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Donna Maria's Handmade Beauty Connection
April
12, 2004
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 | Vol. 5, Issue 15
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1. HBN Update :
Welcome New
& Renewing HBN Members!
2. Branding: It's Not Just For Cows!
3.
Handmade Beauty Recipe Of
The Week: Rainforest
Banana Balm
4. Beauty & The Business Trivia
Question: win
some handmade soap!
5.
Handmade Beauty Product Review: Customized Baby Shower Soap
1. HBN
Update: Welcome New &
Renewing HBN Members!
Woodsong Soap
Co. | David & Sharon Willson | Michigan
* renewing member; soap and bath products with some of the
finest ingredients nature has to offer Mineral
Treasures | Kathy Longhurst | Utah
* conceptually natural products made with herbals, vegetable oils, aromatherapy essential oils and vitamins Grassy
Pond Farms | Mary Humphrey | Missouri
* high quality, natural, handcrafted soaps Luisa,
Inc. | Gili Zilca | New York
* olive oil, glycerin, and milk based soap bars and also our
originally produced relaxing Ultra Age music Eagle
Moon Soap Co. | Marshelle Joseph | Colorado
* handcrafted soaps and
soapmaking equipment specially for the handcrafted soapmaker Naturally
Jade, Inc. | Opal | Maryland
* all natural skin & hair care
products in our skin & hair care products Naikid,
Inc. | Melissa Naval | New Jersey
* your only reason to get dirty, soap that gets you naikid
…naturally! Angelic
Soap and Gifts | Dieshawn and Julius Holmes | Michigan
* herbal soaps, lotions, balms and more 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.
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!!
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!
3.
Handmade Beauty Recipe Of The
Week: Rainforest Banana Beauty Balm
 Rainforest
Banana Beauty Balm is
a mixture of coconut and banana that is sure to keep your lips and
skin glossed and moisturized. Made with fresh fruity stuff, you'll
love the way it tastes too!
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 Tricia Godin of Foxboro, MA. Rochelle won a bar of
handcrafted Coffee & Vanilla
soap made by HBN member Premium
Wine Soap!
Last
Week's Question: I am a chemical that occurs in
essential oils. I am potentially toxic and can harm the skin when an
essential oil containing me is applied topically. Examples of me are
bergaptene and citronene and I occur in angelica and ammi visnaga oils,
among others. What am I?
Last Week's Answer:
coumarins (or forocoumarins)
This Week's Question: 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?
Be the first to provide
the common and botanical name for the above and win one of the
Personalized
Baby Shower Favors reviewed in this issue!
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: Customized Baby Shower Soap
 Personalized
Baby Shower Favors by HBN member Tomboy Handcrafted Soaps & Body Products
$1.00 | 1 ounce shower favor bar
A few weeks ago, I hosted a baby shower for dear friends
who are adopting a little boy from Ethiopia. They are so looking forward to
being parents! His name is Lukas and I've been chatting with his mom and dad
about him for so many years now that I felt like I knew him already. They'll be
arriving with him from Ethiopia later this week.
For the baby shower, only something extra special would do
to serve as a remembrance of the special occasion. It had to be something
personalized, which for me also means it had to be handmade. What else could I
do but look to a member of the Handmade Beauty Network for the perfect answer?
And once again, I was not disappointed!!
This time, I chose handmade soaps in an assortment of
scents by HBN member Tomboy Handcrafted Soaps & Body Products in Telluride,
Colorado. Each bar was individually wrapped in glassine with a personalized
welcome and congratulatory message for the parents, the baby and all of the
friends and family members who are so excited and supportive. These soaps were
the perfect token for all shower attendees and I was delighted to "stand
guard" over them and make sure no one took more than one since all
leftovers were for Lukas. Of course I was proud to let everyone know that they
were handmade for the happy occasion by an member of HBN, and Jessica at Tomboy
was happy to include this information along with her own company contact
information on a personalized label on each bar. She also put a label on the
back of each glassine wrapper indicating the scent -- and there were lots to
choose from.
These personalized bars were wrapped and delivered within
a little over a week of my order. The service was prompt, friendly and easy. I
was able to hand out soaps in several scents including Lemon Geranium, Lime
Grapefruit, Herb Garden Scrub and Tangeline, a personal favorite of mine made
with fine red desert sand and tomato powder along with tangerine and lavender.
Yum!
You can enjoy these soaps and other bodycare goodies,
along with the same First Class service at Tomboy.
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Donna Maria, Publisher & Editor-In-Chief, DonnaMaria@HandmadeBeauty.com
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