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Donna Maria's Handmade Beauty Connection
November 29,
2004
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 | Vol. 5, Issue 50
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1. HBN Update: Welcome New
& Renewing HBN
Members!
2. Handmade
Beauty Recipe Of The Week:
Sweetie Pie Facial Scrub & Mask
3.
dM's Handmade Beauty University:
A Primer On Pricing
4. Beauty & The Business Trivia
Question: win some delicious handmade soap!
5. The Handmade Beauty
Cookbook:
Join the Handmade Beauty Revolution!
6. Announcing The Handmade Beauty Business of the Year
Award:
Have You Entered Yet?!
7. Handmade Beauty Product
Review: Stay Tuned For Next
Week ...
8. Take Our Reader Survey!
Find Out Who Won $100.00 In Handmade Beauty Bucks!
1. HBN
Update: Welcome New &
Renewing HBN Members!
Jacki's Jewels |
Jacqueline Rooths | Maryland
Flower Peddler Natural Bath Products
| Michele Keiper | Virginia
* sumptuous handmade soaps, luscious lotions, exotic scrubs, beautiful gift baskets, soy
candles and more
Tumbleweed Soaps
| Mike and Linda Lamka | Texas
* a variety of handmade soaps
Learn more about
these and other members and
their exciting activities by visiting their Web sites through
HBN's Online
Member Directory, 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: Sweetie Pie Facial Scrub & Mask
 Sweetie
Pie Facial Scrub & Mask was submitted by Jasmin Mitchell, a reader
in Chicago. Enjoy it for a great face and neck scrub and mask!
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, LLC:
pure essential oils (many organic & wild crafted), carrier oils, solvent
free shea
butter rare & exotic perfume materials (visit the Perfumers
Emporium), supplies, accessories and more. GC/MS tested to ensure
quality.
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!
3. dM's Handmade Beauty
University: A Primer On Pricing
 "My gratitude abounds as I learn more and more about this exciting
industry. I really think I am getting my money's worth and more from HBU and HBN membership!" Denise Moore, Nostalgic Purity, Texas
"I just
love the way dM has such compassion for the newcomer and will suggest steps
to take if you're not in a financial position to do everything at once. I am
learning so much about the details that needed my attention but I wasn't
sure where to start. I am having so much fun working on my business now, and
have gained confidence in its success thanks to HBU!" Patricia Godin,
Tricia's Garden, Massachusetts
Our next class is: The
Importance Of Pricing Goods For Sale (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?)
Thursday, December 2 (60 minutes);
2:00pm Eastern
Creating profits starts with one thing and
one thing only: pricing. This telenar is designed to help you set prices for
your products based on the factors that need to be considered before doing
so. We'll discuss how to factor your time and energy into your price, how
and when to know if it's OK to raise or lower prices, the differences
between pricing products and services and a whole lot more!
To register
for this fact-filled class, click here!
4. Beauty & The Business Trivia
Question:
Last
week's winner was Rosemary Aquila of
Norwalk, CT! Rosemary won some delicious handmade soap!
Last
Week's Question: The
most recent listing by Forbes Magazine of the "200 Best Small
Companies" includes a company that has been included on the list for 3
years. From humble beginnings in New England, the company today enjoys net
annual sales of $77.5 million. And to think that it all started with a box
of crayons, some wax and the ambition and imagination of a young teenager
looking to make an economical holiday gift for his mother.
Last Week's Answer:
Yankee Candle
This Week's Question: In 1999, the FDA approved a drug to treat
uncontrolled blinking and crossed eyes. Three years later, it approved the
same concoction to help decrease the appearance of wrinkles and lines
between the eye brows. What is the trade name of the product?
Be the first to answer this week's trivia
question and win a bar of handmade soap! 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!
They're
Here!!
"Delicious"
... "Scrumptious" ... "ideal reference guide"
They're here! The Handmade Beauty Cookbooks Are Here!!
"Delicious" ... "Scrumptious" ... "ideal reference guide"
Get yours today from the HBN members listed at this
link.
6. Announcing The Handmade Beauty Business of the Year
Awards!
 Help HBN celebrate 5 Years of Serving the Handmade Beauty Industry!!
Nominations are now being accepted for the Handmade Beauty Business of the Year
Awards!!
To celebrate our 5 year anniversary, with your help, we will honor a member who exemplifies the spirit and tenacity of the
handmade beauty industry. Our goal is to recognize and share the winner's amazing accomplishments in the hopes that others will be
encouraged to pursue their dreams. The winner will be featured at HBN's website and in print publications as opportunities arise!
To find out more and nominate your choice for the winner, click here.
7.
Handmade Beauty Product Review: Stay
Tuned For Next Week ...
 HBN's
little elves are at this very moment collecting an assortment of holiday
gift packages to tell you about in next week's newsletter! We have so much
to share with you that our short little hands and fingers are saving it
all for next week's special Holiday Gift Guide issue. If you miss it,
you'll miss how you can get your hands on everything from a Christmas
Party Bath Bomb to Holiday Soap Angels and a collection of Om Yoga Soaps
and Foaming Shea Bath Treats, and lots more -- so don't miss it!!
8. Take Our Reader Survey & Enter To Win $100.00 In Handmade Beauty Bucks!
 You,
dear reader, are important and what you think matters!!
If you have not completed our reader survey, please do so today so we can
find out more about your likes and dislikes so that we can provide you
with the best publication possible. Take our reader survey here.
HBN member Beth Montanez of Holly, Michigan, is the winner of $100.00 in Handmade
Beauty Bucks! Says Beth, "You have no idea how excited
I am. I don't think I have ever won anything in my entire life. I'm
ecstatic. And it is great timing - we did a big show this weekend and are
exhausted. This is absolutely perfect and I can't wait to get some
wonderful de-stressing items from other HBN members to make it even more
perfect. We recently got a customer from our HBN membership. They found
HBN in a search engine and found us on the member directory. Just thought
you'd like to know!!"
Congratulations Beth! I'll let everyone know what items Beth chooses to
de-stress with from which HBN members, and thanks Beth for letting me know
that you're getting new business as a result of your membership in HBN!
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Donna Maria, Publisher & Editor-In-Chief, DonnaMaria@HandmadeBeauty.com
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