What would you do?

Since Mother's Day has just passed (my Mom died in 2004) and Father's Day is approaching, I thought I'd ask my blog followers this question. Let's say you weren't speaking to your Dad because of a misunderstanding (on his part not mine), would you still acknowledge him for Father's Day? He is my only parent now and I feel kinda bad about us not being on the best of terms right now, but it truly is not my fault. So you were in my shoes, would you at least send a card, leave a message on his phone (although he claims he doesn't get them)? Or, do you just continue to wait until he comes to his senses and starts communicating again? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ;)

Our Bubbly Bath Powder gets in the Best Beauty Bets Poll

Etsy is a homemade craft community of 170,000+ shops. Of those 50,000 sell bath and body products. Of those Etsy picked 60 products for The Storque's Best Beauty Bets Poll. With only 4 months on Etsy, our Bubbly Bath Powder placed 17th in this poll putting us in the Top 21!

It was truly an honor to be placed in such great company with established sellers on Etsy; some of which boast over 15,000 sales!

Congratulations to the winner, mmmmhandmadesoap and her Coffee Mocha Fizzing Bath Melts! To view this poll, the Top 21 list, and our featured Bubbly Bath Powder, click this link
http://www.etsy.com/storque/etc/the-most-tempting-bath-and-body-items-3542/

What's in your moisturizer?

I challenge all that are reading this bulletin to do one thing. Pick up your favorite lotion or body butter and read the list of ingredients. More often than not, commercially made skin care lotions and body butters have one of the following as the largest amount of oil in the formulation.....Lanolin, Mineral Oil or Petroleum.

Lanolin is a wax derivative of sheep's wool which can cause allergies and be comodegenic (pore clogging).

Mineral Oil & Petroleum are generally skin protectants. both of these products, byproducts of petroleum/crude oil production, leave a film on the surface layer of the skin, which can lead to clogged pores.

Some of you may have heard some old schooler's tell you the best way to soften your feet is to use Petroleum Jelly and put socks on your feet before you go to sleep. And yes it works--but only on the surface! The best way to soften your skin is with non-comodegenic oils that will penetrate the skin. Softening the surface is only putting a bandaid on the real problem. Not to mention it's messy! The path to beautiful, well hydrated skin is to get beneath the skin's surface with natural penatrating oils and butters.

Our Shea Souffle Lotion & Body Butter will NEVER contain any of these products! Homemade skin care is on the rise.....visit our store and see why there's nothing better than homemade.

March Special~Buy 2 Four Ounce Body Butters get the 3rd FREE!

Now until March 30th, 2009, our 4 ounce Body Butters will be buy two get one FREE! Now who doesn't like free? With many satisfied customers across the US and now in Canada, get yours today and see why our feedback remains a 100% positive rating.

This Body Butter was created out of our need for a good, spa-quality, intense moisturizer that is not greasy! This amazing moisturizer goes on silky smooth with a light powdery feel.

We offer over 25 scents now with more to come.....order yours today.

This offer is valid ONLY by putting the following code "B2G1F" along with the name of your free scent in the 'message the seller' field during your Etsy checkout. This offer is only valid for our 4 ounce Body Butters and cannot be combined with any other specials or discounts.

New Scents Just Arrived!!!

For the new scents we received today, we have created listing titled, Pick Your Scent. This listing allows you to select one of our newer scents that we have not yet made individual listing for. As we go through our test shots and decide on the pictures that best represent our products, we will make individual listings. Until then you can still order, just do not forget to enter the scent of your choice in the 'message the seller' box during your Etsy checkout.

Our new scents are:

A Rose is A Rose
Allure
Blissful Vanilla
Blue Sugah! (m)
Egyptian Musk - unisex
Jean Paul Gaultier type (m)
Juicy Couture type
Light Blue type (w)
Mocha Latte
Prada type (w)
Spiced Pear
Sheer Silk
Truly Pink type
Vanilla CuppieCake

These scents were chosen by us and do not include the scent that we are asking for in the blog giveaway question below....so please keep answering that question! We are always looking to add great scents.

Best of Bath & Body Poll~WE'RE IN...VOTE FOR US!!!

I can hardly believe this but our Pink Sugah! Bubbly Bath Powder has made it into The Storque's Best of Bath & Body Poll! I can hardly contain myself. We recently reformulated this product to make it more softening and moisturizing with the addition of Jojoba Oil and a special milk blend.

At times when I first started this back in November 2008, I often thought, "what did I get myself into." Only because things were moving so slowly for us online. But through hard work LOTS of networking, and most importantly, my awesome client base, we are growing pretty quickly. I am just thrilled beyond words....thanks to everyone! Now go vote.....

http://www.etsy.com/voter_list.php?ref=voter&room_id=32

Pink Sugah! Body Butter has SOLD OUT!!!

Our #1 scent by far, Pink Sugah! is sold out in Body Butter and we only have 2 scrubs left. We will have this back in stock shortly. WoW! ;-)