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Donna Maria's Handmade
Beauty Connection
May 5, 2003
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 | Vol. 4, Issue 18
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1. HBN Update: Welcome Renewing HBN Members!!
2. Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The Week: Flower
Children Body Powder
3. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: win a
copy of "Body Care Just For Men" by Jim Long
4.
Handmade Beauty Product
Review by Donna Maria: Fabulous Mother's Day Soaps!
Donna Maria To Appear On ABC's World News This Morning May
7!!!
For all you early risers, you
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1. HBN Update: Welcome
Renewing HBN Members!!
Welcome Renewing HBN Members!
Silk'n Shea | Joena Buchholz |
Oregon
* renewing member; soap
and skin care handcrafted using Shea Butter, Silk Protein, Dead Sea Salt and
other vegetable oils, herbs and pure essential oils
TurtleWoman Herbs | Barb
Porlides | Connecticut
* renewing member; handmade
body products from nature
Sublime Escentials, Inc. |
Lauren Lamy | Connecticut
* renewing member; all
natural personal care made with pure ingredients -organic herbs, essential oils,
purified water, natural mineral plants and vitamins
The Buying Group | Rachel
Ratledge | Florida
* renewing member; substantial
savings on toiletries supplies, including packaging, base oils, pre-made bases
and more
Boozelle Botanicals | Michele
Beachman | California
* renewing member; an
incredible line of aromatherapy, botanical and herbal based products
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: Flower Children Body Powder
Flower Children
Body Powder is a soft, easy recipe for children.
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3. Handmade Beauty Trivia
Question: the winner of last week's
contest was Leann Weaver of Portland, Oregon. Leann won a pound of
ultrarefined shea butter, courtesy of HBN member Essential
Wholesale!
Last Week's
Question: I am the child of a parent that is considered one of the
world's leading makers and distributors of spices and food flavorings. My
parent is based in a town called Sparks in the eastern part of the United
States. I produce plastic squeeze tubes for the personal care products
industry and I have plants located in Massachusetts and California.
Last Week's Answer: Tubed Products, Inc.
 This Week's Question: The
cosmetics industry has four make-up segments. To win this week, name all
four of them in alphabetical order.
Be
the first to correctly state the answer to this week's question and win a
copy of "Body Care Just For Men" by Jim Long.
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 na me posted at HBN's home page.
4. Handmade Beauty Product
Review by Donna
Maria: Fabulous Custom-Wrapped Mother's Day Soaps!
Fabulous
Custom-Wrapped Mother's Day Soaps!
@ 4 ounces | $5.00
I am always excited when an HBN member's products can be customized so
I can give them as gifts to special people in my life. Last Mother's Day, I
reviewed customized soaps for Mother's Day by HBN member Utopian Garden. If
you missed that review, you can enjoy it here.
This year, I am just as pleased to rave about the soaps I purchased to honor
the special mothers in my life.
 You
avid HBC readers will remember the rave reviews after I enjoyed Baisley Herbals'
Lemon Balm and Lemongrass Soap earlier this year. (If you missed it, check it
out here.)
More recently, I discovered other of their fragrances and each one is delicious
in so many ways that it was hard for me to choose the fragrance for my Mother's
Day treats. I finally settled on a Cucumber aroma -- I chose it in part because
it smells fresh like spring and also because I don't think many of my "giftees"
will actually notice that it's cucumber scented since the fragrance will not be
noted on the labels. I want them to enjoy something fresh and light and I'm curious
to know if any of them will guess the scent correctly!
Each of my bars is individually enveloped in elegant archival
paper boasting roses on a creamy background, and then wrapped in high
quality, rich textured pink ribbon to match. The labels on each bar say,
"Happy Mother's Day" and promote the Handmade Beauty Network and
of course Baisley Herbals. They will make the perfect gift this year for the
special moms in my life!!
Check out the 3 other soaps from Baisley Herbal's Welcome Spring
Collection: Blackberry Sage Soap, Apricot Soap and Princes Prima Soap (a
delightful coconut fragrance). Any of them (except
Cucumber, which sold out at a show last week!) can be
ordered for Mother's Day so long as your order is placed up until Thursday
12:00 midnight. Visit Baisley Herbals' Web
site for shipping options and to see all of the other wonderful soaps you
can choose from!!
Visit The Handmade Beauty Connection Archives.
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