Handmade Beauty Connection A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
April
26, 2004
ISSN 1530-9630 | Vol. 5, Issue 17
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: Welcome New & Renewing HBN Members!
2. Branding: It's Not Just For Cows!
3. Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The Week: Strawberry Kiwi Facial Cleanser
4. Beauty & The Business Trivia Question: win some handmade soap!
5. Handmade Beauty Product Review: Bubble Bash!
1. HBN Update: Welcome New & Renewing HBN Members!
va campagna | Maryann
Casini | New York
* renewing member; Italian inspired handmade bath, body and spa
products
Willow Way Equipment, LLC |
Ron Jonas | Indiana
* renewing member; manufacturers of custom soap making equipment
for the handcrafted soapmaking industry since 1996
Aunt Wally's | Jacque Riella |
California
* renewing member; specializing in natural soaps, salts, scrubs,
butters, and more
Nature's Daughters | Joan
Ayers | Maryland
* renewing member; seasonal and year round offerings of
sumptuously scented soaps and matching lotions
Moondancer Enterprises | Julie
Whitehurst | Illinois
* renewing member; bath, body, and beauty products, candles,
incense, oil blends, dream pillows and more
Jenny's Naturals | Jennifer
Stevenson | Pennsylvania
* renewing member; all natural handcrafted cold
process botanical soaps using essential oils, grains, and herbs
Zanthyas, Inc. | Susan Deegan
| Oregon
* 100% natural, synthetic-free
skincare products that gently cleanse, detoxify and rejuvenate the skin
Ablekane Enterprises | Andrea
Kane | Hawaii
* handmade natural body butters,
creams and hair milks made with Aloha
Francesca Fodera | Connecticut
Julie Williams | Colorado
Alima Cosmetics | Kathleen
O'Brien | Oregon
* complete line of bismuth free
mineral cosmetics using the finest ingredients available
Avalon Essentials | Nan Vaught
| Minnesota
* lotions, potions, candles, soaps, and bath teas made to order in small
batches
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!
Longtime and very active HBN member Maggie Hanus of A
Wild Texas Soapbar is pleased to announce the Texas Soapmakers
Association convention, "Austin Soapy Limits" to be held in
Round Rock, Texas on July 16 -18. Maggie, the Convention Theme Coordinator
is planning lots of fun events! Check out the details here!!
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: Strawberry
Kiwi Facial Cleanser
Strawberry
Kiwi Facial Cleanser was submitted by a reader in San Francisco. She
says her mom uses it frequently as a refreshing and inexpensive
facial treat!
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 Rosemary Wedlock of Toronto, Canada! Rosemary won one of the Personalized Baby Shower Soap Favors reviewed in a previous issue, plus some essential oil!
Last Week's Answer: 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?
This Week's Question: I don't have much time these days to sample new aromatics, but recently, I sniffed an aroma I'll not soon forget. If you didn't know that you could distill a beautiful aromatic oil from an alcoholic beverage, now you will! This oil is known as Weinhefeoel and results from the distillation of brandy. Very intense and rich, it blends well with other intense aromas like ylang ylang, osmanthus and tobacco. Use often as a base note in men's colognes, it's "deep fruit" aroma is unforgettable. What is it?
Be the first to correctly answer this week's question and a sample of a lovely perfume blend I made with this oil!
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!
5.
Handmade Beauty Product Review: Bubble Bash by HBN Member AllyKats
Bubble
Bash
8.5 oz. | $9.00
What's a Bubble Bash? I didn't know, and then I tried this product. It's a great bubble bath made just for little girls! Packaged in a clear bottle with a pink and green label and a pretty pink bow, it looks just like something my daughter (Vanessa AllyKat) would pick for herself if she were doing the shopping. AllyKats' signature Lily Grapefruit fragrance is sweet with a citrus-y background, and my daughter loves to smell it! After the bath, we are sure to apply AllyKats LipChick, a sweetly scented, pink tinted lip balm which Vanessa AllyKat insists must be in her purse every time she leaves the house. (My goodness! It was over 2 years ago, but it sure seems like just yesterday that I was announcing her birth to you! How time flies! But ... I digress ...)
AllyKat's owner Robin Sessler created the
AllyKats line in honor of her 3 little girls who serve as inspiration for
the products. It's the cutest story and I cannot do it justice! I highly
recommend that you read it for yourself here.
Oh! I forgot to tell you what a Bubble Bash is. It's a bubble bath of course
-- spoken of as only a 2-year old could. The product was named by Robin's
2-year daughter who had trouble pronouncing the "th" sound in
"bath." The result? Bubble Bash! A really cute name for a
fabulously fun product made the Little AllyKat in your life!
You can get your own Bubble Bash (I love saying that!!) and other goodies from AllyKats. My Little Vanessa AllyKat also enjoys the talc-free pink shimmer body Pixie Powder made with naturally absorbent cornstarch. Must haves for all of the AllyKats in your life!!
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