End Of Summer Sale!

Yes. Summer is ending. There are only a few days left in August and then September rolls around, Labor Day comes and before you know it, Halloween will be creeping up on you. Yeah, you'll see!

So.... for the last few days in August we are offering 15% off of everything except Product Travels and Gift Certificates. It's the last yee haw of summer.

Coupon code is summersend

SO, use it, share it, use it again. It expires when August does!

My Etsy Shop

Because it is too hard for me, personally, to upload my ever changing soap and bath bomb products every week or so on Product Body's corporate website, I opened an Etsy shop where it is very easy for me to manage my own updates. I know that may sound lame, but because I don't make 6 of the same soaps all the time, I don't have standard listings.

I am having so much fun with soap making and bath bombing I can't even tell you. I would love you to periodically check out what I have to offer there because handmade soap is incredible. I make it all from scratch using fresh, nourishing oils, lye, water and the best fragrances I can find. Here's the address: http://productbody.etsy.com

Like I mentioned, the shop is constantly being updated, so what you see there today is not necessarily what you'll see there in three days. In about a week, I have a very pink Ruby Red Rock Star (tart ruby red grapefruit) coming due and she is fine and tart!

Lots of love from my soapy lab of smelly goodness!!

xo
Joanna

Beauty By The Batch

Have you checked this place out?

"Beauty By the Batch is dedicated to promoting the benefits of using handmade beauty, health and home care products to consumers seeking high quality products."

We are one of the featured artisans there and I am really proud to be a part of this new website. They have artisans listed, but they also have articles in their Personal Care Articles Library that are saturated with an enormous amount of information that we can all learn from.

=)

...don't be left out without the information

Vacation Notice

I am giving my notice. ;)

Product Body will not be formulating or shipping any more orders until we start processing orders again on August 11th. So if you haven't placed an order by yesterday, Friday July 31st, you will have to wait until August 11th to have your order processed, formulated and then shipped.

I do hope you understand. I must have a vacation before I fall over. I haven't had one in (I think) two years.... SO! Here I go on a road adventure. Perhaps I'll see you on the way!

Have a wonderful half of August.

this is how I feel now....

this is how I want to feel on my vacation.... =)

Ooooo! Another Rave! Thanks, Dollface!

Cindy Bokma, the talented writer, mother, (to me) comedian, fashionista, extrordinaire who writes Hello Dollface blog and Conversations With Famous Writers blog has written about our products, again.

What a HONEY PIE!

I'd love to regurgitate it here, but you should go over there and read it yourself.

Some of my favorite words...

Hands down
Julia Child
lathers up
whisper
no lie
Hello?
heaven
sniffing me

Cindy, perfume. I like it.....


;)

What Fun! I Stumbled On A Rave.

Usually when someone does a review about our products, they let us know, so we can be grateful and, of course, link back to their site and give them THANKS. But this time, I stumbled right over my own feet and into the screen on this one. How nice! Please go see it for yourself by going here to THE FIND blog. I have copied over the text of their review of Crush On You for your reading pleasure:


Beauty Review: Product Body Cream and Crush on You Sugar Scrub

posted July 9th, 2009

I’m a sucker for indie beauty brands. Especially those products that are handmade. Many of my blogger friends had been raving about Product Body’s Crush on You sugar scrub, so not wanting to be the one left out, I had to get my hands on it to try it out for myself.

Crush on You: This sugar scrub has the texture of cookie batter–and that’s a good thing (unless you are hungry!) A blend of sugar cane, sunflower oil, shea butter and glycerin, Crush on You is the perfect way to both exfoliate and moisturize at the same time. Your skin will feel incredibly smooth without a trace of flaky skin. I have it in Lemon Essential, which smells just like lemon zest. Or if you are from Rhode Island–it smells like a Del’s Lemonade!

Cream: While this looks to be a heavy cream in the jar, it is a very lightweight moisturizer that packs a deeply hydrating punch. Shea Butter and Sweet Almond Oil will work their way into your driest spots to breathe life back into your skin. Once the dead skin has been sloughed away by Crush on You, Cream is the perfect follow up now that your skin can better absorb it. I have it in SEXY Laundry Day, which is a very unique scent (and only available for a limited time!) It is a very clean and crisp fragrance, yet slightly floral.

I hear that Bubble Rubble is a major hit, as well, so I might just have to check that out. I’m definitely impressed by these two products and I am not at all surprised by all of the beauty mag press Product Body is getting lately. This is one brand you’ll want to keep your eye on! www.productbody.com


From our friends at A Girl’s Gotta Spa



Gotta love it.
Thanks for letting be be happy about smelling like lemonade. =)

Jo

Product Of The Day At Product Body

CHEZ SALT in pink grapefruit

Emulsified shea butter and olive butter salt scrub made by hand and excellent for the AFTER WAX of the bikini area to keep ingrown hairs at bay.

Salt. The magical bikini area mineral.

Oh yeah.....

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Another Give Away

On the very stylish, awesome Indie Style Blog written by Crystal of Dirty Girl Soap, more Product Body goodies are being given away..... wahooooooo! You can win: one 9 oz Crush On You, one Champagne whipped soap and one Sahara Moon soap.

TWO winners. Have fun playing....

:O)

Quick! Give Away At The Bright Side:: Ends Today

The Bright Side Project is a website dedicated to daily giveaways. Each day they feature a brand or product they think will add a little sunshine to your life. Today is the PRODUCT BODY GIVE AWAY. So think quick folks and get out there!

Two winners (!) will receive one Crush On You ultra plush sugar shea scrubby wash in any scent available and a Product Travels Creme Fresh. In order to win.....

Go find out! The Bright Side Project

Summer Hours

Shop hours have changed for the Summer. We will be closed every day at 5:00 pm instead of 6:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday. We remain closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Enjoy the Summer!

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Wash and Road Wash Price Drop For Good

Yup! We dropped the price.

Road Wash went from $16 to $13.50 and Wash went from $22 to $19.50.

A...N....D... an awesome new scent that you could die for:

c o c o n u t l e m o n g r a s s

Just get me the suntan lotion and a smoothie. STAT!

Double Item Sale! Sugarfoot and Cream......

Yeah. 20% off Sugarfoot and Cream going on now through June 29th. The sale was sent out in the newsletter to our customers, but we've decided that times are tough for everyone and we all deserve a sale, don't we??

:O)


Go check out the online version of our newsletter and get the sale code.

Toffee Soap

A couple of months ago I made soap with my daughter present in the shop. She didn't actually help me make the soap, but she designed the soap, scented it and topped it with sugar and chocolate soap shavings after the pour. She did a great job, I must say. We didn't name it until the soap was fully cured, because the scent fully morphed and now it smells mostly like toffee. It looks like fudge or pie....definitely edible. We made two loaves and Nina gets a lot of compliments on the bars. People come in all the time, take one look at the curing case and wonder if they've stepped into a fudge shop.

Hehe.

If you are interested in getting a Toffee soap, you can find them at our Etsy shop here. The main Etsy shop link is here if you want to check out our other Etsy offerings.

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Bubble Rubble... In Sexy?

Oh yeah, in green, and the pink is Gardenia. Just sayin'.

Shop for it....

And The Winner Is.....

Random.Org generated a random number, so with all of the comments tallied in, then all of the posts that people wrote, which earned them extra points, and then all of the referrals and extra points earned there, the winner came out to be...... tinagirl.

tinagirl, congratulations!! Get in touch with me by email, so you can get your $25 in
Product Body Cash! jo(at)productbody(dot)com

Thank you all for playing. Maybe next time, we'll do a scavenger hunt ;)

Product Body Cash Give-Away

We are giving away $25.00 in Product Body spending money. It's true. We will put money into your Product Body account (you don't have to have one set up yet) for you to use towards any Product Body online purchase. It's used like a gift certificate/cash and never expires. Fun, yeah? Here are the ways that you can earn entries:

1. Go to the Product Body website and look around...find a product you'd like to try in the scent you'd like to try it in and return here and leave a comment with your answer. You may leave a total of three of these (we know how hard it is to choose only one Product Body product).

2. You can also send your friends to do the same thing, BUT they have to mention in their comment that you sent them. You'll get an extra entry automatically for each person you send.

3. If you have your own blog and you post this give-away on your blog, you get TWO automatic entries! (let us know so we can add entries to your name)

Contest ends on JUNE 17th. So have fun browsing and good luck!

Inexpensive Pocketbook Item

For only $6.50, you can get a Product Travels Creme Fresh (pictured above) and it's not such a big investment. Isn't it cute? Look! Those are my keys, my green leather purse and my green sunglasses, all sitting on my brown leather wallet. My husband and I do all of our set design, so everything that is set up is taken from one of us, unless there is a prop-less set, of course.

The Creme Fresh is nourishing and more than 99% natural. Get some. Get smooth. I find that my hands get dry looking at the most inopportune times, like when I'm about to meet someone I don't want to have dry looking hands! Yeah, especially me, the one who makes creams. A horror!

It's like a make-up artist walking around with no make-up.
A shoe maker with holey shoes.
A boat maker who lives in the Colorado mountains.

Oh, you get what I'm saying. Don't make me come back there.

Update on Ingredients - ORGANIC!

Product Body is now using organic high oleic sunflower oil across the board replacing all high oleic sunflower oil that we have been using prior. This change began in April and the website shall reflect this as soon as we can update this. We are also now using organic palm oil that is also farmed using sustainable farming practices.

We try to use natural and organic ingredients when it is feasible, but we also try to maintain fresh, quality products at a reasonable price. I read an interesting article today "Being Organic Or Natural Won't Necessarily Make A Product Green". You may be interested in it. Sometimes natural practices without thought can create an even bigger problem.

As product manufacturers, we need to look at the larger picture.

This organic news is good news. The palm oil especially. You can read a bit about the Orangutan species and why buying sustainable palm oil is important over on my soap blog here and here.

Thought Provoking Quote

Never mistake motion for action.

~Ernest Hemingway

Want To Lose Some Poundage?

flaxseed

A generic letter from my doctor:

There are seven simple foods for you to keep in mind that

can help you with controlling your weight:

(1) salmon,
(2) walnuts,
(3) hot sauce with capsaicin,
(4) water with lemon,
(5) ground flaxseed,
(6) cinnamon, and
(7) granola bars with high fiber and low sugar.

All of these are good items to consider when you want a

snack or when you want to help control that feeling of

hunger so that you can maintain control over your weight.

To Your Good Health,

Dr. Paul Winner

That's if anyone is looking to lose some pounds, or get healthy!!