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Donna Maria's Handmade Beauty Connection
October 4,
2004
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 | Vol. 5, Issue 41
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1. HBN Update: Welcome New
& Renewing HBN
Members!
2. Handmade
Beauty Recipe Of The Week:
Coconut Orange Dry Skin Butter
3. Back To
School & Back To Business:
dM's Handmade Beauty University
4. Beauty & The Business Trivia
Question: win a 1/2 hour Lifestyle CEO consultation with me!
5. The Handmade Beauty
Cookbook:
Join the Handmade Beauty Revolution!
6. Lifestyle CEO™: I Have A (Someone Else's) Dream!
7.
Handmade Beauty Product Review: Tuberose Bath Salts by
Marley's Own
1. HBN
Update: Welcome New &
Renewing HBN Members!
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2. Handmade
Beauty Recipe Of The Week: Coconut Orange Dry Skin Butter
Coconut
Orange Dry Skin Butter is designed exclusively for the driest of skins
-- the way mine is in the winter. Lucky for me, a tummy doesn't have to look
like the one pictured here in order to benefit! Any skin any where of any
dry kind can use this butter. I especially
like to use it on rough areas like elbows and heels. The scent is a
wonderful combination of fresh coconuts and orange.
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3. Back To
School & Back To Business:
Announcing dM's Handmade Beauty University!!
After
the course on business corporations, "I checked out the laws and it's
not as intimidating as I thought it would be!" Ellie Trinowski, Moonshine
Soap.
"Wherever
you are in planning your business you find encouragement from dM!"
Tricia Godin, planning a start up in Massachusetts
Tricia
and Ellie aren't just talking about being successful beauty business owners,
they are doing something about it, and HBU is there to help. Don't let
another day go by watching other people fulfill their dreams!
Our next course is filling up fast so reserve your space today!
Labeling Your Products In Accordance With FDA
Regulations (A Dirty Job But Someone's Gotta Do It!)
Thursday, October 14 (90 minutes)
11:00am Pacific; 12:00noon Mountain; 1:00pm Central; 2:00pm Eastern
This telenar promises to save you hundreds of
hours of agony trying to figure out how to properly label your products.
Stop all the guesswork and
get the answers you need so you can move on
with the business of being in business! To register
for this fact-filled class, click here!
4. Beauty & The Business Trivia
Question: last week's
winner was Susan Shewan of British Columbia, Canada. Susan won some fragrant
incense in Monsoon Rose and Sandalwood Masala.
Last
Week's Question: In
1965, as a Yale college student, I wrote a term paper outlining an idea for
a new company. A lot of people ridiculed me but I was not deterred. The son
of transportation moguls, my ideas, which were revolutionary at the time,
are now commonplace. After serving in the Marine Corps for 4 years, I
started my company in 1971. By 1973, my firm was so desperate for cash that
I went to Las Vegas to play blackjack tables. I wired the $27,000 I won to
my company. By the late 1970's, I was well on my way. Today, I am the
company's Chairman, President and CEO and we have a whopping 92% share of my
market and annual revenues top $26 billion. Who am I and what is the name of
my company?
Last Week's Answer:
Frederick W. Smith, founder of FedEx
This Week's Question: Hi, my name is Ray Kroc and I founded
McDonald's Corporation. Though I am no longer here, what I did to
revolutionize the way a hamburger is made and sold lives on and nearly
everyone in the world has heard of me and my hamburgers. But while I sold
hamburgers for a living, hamburgers were not my business -- nor are they the
real business of McDonald's even today. The real business of McDonald's is
something very different, and it earns our shareholders far more money than
hamburgers. To win this week, state was McDonald's real business is and win a 1/2 hour Lifestyle CEO Consultation with
dM!
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.
The Handmade Beauty Cookbook: Join the Handmade Beauty Revolution!
Coming
this month!!!
"Delicious"
... "Scrumptious" ... "ideal reference guide"
These are just some of the praises for the
Handmade Beauty Cookbook!! Don't miss this
sneak preview of our book, which will be made available for purchase
exclusively from Handmade Beauty Network members soon!!
Enjoy recipes like Citrus Spa Salt Glow by DK
Mind & Body, Eczema & Dry Patch Balm by Essential Wholesale,
Cocoa-Castile Soap The Scent Shack and Island Blossom Cream by Fallen Muse
WebWorks and so many more!
6. Lifestyle CEO™: I Have A (Someone Else's) Dream!
\Life.Style
CEO\n. A person who owns and
manages a business, not solely for financial gain, but also to enjoy the
personal rewards of entrepreneurship, independence, flexibility and fun.
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You can never be happy living someone else's dream. Oprah Winfrey
Oprah
got it right. You can become wealthy living someone else's dream. You can even
become rich doing it. But chances are you'll never truly be happy unless you are living your own dream.
Everyone has dreams. But
let's face it -- proportionately few people actually ever do anything tangible to
make their dreams come true. Instead they build on the number of dreams they
have, and the elaborateness of each one, without ever turning those dreams into goals
which can be executed and then attained. As a result, many people spend their lives not
only living other people's dreams, but actually helping those people turn their
dreams into reality. Meanwhile they get nothing in return except a pay check.
It's great to have
dreams. Exciting dreams result from vivid imaginations, and without them,
nothing extraordinary would ever happen in the world. But dreams without action are just imagery that no one but the dreamer can
see. A dreamer will always have a job,
but the person who acts on his dream will always be his boss. In other words,
dreamers work for other people's dreams.
Where
are you today? Have you been dreaming of a business that could help you make a
living and enjoy life, all at the same time, yet you never seem to get anywhere?
Well, stop now and think about your most treasured dreams with a renewed mind.
Write them down and study them, and as you do, instead of saying, "I could
never do that," say, "How can I do that?" or "'What steps
can I take to make those dreams reality?" This simple exercise changes your
way of thinking from negative to positive, from lackadaisical to proactive.
If
you say you can't ever do something, chances are you won't ever do it.
But if you seek
ways to accomplish goals, opportunities you never fathomed
will come your way. As you capitalize on those opportunities, you'll literally
watch as your dreams become reality! Instead of "I
can't," say "How can I?" Answer that question and then start
acting. The realization of your dreams is closer than you think!
If the Lifestyle CEO articles
are helpful to you, please send me an email
and let me know!
7.
Handmade Beauty Product Review: Tuberose
Bath Salts by Marley's Own
Tuberose
Bath Salts by Marley's Own
8 ounces | $12.00
After a long day on my feet with our company bake sale, I really needed
something to relax with so grabbed Marley's Own Tuberose Bath Salts, and
thank goodness I did! It's a combination of Hawaiian sea salts and Epsom
Salts and tuberose fragrance oil -- all of which were exactly what I
needed after such a long day on my fee. The salts dissolved quickly in the
bath water and left my skin feeling nice and soft and smelling really good
I had never smelled tuberose before so it was a unique first-time
experience for me. Some people might consider the aroma too strong. It's a
very heady and rich scent with lots of depth. It really makes a statement
-- not for the faint at heart! Marley's Own has a line of products built
around an island aroma theme, including body butters, soy candles and body
oil.
Get your taste of the islands at Marley's
Own!
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