bath and body

Spring is in the Air with the Fragrances of Freshly Cut

Introducing the latest in home fragrance! New Ceramic Fragrance Diffusers by Upper Canada Soap infuse the floral fragrances of Freshly Cut into any room in your home. Read more...

Crabtree & Evelyn Answers Women's Desire for Younger-looking Hands with New Citron Honey and Coriander Hand Therapy Collection

Crabtree & Evelyn, a pioneer in botanical formulations for over 40 years, is consolidating its position as an authority in the hand care category by introducing NEW CITRON, HONEY & CORIANDER HAND THERAPY COLLECTION – a paraben free hand care system that cleanses, moisturises and treats. Consumer research into women’s hand care rituals led to the development of New Age-defying Hand Remedy. In consumer tests, 90% of women who trialled Age-Defying Hand Remedy said it left hands soft, smooth and more supple.1 Read more...

Store provides taste of what's made around Jamestown

Jamestown — With the possible exception of some T-shirts, nothing at Susan Stringer's shop is made in China.

In fact, very little of what she sells is made outside of a 30-mile radius of her store in Jamestown.

The Soap Lady, as the name suggests, carries a variety of soaps, lotions and other bath products made by Stringer herself. But the small shop is also a repository for locally made walking sticks, jewelry, pottery and other handicrafts. Read more...

Smith's House of Soap doing it the old-fashioned way

Yankee Hill -- Smith's House of Soap is just that, a solar-powered house with a spring-fed well situated on 62 forested acres off Big Bend Road. It is also the place Donna Smith and her husband, Larry, call home.

"Our business is not located out of a shop; it's in our home. Although, we usually just call it the kitchen," said Smith.

Since 2004 Smith has been creating her "cold process" soaps using natural vegetable oils, herbs, spices, color pigments and essential and fragrance oils, filling her kitchen with the scent of lavender, vanilla rosemary, sandalwood and lemon grass. Read more...

Good For You Girls Introduces New Line of All Natural Skin Care for Teens and Tweens

New Hartford, CT – Good For You Girls™, the first premium, all natural skin care for teens and tweens ages 9-15, will launch four new products at the Natural Products Expo East in Boston September 23-26, 2009. Read more...

Mainstream Green… New Directions in Organic Beauty by HollyBeth Anderson at the NYIGF

Creator of the organic beauty line, HollyBeth's Natural Luxury, will join Organic Beauty editor-in-chief & founding editor Rona Berg and a panel of retail and manufacturing experts as they discuss organic personal care and the recent developments in organic certification within the beauty industry. HollyBeth herself is currently undergoing the involved process of becoming USDA certified and will offer insight to the challenges small beauty companies face and the confusion among consumers and manufacturers regarding the numerous third party certifiers. Read more...

Moss Hill: Louisville’s newest soap star

Jeanine Moneypenny has moved her Moss Hill operation out of the basement of her Crestwood home and into a bright and open new space in Butchertown Market at 1201 Story Ave.

Not only does the move give her more room to create her small-batch soaps, oils, creams and lotions, it also allows her to open her first retail establishment. Read more...

Christian fragrance, skincare company gets national attention

Athens, TN — A "soft" launch of His Witness Scents, the largest collection of Christian fragrances and luxury skincare, was subtle when operations were tucked away in a downtown boutique in Athens.

Although a formal grand opening of the faith-based fragrance company was bypassed, national attention was still granted as rave reviews from customers and retailers alike poured in, earning them a spot on "Specialty Retail Report's 13th Annual Guide to Top Cart & Kiosk Start-Up Packages." Read more...

Tribe uses native plants in spa products

Creosote bush, the fragrant, yellow-blossoming bush that covers Valley mountainsides, is a key ingredient in a new line of spa products developed by the Gila River Indian Community.

Known to members of community by its Pima name, shegoi, creosote has traditionally been used in herbal teas, healing balms and even to cure ailments in animals, said Belen Stoneman, spiritual healer at Gila River's Aji Spa at Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort. Read more...

Noah's Naturals Debuts Modern Packaging, Expands Distribution

Los Angeles, Calif. — Three popular Organics by Noah’s Naturals products just received a spring makeover! Organics by Noah’s Naturals Rosemary Mint Body Lotion, Coconut Vanilla Body Lotion and Shea Butter Hand Cream have shed their former jar packaging and are now available in consumer-friendly tubes. The sleek, silver tubes give the lotions a modern update, evoking a prestige feel at an affordable price. Read more...