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Handmade Toiletries Weekly Newsletter
June 4, 2000

A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630
June 4, 2000
Issue 20

----->THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR: "Making Aromatherapy Creams & Lotions"<-----

Drench ... Lip Tango In Paradise ... African Body Tapestry ... Face Grace ... Kiwi Orange Blossom Puree

Formulas ... Principles ... Inspiration ~ plus tons of beauty products to make using natural ingredients. Make lotions and creams using premium skin care aromatics. Make Aromatic Beauty Food using "freshies" like passion fruit, avocado, strawberries, kiwis, whipping cream and cashew nuts.

Reserve your autorgraphed copy of "Making Aromatherapy Creams & Lotions" at www.donnamaria.com.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. HBN UPDATE ~ WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!!
3. HANDMADE TOILETRIES THYME TRIVIA QUESTION ~ win a copy of "Working at Home: Making It Work For You" by Meredith Gould.
4. HANDMADE BEAUTY PRODUCT REVIEWS
5. AROMATIC BEAUTY FOOD RECIPE ~ ESTHER'S ANOINTMENT, A LOVERS PERFUME

1. HBN UPDATE ~ WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!!

--->Visit Our NEW Handmade Beauty Product Review Page!! Several of you asked us to add our Handmade Beauty Product Reviews to the Web site ... so we did. Starting today, click on http://www.handmadebeauty.com/handmade_beauty_product_reviews.htm!! and browse our 4 categories:

Handmade Soaps
Handmade Creams, Lotions & Balms
Handmade Facial Care
Handmade Specialty Bath and Body

--->HBN members ... link to your product review from your own Web site!!

WELCOME NEW FULL & SUPPLIER HBN MEMBERS!!

Mike Lawson & Mateo Ramos <<Columbus Foods&lgt;> Chicago, Illinois, www.columbusfoods.com.

New FULL & SUPPLIER members are listed on HBN's "Suppliers" page.

--->WELCOME NEW FULL HBN MEMBERS!!

LaNita Rawley <<LaNita&lgt;> Dahlonega, Georgia
Niambi Davis <<Miss Marie's Mt. Pleasant Farm&lgt;> Centreville, Maryland

New FULL HBN members are listed on HBN's "Find Products" page which will be advertised to businesses seeking to find quality handmade beauty items. Stop by the site and see what these handmade beauty businesses have to offer!!

3. HANDMADE TOILETRIES THYME TRIVIA QUESTION ~ The winner from May 14 was Lynne Frease of Wagram, North Carolina. Lynne won an autographed copy of "Making Aromatherapy Creams & Lotions" by Donna Maria!!

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: In the 1930's, Proctor & Gamble introduced the first synthetic detergent product specifically designed to wash human hair. To win this week's prize, state the name of the product.

LAST WEEK'S QUESTION: Name the three layers of human skin.

LAST WEEK'S ANSWER: Epidermis (outermost surface layer), Dermis (under the epidermis), hypodermis (innermost layer)

Be the first to provide the correct answer and win a copy of "Working From Home: Making It Work For You" by Meredith Gould. This is a great little book authored by a home-based business owner. If you're thinking of starting your own home-based business, or already have one, this book is fun to read and makes it easy to begin incorporating helpful tips to grow your home-based business right away!!

Read contest rules at http://www.handmadebeauty.com/htns_Newsletter.htm

4. HANDMADE BEAUTY PRODUCT REVIEWS

HBN is pleased to welcome Paige Eversole McMahon to our Handmade Beauty Product Review Panel.

Paige is a 45-year old Caucasian woman who operates a home-based public relations business, McMahon Communications, in Bethesda, Maryland. Paige's philosophy about beauty products is "anything that takes more than 10 minutes twice a day is excessive." As a result, she likes skin care products that are easy to use and which leave her skin (normal to moderately dry) looking well cared for. Fortunately for the handmade toiletries business, she has two stepdaughters, a niece and a slew of friends who love receiving handmade toiletries as gifts for all occasions! We're listening, Paige!!

The Soap Fairy's Grapefruit & Clary Sage Lotion, 4 oz. ~ $5.95
Reviewed by Paige Eversole McMahon I went to The Soap Fairy's link from HBN's Web site because I love the Delaware beaches and hope to visit their offices in Lewes, Delaware some day soon. My favorite product so far is the Grapefruit & Clary Sage Lotion, which is delightful and adds a light citrus scent to my skin without interfering with my perfume. While the lotion is rich in appearance, it goes on easily, leaving no stickiness behind. Best of all, it arrived in a plastic squeeze bottle with a secure cap, perfect for packing when I make my trip to the beach! The Soap Fairy's Ocean Breeze After Shower Balm smells fresh and sweet and has brought my elbows and knees out of their winter roughness and into the summer, and the Mango Madness Lip Balm has done the same for my lips! www.soapfairy.com.

BAMI's Oatmeal Soap, 4 oz. ~ $4.00
Reviewed by Donna Maria

There's no doubt about it ... the choices of handmade soap on the market today makes bath time fun and interesting. Many manufacturers include among their choice bars a soap or two that is made entirely of olive oil. These soaps, typically called "Castile," are made from a base of olive oil only and are thought to be very kind to the skin. My most recent sample of Castile soap is Oatmeal Soap from BAMI. (The owner took the name from the first initials of her 4 children.) It's a dense, hard, unscented bar of soap. The lather it produces is not so thick, but it feels nice on the skin. The best thing about this bar is that it seems to last forever. I've been using it for 2 weeks and its just a bit smaller than the day I bought it home. For those wanting a basic bar with no bells and whistles, this is a good, safe choice. If you want something more on the exotic side, you'd probably go for more of BAMI's unusual choices, such as Kush or Moroccan Red Clay. BAMI also has a line of lotions to match the soaps. We'll review one of those later this summer. http://members.tripod.com/~BAMI_1.

If you'd like to submit your handmade toiletries products for review, email me at donnamaria@handmadebeauty.com and I will provide you with a mailing address.

If you do not make and sell handmade beauty products and would like to learn more about becoming a part of our Handmade Beauty Product Review Panel, send an email to me with a brief description of you, your skin type and what you like about handmade beauty products.

5. AROMATIC BEAUTY FOOD RECIPE ~ ESTHER'S ANOINTMENT, A LOVERS PERFUME

As a newlywed, I am very excited to have yet another excuse to concoct some luscious body care product to celebrate a special occasion. And few occasions are more special that the honeymoon night! So before I tied the knot last month, I made sure to create a potion that I thought my new hubby would truly enjoy. The one thing I had to do was be sure I didn't make it too sweet (he hates that!), and make sure I didn't make it so strong that it covered up my natural scent (he likes that!) So, I created a few blends over the course of the months before my wedding and put a little of each on my wrists so he could have a bit of a sample. Esther's Anointment was his favorite.

7 drops vanilla absolute
7 drops sandalwood essential oil
4 drops rose alba essential oil
3 drops ylang ylang extra superior essential oil
2 frankincense essential oil
2 drop geranium absolute
1 drop zdravetz essential oil

Combine the oils in a 1/4 ounce bottle of jojoba oil. Allow to mellow for a few weeks before using. This is a perfume and not a skin care product so it should be used in small quantities on pulse points such as wrists, behind the ears and knees and between the breasts. Enjoy!!

Thank you for reading HBN's Newsletter.
Have A Great Week!!
Donna Maria
Founder & President, The Handmade Beauty Network
"Securing The Future Of The Handmade Toiletries Industry"
http://www.handmadebeauty.com