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Donna Maria's Handmade
Beauty Connection
December 6, 2004
dM's Third Annual Handmade Holiday Gift Guide!
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 |
Vol. 3, Issue
51
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HBN Members Have The Perfect Holiday Treats For
Everyone On Your List!
The perfect holiday gift can be nearly
as elusive as the
perfect date. But unlike matters of the heart, finding a great gift that will be treasured and
appreciated is easy when you have so many Handmade Beauty Network members ready
to serve you! While there are many gifts from many members, I have drawn on my personal experiences and comments of member's
customers to assemble this, my 3rd Annual Holiday Gift Guide. The beauty of celebrating a "Handmade Holiday" is that you don't have
to worry about giving gifts that are the "same ole same ole." Instead, you can give "perfect somethings" that are uniquely
designed by special people who appreciate beauty and enjoy creating it every day with their own hands.
My 3rd Annual Holiday Gift Guide
says that it is possible to find gifts that will be treasured and appreciated --
even with just 19 shopping days left!!
There's something handmade, smart, delicious and rewarding for everyone on your list
right here at the Handmade Beauty Network. Each
product name links directly into the easy to use shopping cart of the HBN member
just waiting to pack and ship your gift to you! All links and prices are accurate as of the
publication date of this newsletter, and all products are displayed at websites
as in stock at press time. Check with individual members to be sure, and order soon before they run out!!
Happy Handmade Holiday Shopping!
Gift Sets & Kits
Unique Handmade Soaps
'Tis
The Season Bath & Body Favorites
Gift Sets & Kits
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Soak
& Scrub Gift Basket
Essencia offers the ultimate
holiday stress relief collection. Milk bath, body polish, bath gel and
more. I have given Essencia as gifts to family members and no one has
been disappointed! Folks, this is exquisite stuff! $53.50 the basket
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Good
Medicine Tin
From Candace Welsh -- the Oil
Lady herself -- this gift will introduce a loved one to the benefits of
aromatherapy. Jojoba, hydrosol and carefully selected essential oils,
plus Candace's own booklet. Beautifully displayed in the Good Medicine
Tin with usage chart tucked into the lid. $49.95 the tin
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Scrub
A Dub Dub Collection
A member of HBN since its
inception, the "Soap Granny" of Texas' A Wild Texas Soap
Bar has packaged everything
needed to scrub all cares away, including olive oil soap, facial brush
and pumice wand, tucked into a recyclable jute bag accented with a Texas
Lone Star. The Soap Granny also carries HBN's newly released Handmade
Beauty Cookbook!! $22.50 the set
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Tropical
Amazon Spa Box
The complete spa from Floresta's: shampoo,
conditioner, shower gel, Brazil nut oil, essential oils (palmarosa and
orange) in handmade box. $60.16 the box |
Baby
Gift Box
A personal favorite I have
used myself and given to new moms, everything from Silk 'n Shea to help
a new mom and her baby feel special indeed. Lotion, soap, balm and soft
wash cloth. You choose ribbon color for boy or girl. Ooh
La La! $13.50 the box |
Beautiful
Bath Time
Vienna's Herbal Compounds in
Harlem combines beauty and the bath with a cobalt bottle of lavender bath
oil, coordinating salts and herbal soak with scooper. Can anyone say,
"Relaaaahx"? $45 the set |
Zen Bubble Bath Sampler Set
If you're a bath-a-holic like
me, you can't have enough bubble bath. So get Natural Selections'
set of colorful
samplers and save yourself the agony of choosing! $17 the set |
Foot Relief Kit
If the holidays have you
frazzled and tired, her feet could probably use this kit. Foot Fizzies,
Foot Balm, Pumice Stone, Washcloth. Choose Warming or Cooling formula.
From Green Valley Herbal Enterprises. $18.95 the kit |
Fancy Feet Gift Set
Donna and Maggie at Prairieland Herbs
help anyone kick up their heels this holiday season with peppermint
scrub, balm and soap, packaged in festive cello and all bowed up. $20
the set
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Leah's Natural Face Kit
For
anyone who needs a simpler way to care for skin naturally -- Cleansing
Milk, Rose Facial Water, Face Food, Marigold Cream.
From Leah's Natural. $27.50 the kit
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'Tis The Season Gift Set
Choice of holiday
soaps with matching lotion, body wash and a Cranberry Fig Jingle Bubble
Bar -- in a festive box. From Flower Peddler. $27.50 the set |
Soap Selection Gift Box
Meadowstone Farms pours goat's
milk soap into goat molds that fit perfectly in your hand. Tons
of scents aret fun to choose - Apple Crisp, Cinnamon Bun, Rosemary
Spearmint .... In ribbon trimmed gift box. Price varies by scent choice. |
Stress Relief Gift Basket
For anyone who needs to
lighten up, goat's milk soaps and soap dish, bath blast, lotion stick.
lip balm -- aaaaahhhhh! $19.80 the set |
Moonshine Spice
Affordable luxury wrapped in
organza and satin. Moonshine spice is vanilla, nutmeg, vanilla and
clove. Soy wax candle, 2 spice shea butter soaps and ivory bath pouf.
$24.95 the set |
Invigorating Aromas Soap Collection
How pretty is this? Everyone
needs soap, but when it's Deal Farm's goat's milk bars neatly packaged
in pretty fabric and bowed with gold, who wouldn't love it? Scents are
Crème de Mint, Garden Rain, Spiced Apple, Tea Tree Herbal. Gotta have
it!! $17.95 the set |
Unique Handmade Soaps
'Tis The Season Bath & Body Favorites
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C'mon Honey Sugar Scrub
Come on, Honey! Get me some
of this sugar scrub from Hella Good!! Made with honey, almond and
gingerbread fragrance, you will want to scrub and taste! $28
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Sweet Sugar Scrub
No one does sugar scrub like
Laura at sugar coat it. Whipped with shea butter, Vitamin E, cocoa
butter and a lively citrus essential oil blend, this will scrub the
winter blues away. $20
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Crystal Essence Body Butter
Mysterious, lovely and aromatic -- body
butter in an organza bag. Debbie at Blue Moon Herbals infuses each with
crystalized gems and pure aromatic oils.. Nightfire and Vanilla Orange
are two of the choices. $16
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AromaStone
An easy and fun way for
someone to enjoy aromatherapy. Choose cobalt or ivory AromaStone
diffuser. Includes choice of blends like Holiday Spice or Scandanivian Winter. $59 |
New Farmhouse 100% Soy Candle
From Sweetgrass Farm, this 16 ounce handpoured soy
candle infused with pure lavender essential oil is fragrant and clean
burning. Derived
from an agricultural crop, made from USA grown soybeans. A lovely
presentation. $15.95
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Sinter Klass Bath Bomb
Santa! What are you doing in
my tub??! Lush presents this orange, lime, cinnamon and mandarin
combination to explode in your
bath. My other favorites are Christmas Party and Ginger Man Bath
Bombs. $4.85 - $5.20 each |
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