Handmade Beauty Connection
August 4, 2003
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 | Vol. 4, Issue 31
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An Exciting New Look For The Handmade Beauty Connection!!
3
Good
Reasons To Join The Handmade Beauty Network Today!
1. HBN publicizes your company through our website, newsletters and coordinated public relations efforts. We provide the outreach you need. Just look up to your right and see our Featured Member Rotating Button Ad .... posting of a member's ad with a direct link to their website is a cost-effective and efficient way to get the word out about their company.
2. HBN members receive discounts on lots of services and products to help grow their business and save them time and money. Our Discounts page lists our many discounts -- and we add more every month!
3. HBN provides a unique opportunity for you to grow your business simply by networking with other progressive beauty business owners -- we also have a often-used products liability insurance program which has saved members hundreds to thousands of dollars! Together, we are a long-standing and powerful voice in advancing the collective goals of this growing niche to raise consumer awareness about the benefits of handmade beauty products!!
4.
The chance to be featured in The Handmade Beauty Cookbook: A Collection of
Beauty Recipes and Secrets From Members Of The Handmade Beauty Network, Volume I.
Our book will be available for purchase from HBN members ONLY in
October!!
See more of our benefits here. If you're serious about your beauty business, join HBN today and see how we can help you grow!!
ATTENTION
MEMBERS! Don't Miss HBN's Next Media Blitz!!
Members Only!! Remember to send in your products for Cosmetic
Report Media Blitz! The deadline is August 13!! For details, click here!
1. HBN Update: Welcome New
HBN Members & HBN Members On The Move!
2. Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The Week: Honey
Butter Belly Salve
3. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: we'll be back
next week!
4. Handmade Beauty Product Review by Donna Maria: German
Chamomile Double Solar-Infused Oil
1. HBN Update: Welcome New
HBN Members & HBN Members On The Move!
Kukui Nut, Inc., | Michelle
Williams-Burrows | New Jersey
* renewing member; luxury line of body products using the finest
all-natural ingredients available; never fussy but always pure
The Scent Shack | Lori Kimble
& John Vaughn | Illinois
* renewing member; fragrance oils
pre-tested
in cold process, melt & pour soap and candles
Arcadia Aromatics | Lissa Lee
| Pennsylvania
* renewing member; handmade soap, toiletries, cosmetics,
skincare, bath & body, massage, salon & spa products, aromatherapy,
herbal remedies, packaging supplies, essential oils, diffusers.
Moonshine Soap Company | Ellie
Trinowski | Georgia
* renewing member; a
rich
tapestry of soaps, lip and body butters, creamy lotions, etc., made in small
batches
SwanRose Essentials | Viola
Joyner | Illinois
* bath salt sand vegetable-based
glycerin soaps blended with natural botanicals, essential oils and fragrance
oils
Marla's Apothecary | Marla S.
Wilson | California
* aromatherapy products hand blended using
organic or wild essential oils whenever possible
Pretty Natural, Inc. |
Willette Monk | Maryland
* ensuring the highest quality of bath
and body products, where skin and well-being are top priorities
HBN Members On The Move!!
HBN member Scott Blackson of The Soap Fairy is pleased to announce the publication of his book, "Marketing Your Handcrafted Products: 10 Tips To Selling More! See how Scott went from freelance photographer to small-time soaper to large production private labeler, wholesaler and retailer in just 5 years!
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: Honey Butter Belly Salve
Honey Butter Belly Salve has been getting a great workout lately now that I'm 7 months pregnant! The belly is huge and so I can't get enough of this stuff. You can make it in a flash so it's the perfect gift for anyone you know who might be 6 or more months pregnant -- in August -- in humid temperatures. UGH! Today's temperature was in the eighties, but the dew point made it feel close to 100ºF. UGH!
When you visit MakeYourCosmetics.com, it's easy to buy the ingredients you need by clicking on our Selected Supplier links:
Essential
Wholesale: bulk & custom made cosmetic bases, pure essential oils,
base carrier oils such as avocado, sweet almond, jojoba and shea butter and
unique cosmetic ingredients!
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!
From Nature With Love: over 1,600 ingredients and supplies, including cosmetic ingredients, spa supplies, bath accessories and packaging supplies!
3. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: the winner of last week's contest was Rochelle Ng! Rochelle won a bar of Lemongrass Soap made by HBN member Leslie's Garden Handcrafted Soaps!
Last
Week's Question: An archeological dig of a Roman temple recently
revealed several artifacts of interest. One of them is a small tin container
which is nearly 2,000 years old. Despite its age, it is remarkably preserved
and so is the substance contained within it. The contents are currently
undergoing analysis so it can be determined whether they might be a perfume,
a skin cream or face paint. The tin was so well made and preserved that the
substance inside still bears the finger marks of a person who used it all
those years ago!
Last Week's Answer: The Museum of London
This Week's Question: The trivia guru is taking a break this week. Stay tuned next week for a fantastic new challenge and a wonderful new prize!
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: German Chamomile Double Solar-Infused Oil
German Chamomile Double Solar-Infused Oil by Scent
of Balance
4 oz. | $22.50
As you know, this column is usually reserved for features on finished handmade beauty products. But every now and then, I have the opportunity to sample a wonderful raw material that I like to share with you. This time, it's a hand-harvested aromatic treat!!
HBN member Kate Rosetto, owner of Scents of Balance, grows and harvest herbs throughout the summer. I am kicking myself that it took me so long to experience one of her infusions myself! This year, fresh (not dried -- and this makes a difference!) German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) has been solar infused into a base of organic safflower oil to create this lovely German Chamomile Double Solar-Infused Oil. The aroma is scrumptious and it makes a perfectly wonderful face, body and massage oil all by itself. I have enjoyed massaging it into my daughter's skin. She sniffs it and approves with a smile and a request for "mo peas" (more please). (It's so cute -- but I digress ...)
Montana must be truly lovely to yield fresh chamomile flowers that infuse this divinely in the sunshine.
German Chamomile Double Solar-Infused Oil is a one-of-a-kind limited edition!! After this is gone, there's no more until next year. I guess I'd better make it last. On the other hand, what I don't smooth all over my daughter's dewy soft skin, I will be tempted to include in a few goodies made for some special friends over the next few months.You can purchase German Chamomile Double Solar-Infused Oil at Scents of Balance.
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