soap.com | Michelle Rotherham | California
* all sorts of bottles and supplies for your products

Camden Grey Essential Oils | Vivian & Hector Garcia | Florida
* CO2s, essential oils, jars, tubes, pipettes, pumps and more!

New Moon Naturals | Dee Bobby | Massachusetts
* handmade toiletries made from vegetable oils and butters

Learn more about our new member by visiting their Web sites through HBN's Online Member Directory.

~ Check out the June issue of Harper's Bazaar, page 92, where you'll find HBN member Kathleen Lewis Beauty Worldwide featured! A lovely photo of their Honey Bath Oil is pictured, along with a reference to that fact that their products are completely handmade. Congratulations Kathleen! Keep up the good work!!

2. HBN Member Success Spotlight: Caerlon Gardens Luxury Soap

This week's Success Spotlight shines on TJ Currey of Caerlon Gardens Luxury Soap in Washington USA. TJ, a former medical transcriptionist, is one of HBN's newest members.

To learn more about TJ and the great handmade soaps and other beauty products she sells at Caerlon, click here.

3. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: There was no winner from last week, so here's the question again, along with a hint!!

Last Week's Question: I help connect you to the physical world, serving as a sort of foundation to assist in your growth and evolution. I am associated with the most dense parts of your body, responding quickly to certain essential oils including cedar, cypress ad myrrh. My element is earth and I correspond to the base and heel of your foot. What am I?

Additional hint: I am associated with the color red.

Be the first to correctly answer this week's question and win a generous sample of skin loving shea butter, courtesy of HBN member BioChemica!

**Additional contest rule!! You must put "Trivia Contest" in the subject line of your answer. Please read the existing contest rules (unchanged) before submitting your entry here.

While time does not permit me to respond personally to all entrants, the winner will be notified by email and their name posted at the link above.

4. Handmade Beauty Recipe: Honey Butter Belly Salve

Last week's recipe was for a belly cream that contains oils and water to make a creamy emulsion. If you missed that recipe, you can read it here. By the way, thank you to all of the readers who sent me congratulatory notes on the baby!!

One reader wrote me requesting a recipe containing no water. Ask and you shall receive!! This formula is very much like a salve and packed with ingredients like cocoa butter and lanolin which help minimize stretch marks caused by either significant weight loss, heredity, pregnancy, etc. (Guess why I'm using it ... haven't been losing any weight lately!!)

Honey Butter Belly Salve has the consistency of soft petrolatum and spreads into my belly like a charm ... and feels great too! I have also discovered another great way to use this product. One of the many changes that occur in a woman's body during pregnancy is a marked increased in blood flow. As a result, pregnant women (me included) sometimes experience nose bleeds. For me, I know a nose bleed may be on its way when my nose begins to feel dry. Since I increased my intake of fresh water, this side effect has subsided significantly. However, when my nose does feel a bit dry, I use a cotton swab to place a bit of this product into my nostrils to soothe the blood vessels and decrease dryness. It works wonderfully, and I feel much better using this product I made myself rather than the petrolatum recommended by my physician!!

20 grams cocoa butter
40 grams coconut oil
6 grams lanolin
2 grams honey
4 grams emulsifying wax
4 grams beeswax

Step 1. Combine all ingredients in a Pyrex measuring cup and place the cup in a hot water bath to melt the cocoa butter and other ingredients. After the cocoa butter is nearly completely melted, remove from heat.

Step 2. Stir the mixture with a pop sickle stick to ensure the mix. Then, pour into clean jars and allow to cool completely before using. Enjoy!!

If you have a suggested recipe or trivia question you'd like to share, send it to Jenn@HandmadeBeauty.com. If we use either in an upcoming issue, we'll credit you!! If you have a suggested recipe or trivia question you'd like to share, send it to Jenn@HandmadeBeauty.com. If we use either in an upcoming issue, we'll credit you!!

5. Donna Maria's Aromatherapy Workshops At Smile Herb Shop!

This month, I will conduct two aromatherapy workshops at the Smile Herb Shop in College Park, Maryland. For
registration details, call Smile at (301) 474-8791.

June 16, 2001 – Introduction to Aromatherapy
12:00 to 2:00pm, includes Q&A and book signing

Review of essential oil properties and extraction techniques, safety information, proper dilution methods and choosing carrier oils. Students will leave with their own personal aromatherapy blend made in class, plus a working knowledge of aromatherapy and are able to distinguish between 100% essential oil, fragrance oils and other types of scented materials. An informative handout with an extensive reading list is provided.

June 30, 2001 – Making Aromatherapy Creams & Lotions
12:00 to 2:00pm includes ½ hour Q&A and book signing

Building on the first workshop, we apply the knowledge of essential oils to make moisturizers from scratch using natural ingredients to soothe and nourish the skin. We cover basic skin type analysis so students can select the oils most appropriate for their skin. Includes demonstration of cream-making process, and creation of an original recipe suitable for most skin types. Students leave with their personal aromatherapy cream blend. An informative handout with an extensive reading list is provided.

6. Take A Moment To Complete Our Reader Survey!

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