Summer TO DO list

My shower gel is wonderful to me, but it is thinner then the average shower gel so I will sell it for $1 an oz. I think that's fair and if I can thicken it up I will adjust the price if I need to.

Also, I know many are having problems with the labels that I use getting smeared. They are waterproof, however, they are still smearing when oil or if they get a lot of water on them. It's very annoying for them to do that because I buy water proof labels because they are bath products and they get wet. I have been looking for a solution and I could either pay someone to make labels for me or I could buy a label printer which is about $1,000. I think I will save up and buy the label printer. It will take a good while but hopefully next year I can buy it and make the labels look more professional. :)

A list of things to do and buy over the summer months.

- Macintosh Apple Fragrance oil
- Watermelon Granita Fragrance oil
- More bottles for products
- Make more soap
- Stock up on more supplies
- Buy perfumer's alcohol and dry oil as well as stuff to make lotion with.
- Rest
- Watch TV
- Make samples
- Rest
- Watch TV
- Repeat

In the Workshop

I'm currently in the workshop cooking up some goodies! :) Thanks to the sale I have bought all the necessary ingredients for the shower gel and I'm missing one oil for the body gloss so the testers can start testing. :)

Once that oil comes in, I'll be sending out the product for testing. :) I gotta restock on a few fragrance oils and ingredients and hopefully in the next two weeks I'll be able to do that as well. :)

I plan on making an unscented oatmeal soap as well as Blood Orange Cotton Candy soap this month. I am hoping the BOCC comes out right.

I have used the shower gel and I give it two thumbs up. I really like it a lot. It's like my soap only in liquid form. The bubbles are small, but plentiful and the lather is nice and creamy. I don't feel dry after using it either. It's not as moisturizing as my soap bars, but it's nice. I approve. I used one fragrance oil that made the shower gel really thicken up, so there will be some consistency issues with fragrance oils and so I will have to make sure it's at a good consistency when I scent each one. Simply adding more water will take care of thickness though but I don't want my customers doing that. They should be able to use it right out the box. :)

I'm going to send it off for testers for the final approval.

Gradation Sale Extended!!

I have decided to extend the graduation sale! :) It's doing pretty well and if I extend it I can push out new products faster. I almost have enough money to push out 3 new products with this sale and so I'm going to keep it going so I can get all the materials needed quicker. :)

Thank you everyone for making this sale so great! You guys and gals are truly awesome! Hopefully by the end of this sale I will be able to send out test samples of my body gloss, oil scrub and shower gel.

Yay for sales!! :) I love sales. :)

Graduation Sale!!

I plan to reopen Friday night and here is information about the sale. When I reopen Friday night everything will be 20% off in the store (when I reopen give me a few minutes to readjust the prices for the 20% off sale). No code will be needed as everything will be priced 20% off. The sale will run until Sunday, May 17 11:59pm. There will not be any new items up since I am slowly gathering all the ingredients I need but if the sale is a big hit I may be able to get many items faster. :) So start plotting those orders for when I reopen. I'm already preparing myself for the grand reopening and have made a lot of scrub base and I have lots of shipping boxes.

I have so much more space and so much more room that I can hardly wait to reopen. Everything is ready I'm giving my body some rest from all the moving I've been doing!!

Moving back home

Well, it's that time where I must move back home to Mississippi! I'm so happy. I've been in New Orleans for six years and I want to go back home. I have already packed up my business and that will be moved on Wednesday. I should reopen Friday night or Saturday morning since I'm not expecting it to take long to unpack everything since I'll be driving back and forth. I'll also have a sale when I return and I'll give more details on that later. :)

Happy Mother's Day!!

Good News & Bad News

Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is I got my crock pot and I was able to order the stuff I needed to make the shower gel with. Yay! The bad news is that I may have to push back the release dates of my items to the end of June. It just depends on how many orders I get and orders have been slow. I think it's due to the end of the semester and this is also the time when people move out of dorms and campus living and graduation is coming up so you gotta save up. :)
I really hope to have everything up by July at the latest. I know it's sad and I know you have been so patiently waiting for new goodies. I have too! If my new paycheck at my job is good I'll put it in my own money to buy what I need as well. I can't wait to do that because then I could really push all the new goodies that I want out without trying to save up. :) Yay! Y'all are so awesome and if you are taking finals and graduating, GOOD LUCK and CONGRATULATIONS!!