Cubano Returns + It's Steaming Hot

We know you have been waiting so patiently for the Cuban. Just for you, with love.

CUBANO:

Cubano, at the Product Body Website

(or at our Etsy shop)

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Launch of Absolute Soap + Our New Site

We are incredibly proud to announce that our newly redesigned website (complete with a new logo: say goodbye to the striped boutique awning) is now live, and features the launch of our new soap line: ABSOLUTE SOAP.

We think it's about time that someone produce a line of handmade, real, pure soaps to replace the detergent and chemical-laden products on most store shelves. Soaps that are reasonably priced, soaps for every need, soaps for everyone: men, women and children.

ABSOLUTE SOAP is the real alternative. From our Everyday Soaps that we priced to make easy to use as replacements for every bar in your house, to specialties like face soap, kitchen soap, shave soap and exfoliating soap, there's something for every need (even shampoo - which is now curing and will be available soon).

Every bar is handmade, real cold process soap, made from pure, natural ingredients like olive oil, shea butter, goat milk, sea salt, coconut milk, essential oils, cocoa butter, ground coffee, oatmeal and many others.

Stop by the Product Body site to see all of our handmade body products, or go directly to the ABSOLUTE SOAP handmade soaps area to learn more.

ABSOLUTE SOAP. The Real Alternative.

New Kitchen Soap in The HOUSE

Citrus Black Pepper with Coffee

Wow, people, this one is amazing. Totally unique and now one of the ten scents in the office. We will be announcing all new soaps shortly. Keep it here for updates!

UPDATE (May 21): With our new site online and the new line of soaps launched, this bar of natural exfoliating soap is now available on our site.

Goat Milk Soap in The Mold

We haven't made an unscented goat milk soap in well over a year and it was great to get back to it. There is something so zen about it; the warm color, the feel on your skin.

This will be a permanent part of our soap collection, called Mar Bar incarnate. Olive oil, organic palm, coconut oil, and goat milk. All natural, of course. Yum.

Cure date to be announced when we launch our new line of soaps and new website and new labels!

UPDATE (May 21): Cured and available immediately in the goat milk soap section of our new site!

The New Absolute Soap Everyday Soaps

These are the first shots of the new Everyday Soap we've made a key part of our Absolute Soap line. Simple, fresh and priced at only $4.95 for a 4 ounce bar.

UPDATE (May 21): You can now buy these lovely handmade soaps on our new site.

Magic Hands Soap + Other Announcements

Hawaiian Sandalwood

I don't know if I officially made this announcement on this blog or not, but Jackie McDade, of Magic Hands Workshop, passed along her soap recipes to us and we have begun to make some and are just starting to put them up for sale.

Until we iron out minor kinks, bar size and shapes will become standard in the next batches. For instance, Magic Hands' Hawaiian Sandalwood weighs in at 6 ounces because I made slightly more that day (I don't remember my reasoning so don't ask). Also, we have added Jackie's Lime Margarita Salt Bar which is so awesome and smells just like a frozen margarita.

Lime Margarita Salt Bar

Cocobong it's coming atcha!

Happy Easter!

Last Day For TAX RELIEF Sale!

Today is the day to get your taxes in so it's also the last day of our sale over at the Product Body Etsy Shop. Get 20% off everything in the shop by using the coupon code TAXRELIEF.

Have fun shopping!!

Tax Relief SALE

We all hate paying taxes and so we decided that maybe we can help soften the blow with a 20% sale on everything in our etsy shop.

Everything in the shop. Just use the code TAXRELIEF. Have fun!!

Margaritas With Salt!

This is such a touchy fragrance oil but I'm trying to tame it GOOD! The final batch will be in bars, not cakes. These are a bit of a preview. Let's hope we can bring it to our line.

Get your frozen margaritas ready for spring.

New Spring Soaps!

Lychee Looe

lychee fruit with baby flowers

Looe is a tiny town in England that I traveled to by train by myself when I was 18. What a wonderful place. It was divided by a small waterway from the ocean. There was west Looe and East Looe, both perched on mountains. This smell reminded me of a place I spent long afternoons breathing the ocean air.

5 oz

Tamarind Baby

tropical and little with a hint of ginger

4.25 oz

Thai Sticky Rice

made with loads of cocoa butter and shea butter!

This one is my all time favorite so far

Cantaloupe Bloom

soft and sweet -

a perfect spring soap!

5 oz

They are all available on our Product Body website.

update: Also available on etsy!

TAT, Perfumes & Other News

I have been missing in action, again.

s o b u s y

No worries, just caught up in working. A good thing, but we have been crazy busy with wholesale and retail orders. Again, a good thing.

Our turnaround time (TAT):

Our TAT has increased to 3-5 business days. Our sale was great! We were so happy to offer our buy one get one free on all of our full sized perfume oils and many of you took FULL advantage of it. Great job. Perhaps, now you won't have to buy more perfume for a year! :D I am thrilled that many of you came out of the woodwork to try out the perfume oils. I'm hoping there is at least one that speaks to each of you. I have many.

Regarding Perfumes:

We have been having problems with our perfume labels and I have been extremely frustrated trying to find the right solution. Our labels are all hand cut, laminated and finally sealed. Not an easy process, to say the least. I was also surprised to find about two of them where the stickers are beginning to lift off. Well! That was it for me -- a change needed to happen...

There will be new labels for the perfumes as soon as we get them redesigned and printed on new labels that stick forever!

April 1st spring soaps (tomorrow):

I do have soaps to reveal for our spring soap offerings, along with pictures. Not many different ones will be offered but, they are special and we love them. Keep your coffee ready mid morning.... they should be posted here then and offered on our website and etsy shop by midday. Also, there will be so many new ones in about 1-2 months from now, you'll be inundated with choices, so these will keep you busy until then.

In Other News:

There will be a lot of changes at Product Body over the next month or two. All good things, we think. Our soaps will include some recipe changes, many salt soap additions and a new "category" that may surprise and delight you all at the same time.

You all rock!

xo Joanna

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Next Month's Scrub Of The Month Scent

Every month we send out a new limited edition scrub to those who sign up for our Scrub Of The Month Series.

This month was Boudoir.

Next month will be Honeyed Blossom... Please sign up by the last day of the month to get in on it!

Poison Apple & Other News

Poison Apple will be removed from our fragrance selections and perfume oils until its return in the Fall of 2011. Spring is springing and we need to make room for fresh scents that we have in store for you. If you want to get a hold of any Poison Apple perfume oils, now would be the time, because starting on Wednesday, Poison Apple will be tucked away until Summer disappears.

I also will be tucking away Salt Snow until next Fall. I have 2 in Black Pumpkin and 2 in Poison Apple that I want to sell quickly, so only on ETSY, they are on clearance if you want them.

However... Poison Apple soap just finished curing, and that will be at the regular price. I just posted those online at Product Body AND the etsy shop.

Out with apples for now. :)

Valentine's Fragrances Are Gone...well...

Cathexis... the dark chocolate rose..

Enchant... frangipani with citrus and lemongrass..

Cathexis will return next year. Enchant won't be returning, though. Perhaps it was too perky and girly for Valentine's Day. The darker, more mysterious scents were the big sellers.

In fact, I got "suggestions" in my email inbox explaining how Lair needed to stay as a permanent perfume oil or they would die. Now, I can't have my customers dying on me, and there are many who claimed they would wither away without it, so, we have decided to add Lair to our permanent collection.

You can thank the drama queens.

Happy?

;)

xoxo Joanna

Lair

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Coming Soon/Leaving Soon - - Hear All About it!

Seasonal Fragrances and Products that will be dropped until next Fall and new Spring fragrances will be taking their place this March.

Scents we will be dropping:

Black Pumpkin

Poison Apple

Enchant

Cathexis

Lair (this is being debated because of all of the pleading we have received from our happy customers who want us to keep this in our permanent line)

Products we will be dropping that are seasonal:

Salt snow

- we currently have it available in Black Pumpkin and Poison Apple

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I am working on some fantastic perfume oils I think will knock you over, but they will not be ready for production for a couple more weeks so bear with us. Testing is not complete and we want it just right for our smell connoisseurs.

Please always remember you can always contact us for any information.

Don't forget, there are 2 locations you can shop for our products:

www.productbody.com

and

www.productbody.etsy.com

Tell Us About Your Faves

What are your favorite perfume oils that we offer?survey software

New, Fatter Cocoa Java Chunks

Coming this week: update: available now on Etsy!

Cocoa Java, the super duper seriously exfoliating, not for the faint of heart or sensitive skinned soap bar is perfect for the winter if you've been snowed in or winter sporting in the snow. It's full of caffeine, chocolate and the smell..... you are going to think someone must have brought fudge in the room with you.

The nicest thing is that this is a wonderful treatment bar for dry indoor heated treated legs, arms and bum. Be careful, though, this allows you to not have to put your muscle into it. We let the coffee do that for you. We believe in pampering so we think ahead.

We Are Caught Up

Just to let you know, we are all caught up on our Scrub Of The Month orders. The packages have all been shipped out. February was Lady Marmalade and it was bubble gum pink with sparkles on top. Oh, I should have taken pictures, but they needed to get out - - chop chop!!

I appreciate our loyal customers for understanding when, on occasion, I get bogged down with one of my medical issues. I thank you all for your patience.

On another note, if you aren't aware, we try to include a small sample in every order. Sometimes we choose a soap sample and sometimes it's a perfume sample. We try to place it on the top so you'll see it....be careful not to discard your tissue paper before finding the sample!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Some Amazing Feedback About Our Perfumes

Here are just a few of the most excellent little outbursts we've heard from our customers and we are proud to share.

About Lair:

Oh my goodness. I honestly didn't think another fragrance could top 'Lounge" (gor-GEOUS) as my go-to sexy scent, but then I got "Lair!" It's so creamy, sweet, but dark and smoky at the same time. I adore it, and will most definitely be wearing it this Valentine's Day. *growl* Thank you so much for creating another amazing fragrance!

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Lysa Luna, Ringleader
The Morbid The Merrier
http://www.themorbidthemerrier.etsy.com
http://www.themorbidthemerrier.blogspot.com

Also about Lair:

OMG Lair! I want to roll around in it forever, it needs to be in a soap, lotion, scrubs, everything. You're not allowed to discontinue it ever!

-Meghan Runyon of Dreaming Tree Soapworks

About Iniquity:

I love this fragrance too! It is warm and dark and sensual, and not too sweet. Perfect for feeling pretty on a chilly winter night.

also...

About Lounge: Mmm wonderful! Purchased for my husband, and it is great on him. Gentlemanly and dark without being too heavy, and it has excellent staying power! Joanna's tastes are spot-on yet again:)

-Sarah on Etsy

About Ruby Rock Star:

I love love love this scent. The grapefruit is a great wake-me-up scent, and underneath the primary citrus scent is a wonderful, warm, sweet fragrance that makes this much more mature and subtle perfume.

-buyer on etsy

About Sexy Laundry Day:

I don't think I could love this more. It is perfect.

-Kim of Kim's Kitchen Sink blog

If you have something to say about your experience feel free to send them along so others can feel confident ordering a perfume that is adored by you!

We are glad our hand blended proprietary scents have been so well received.

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