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Donna
Maria's Handmade Beauty Connection
June 6,
2005
A Publication of The Handmade Beauty Network
ISSN 1530-9630 | Volume 6, Issue 23
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1. HBN Member Update: Welcome New & Renewing HBN Members!
2. Happy Birthday Members!
3. Subscribe to the Handmade Beauty Business Magazine!
4. Handmade Beauty Recipe: Herbal After Shave Tonic I
5. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: win a copy of the Handmade Beauty Cookbook!
6. Featured Article: Grooming Is Booming: dM's Father's Day Gift Guide
1. HBN Member Update: Welcome New & Renewing HBN Members!
Renewing Members!!
Fields of Ambrosia, Inc. |
Deborah Jasien |New Hampshire
* cleansing, nourishing and therapeutic body care products
that are earth friendly and beneficial to the body
BrambleBerry, Inc. |
Anne-Marie Faiola-McCauley | Washington
* over
105 different fragrance and essential oils, all soap tested, soap molds
and unscented soap bases!
New
Members!
Arcadia Aromatics | Lissa
Lee | Pennsylvania
* quality
natural products to create a celebration for
your soul
Beaute 411, d/b/a Calypso Cosmetics
| Marietta Carter-Narcisse | Florida
* beauty with a Caribbean theme
Origin Island | Philip Blasselle
| Phlippines
* virgin cold pressed coconut oil and
handmade soaps made with it
Heartfelt Naturals | Mary
Falcon | Virginia
* Holistic Health and Beauty Products
from the Heart
Soap by Sylvia's Hands |
Sylvia Colbert | Florida
* natural and specialty soaps (like
our Butter Bars) that are great for all skin types Michelle
Whittle | New York VenusBee
| Lisa Espenmiller | California
* hip and delicious fragrant potions
that encourage aromatic replenishment and poetic beauty
HBN Members On The Move!!
Traci Vanover of The Creative Concept is
excited to invite you all to the Soap
and Candle Bee in Fort Wayne, Indiana on June 11, 2005. The Theme
is "Fresh Ideas -- Fresh Outlook" and I'll be the keynote speaker
-- hope to see you there! (HBN members, put "HBN OFFER" in the
shopping cart comments to get your FREE spa CD when you register!)
HBN Member Charlon Bobo (former of Utopian Garden and the SoCal
Handcrafted Toiletries Conference) is pleased to announce the launch of MuseWorks
Virtual Assistant services catering to the unique needs of handmade
beauty businesses! If you are struggling to wear all of the hats in your
business and need some assistance, help is on the way! Get your FREE,
no-obligation 15-minute consultation today. The first 5 HBN members who call
for a consultation and sign up for one of their partnership plans by June
10, 2005 will enjoy a discount of 20% off the monthly cost! Contact Charlon
today for more details at (805) 405-4944 or info@museworks.org!
Check out HBN member Andrea Kane of Marley's
Own featured in the May 17, 2005, issue of HonoluluAdvertiser.com. You
can enjoy the article here,
and be sure to sneak a peek at the cute photo of Andrea and her 5-year old
daughter as they "co-pour" some skin loving goodies into waiting
amber jars.
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. Happy Birthday Members!
 Birthdays
mark special occasions! No matter what your age, if you have been blessed to
live another year, it is cause for celebration. Make every day count! And
for those of HBN members who are celebrating birthdays this month, on behalf
of all of HBN and the handmade beauty community, I wish you lots of joy and
happiness on your special day! Here's a list of our June member birthdays
and their businesses, with website links, plus a look at an interesting
product I found while surfing at their sites (where applicable).
6/2 - Anna Golub, Nature From Europe
6/3 - Deborah Abdulla, Indigo-Daisy-Shack,
Indigo Butter Scrub
6/4 - Peggy Deutsch-Knutson, Sinjin & Sage Handcrafted Soap
6/5 - Elizabeth Savard, Thimbleberry Hill Soapworks
6/7 - Jane Pitte, Sheer
Miracle, Miracle Repairing Oil (discount on mineral make-up for HBN
members!)
6/9 - Marsha McCarthy, Marsha's Cajun Bubbles
6/9 - Randi Aldridge, Cloud
Nine Candle and Bath Company, Basil Lime Soap
6/11 - Fae Alonso, The Body
Bar Spa and Sanctuary
6/12 - Marcia Elston, Samara
Botane, Lemon Balm/Red Raspberry
Body Vinegar
6/16 - Susan Soros, Soap
Goddess Handmade Soap Company, Australian Mud Masque Soap
6/20 - Erica Shrader, Berkshire Butter Company
6/22 - Demetria Zinga, Herbal DeeScents
6/25 - Lorrie Beach, Canterbury
Cabin, Chamomile Soy Candle
6/29 - Lynne Norder
6/29 - Cathryn Swan, B-girl Aromatherapy
3. Subscribe to the Handmade Beauty Business Magazine!
 It's
almost here!
That's right! The premier issue of The Handmade Beauty Business Magazine
is in production now! Articles are being written, inside design layout is
being created, pictures are being taken -- and as of today, subscriptions
are being accepted!
You can subscribe to the world's only full-color print special interest
publication serving readers who demonstrate an interest in improving their
homes and family life by creating and/or selling handmade beauty products
such as soaps, lotions, candles, fragrances and aromatherapy products!
And remember -- if you're an HBN member, your subscription is included in
your membership -- because membership has its privileges!! To find out more,
click here!!
4. Handmade Beauty Recipe: Herbal After Shave Tonic I
 Herbal
After Shave Tonic I was a favorite of many men at Maria Grace Bath Shop
in the mid-90's. It takes a while to make, but you have plenty of time to
infuse the herbs and get a batch ready by Father's Day!
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!
5. Handmade Beauty Trivia Question: last
week's winner was Pam Lyons of Erie, Pennsylvania. Pam won a copy of Sandy
Maine's book, "Creating An Herbal Bodycare Business!"
 Last
Week's Question: State the total number of bones that are
contained within the fingers and toes of a healthy set of feet
(2 feet) and hands (2 hands).
Last Week's Answer: 56
This Week's Question: In the opening scent of one of
my favorite movies, Terms of Endearment (1983 -- I was not born when I saw
the move in the theater), Aurora Greenway is putting her newborn baby in the
crib for the night, but the baby is not crying. Aurora, turns out to be not
a little bit neurotic, tells the baby's father that the baby must be dead
since she's not moving. The father (not quite surprisingly) thinks otherwise
and tells Aurora, "She's sleeping Aurora. Come to bed." Undaunted,
Aurora practically climbs into the crib with her daughter, and proceeds to
shake her until the child starts to cry. She then climbs out of the crib,
straightens out her neat white suit and says, "There. That's
better." If you've not seen Terms of Endearment, rent it with your
girlfriends this summer. To win this week, state the full name of the baby's
father, Aurora's husband.
Be the first to correctly answer this week's question and win a copy of the Handmade Beauty Cookbook!
(By the way, if you don't get a chance to enter the trivia contest or someone
else beats you to the punch but you still want to get one of the last copies
of our book, click here
to see our HBN members who are selling it!)
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!
State the total number of bones that are contained within the fingers
and toes of a healthy set of feet (2 feet) and hands (2 hands).
6. Featured Article: Grooming Is Booming!
 In
case you have been living under a rock for the past few years, I thought I'd
tell you that cosmetics are not just for women anymore. Oh sure, there
aren't many men who would be inclined to wear Fruity Shea Butter Body Brulee
or Lovely Hands Lotion Balm! But if you took those same products and put
them in a different container (more masculine of course), changed the color
from pink to neutral and changed the names to Citrus Scrub & Groom and
Industrial Strength Hand Bar, not a few good men might be inclined to pick
it up and give it a try.
Not only is Grooming Booming in the larger cosmetics world, but it's also
on the rise in the handmade beauty industry. HBN members are putting the men
in their lives to good use by using them as their own personal low cost focus groups, and
they are creating a wealth of goodies for the men in your life. I
scoured HBN's member directory to bring you some of the ones that I found most intriguing -- some of them are on their way to my husband's bath sink as we
speak!!
dM's
Father's Day Gift Guide
 Men's
When it comes to
organics, von Natur has a natural advantage in their men's line made with a
minimum of 70% organic ingredients. Try everything from a Facial Hydrator to
Shampoo/Conditioner and Shaving Balm. von Natur’s signature scents
compliment and enhance the nature of a man. From von
Natur (HBN member since
2004). 8 ounce product prices start at $12.
Good Guy Spa Kit
This Kit is specifically made
for our natty guy. It contains our H20
Suds and loofa for a good scrub and 4 ounces of Oatmeal Goodness for a good
soak. We have tossed in our Funky Feet for fresh feet and our Sweet Orange
lip balm for sweet and soft kisses. It is time our guys learn to indulge
naturally. Natty Products (HBN Member since 2005). $31.00. (And for those of
you daring enough, check out their Blue Balls Bath
Bombs, two bath bombs packaged like -- well, blue balls, if you catch my
drift. Need I say more? For details, visit the website and look for the bath balls
-- I mean, bombs!
 Wisconsin Northwoods Soap
Fir needle, juniper berry and rosemary essential oils give this soap a
fresh, outdoor scent directly from the coniferous forests in Wisconsin. A
manly scent that all guys like! From Carrot
Tree Soaps (HBN Member since 2001). $4.95
 Gift Package Just For Him
Everything your man needs (except the kiss from you!) to get out the door
in the morning. Lotion, liquid soap, bar soap and after shave, all suited up
in this reusable pouch. A gift ready for the giving from Silk'n Shea
HBN
member since 2002). $38.00
Men's Shaving Gift
A hefty block of
handmade, clay enriched soap and
a natural bristle shaving brush in it's own handmade holder.
From Creekside Soaps (HBN Member since 2000). $10.00
Bay
Rum Shaving
Keepsake Box
A beautiful keepsake wood box that contains all
natural, old fashioned, bay rum silk shaving soap, wooden shaving razor, and
a wooden shaving brush. From Natural Selection Bath and Body (HBN member since
2003). $35.00
Gentlemen's Gift Basket
I gave this to my brother last year on his first Father's Day so I know from
personal experience that it is a Winner! Gentleman’s Bar, Lavender Mint
Shaving Syrup and Sandalwood Moisture Therapy provide a perfect solution for
a gentleman’s skin care. From Essencia
(HBN member since 2000). $29.50
The Well Dressed Man
Carol's Daughter is featuring several Father's Day Gift Sets, one of them
The Well Dressed Man, body sprays in 4 "flavors," including fig,
The Big Kahuna and Aloe Kiwi. And check out page 132 of this week's People magazine where
Carol's Daughter's Mango Body Butter is featured as Jada Pinkett Smith's
"addiction". From Carol's Daughter (HBN member since 2004). $59.95
Have A Great Week!!
Donna Maria
Editor, The Handmade Beauty Connection
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