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Donna Maria's Handmade Beauty Connection
September 8, 2003

A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 | Vol. 4, Issue 36
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1. HBN Update: Welcome New & Renewing HBN Members!!
2. Special Thanks To Members Who Referred New Members!
3. Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The Week: Lavender Honey Soft Skin Soak
4. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: Win some soap molds -- in plenty of time for holiday making!
5. Handmade Beauty Product Review: Protecting & Rejuvenating Hand Cream by HBN Member Organic Soaps and Balms

Clare Le'Dor | Teresa Dorsey | Colorado
* renewing member; handmade skin care and aromatherapy products using exotic oils, pure essential oils and herbal infusions

The Good Neighbor Soap Company | Heidi Worthington |  Connecticut
* renewing member; quality, handmade, safe, natural, and non-toxic soaps and sundries

Savonerie | Deborah Windell | Oregon
* handmade soaps beveled, hand-planed and polished, made with essential and/or fragrance oils and mineral pigments

Creative Lady Soap Shoppe | Edna Roberts | Connecticut
* luxurious handcrafted goat's milk soaps and toiletries, made with pigments and scented with essential/fragrance oils.

The Pella Soap Shoppe | Jodi L. Houtz | Iowa
* handcrafted goat milk soaps and lotions as well as lip balms, lotion bars and other handcrafted sundries

Aromatic Oasis | Pat Diamond | Wisconsin
* helping clients create a more healthy life through the use of nourishing skin and body care 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.

The Soap Shack - handmade soaps and body products made with quality ingredients
Acordia Mountain West - to find out more about HBN's exclusive products liability insurance program, contact our rep, Kathy Francis, at (800) 332-9256, ext. 135
Caerlon Gardens Luxury Soap - high-quality soaps and spa essentials; experts in the hot process method of soapmaking!
Red Bee Studio - Rossape di Fiesole Beeswax Skincare
Botanical Earth - handmade cold process soap bases with all natural ingredients
Earth Mama Angel Baby - organic herbal pregnancy, labor, postpartum, breastfeeding and baby care products
Essential Wholesale - fruit extracts, pre-packaged private label products, essential oils, base oils and more!
Pretty Baby Herbal Soap Company - delicious soap made with some of the most beautiful swirls in the world!
A Woman of Uncommon Scents - lots of wonderful essential oils and CO2 extracts -- many wild crafted -- sourced from around the world!
The Purple Sage - Shea Butter Body Silk and more -- for a recent product review, click here.
The Handcrafted Soap Maker's Guild - promoting the handcrafted soap industry and acting as a center of soap making communication

Lavender Honey Soft Skin Bath Soak is easy and smells delish! Relax and try it today!

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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!

Last Week's Answer: The Natural Beauty Spa

Be the first to correctly state what I am and win some soap molds -- in plenty of time for holiday making!

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.

Protecting & Rejuvenating Hand Cream
2 ounces | $8.00
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This product has so many uses! First of all, it's a wonderful hand cream -- thick, rich and concentrated just like I like my creams most of the time. There's a slight chill in the air in the early morning now so even though it's still summer, I like to spread this around my cuticles which are already starting to feel dry even though it's still summer. 

Made with rosewater, organic calendula oil, beeswax, wheat germ and shea butter,  Protecting & Rejuvenating Hand Cream also has a really pleasant aroma contributed by certified organic essential oils of lemon, geranium, clary sage and lavender. I'd say it's almost "barely there," yet fresh and a little bit rosy without being too "girly." I have enjoyed using this on my daughter's bottom. (She's working hard to get the potty training thing down but we still have a way to go.) Yesterday, she sat down in the middle of the floor and rubbed herself all over with this product. When she was done, she smelled wonderfully sweet and looked like a shiny, newly minted coin!

Protecting & Rejuvenating Hand Cream spreads really easily over my pregnant stomach too so that's another plus! A little goes a long way and the price is right to stock up on this for the fall and winter months. You can get your own jar of Protecting & Rejuvenating Hand Cream and some other goodies made with organics at Organic Soaps and Balms.