Monday, September 27, 2010

Quilt Collection

I put this collection together from the amazing Artfire Artists!

An Artfire Collection



One of my fun collections that I created on Artfire! There is plenty more from where this came from, CHECK IT OUT!

Saturday, September 25, 2010

WE'RE ALMOST THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only 2 more sales and I will be doing the drawing for the 'FOR YOUR EYE'S ONLY' Starter kit!

KIT INCLUDES!
1 ~ Eyeliner - Color of your choice: BLACK, TAUPE or BURNT UMBER
1 ~ EyePrimer - 1oz Jar
3 ~ Skin Minerals Eyeshadows - Your choice of color

THE 150TH SALE WILL RECIEVE:
The 150th Sale in my shop at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/skinbodyworks will recieve 15% OFF their order, PLUS:
1 ~ EYELINER - color of your choice
1 ~ EYE SHADOW - color of your choice

QUICK ONLY 2 MORE ENTRIES LEFT!

Friday, September 17, 2010

15% OFF the 150th SALE!



Yep you read that right!

Skin Body Works is approaching our 150 sales milestone! I am SO proud to see the birth of my heart and soul develop into such a wonderful, fun and inspriational business.

Even though it's taken a LOT of hard work wo get to this point, I did not do this alone. It took all of you, my customers and friends to take a chance and try my products. The bottom line is, without you and your support I wouldn't be where I am today, nor would skin Body Works LLC.

It is because of my appreciation to you, I am offering my 150th Sale at http://www.etsy.com/shop/skinbodyworks 15% off of your purchase!

I will fully refund the 150th sale the 15% to their order. Purchases must be made at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/skinbodyworks This offer is valid until 150th sale is made.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Handmade Shampoos

For those of you who find yourselves in unfamiliar territories when it comes to the mountain of shampoos in todays stores. You walk in and find yourself hessitant to go down the isle filled with hair care products and shampoos. WHICH ONE IS BEST? Which shampoo is going to make my hair look it's best? Can I use this brand on my colored or permed hair?

Have you ever asked yourself, what kind of chemicals and toxins are in my shampoo????? Probably not! The average person does not think about their hair care products containing harmful and toxic chemicals, in fact most consumers don't even read the label. I mean how can you, it's in some technical terms that NO ONE is meant to decifer.

The average shampoo is filled with approximatley 85% fillers and chemicals that are toxic to you, the children you HAVE NOT HAD YET, and are known to build within your bodies cellular system. These toxci chemicals have the ability to bind with your cells and DNA (your genetic make up) mutate! WHY?
This is simple it's because the average person is used to the feel and look of heavy detergents in their hair. The Shampoo companies gave the public exactly what you wanted, you wanted shiney hair, that is managable and not tangled, well these are the products you got.

Handmade Shampoos, offer a different approach to clean hair. When you use a truly handmade shampoo you are simply using pure soap!
What is the definition of SOAP?
Soap, is a salt of a fatty acid.[1] Soap is mainly used for washing and cleaning, but soaps are also important components of lubricants.

Soaps for cleansing are obtained by treating vegetable or animal oils and fats with a strongly alkaline solution. The alkaline solution, often lye, promotes what is known as saponification. In saponification, fats are broken down (hydrolyzed) yielding crude soap, i.e. impure salts of fatty acids and glycerol.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF SOAP?
When used for cleaning, soap serves as a surfactant in conjunction with water. The cleaning action of this mixture is attributed to the action of micelles, tiny spheres coated on the outside with polar carboxylate groups, encasing a hydrophobic (lipophilic) pocket that can surround the grease particles, allowing them to dissolve in water. The hydrophobic portion is made up of the long hydrocarbon chain from the fatty acid. In other words, whereas normally oil and water do not mix, the addition of soap allows oils to dissolve in water, allowing them to be rinsed away. Synthetic detergents operate by similar mechanisms to soap.

Bottom line is, soap is used to remove excess grease/oil, detergents do the same thing however there is a night and day difference between a detergent and a true REAL SOAP.
Detergents tend to dry the skin.

Handmade Shampoos take a little time for you to get used too, first off because they only take the excess oils, dirt and build up off of your hair shaft, you may notice a nearly 'over oily' feel to your hair the first month of use, this can be simply combated by using an APPLE CIDER VINEGAR rinse on your hiar once a week. What's going on is your hair is producing more and more oils to compensate for the overly excessive oil cutting in detergent shampoos (99% of OTC shampoos). So we need to retrain your hair to only produce the oils it needs to protect the hair shaft and folical, this is done by making a simple rinse of pure Apple Cider Vinegar 1/4 cup to 1 Gallon of tepid (body temp - slightly cooler) water, then rinse your hair with the apple cider vinegar and water making sure to saturate the hair and scalp. Your hair is NOT going to smell like vinegar when it dries and there is no need to rinse your hair after applying the rinse. This is a simple and easy solution to those making the switch to natural shampoos, it's natural and you will notice your hair becoming more vibrant, while your going to notice less and less oiliness to your hair.

Handmade shampoos offer you highly effective cleansing of your hair without harming your hair in any way. your hair is going to be full and you can add certin herbs to the warter when you warm it for the rinse, like chamomile, rosemary (stimulating and excellant for those with thinning hair), nettles, horsechesnut.... green tea, the combinations are endless, and some herbs also help to brighten and highlight your hair naturall, like Chamomile for blonde's and for highlights.

Friday, September 3, 2010

RED ~ From Vibrant to Classy ~








GIVE ME RED OR GIVE ME DEATH!

The saga for the perfect Red Lipstick is an ongoing battle, ask any woman. Here are a few of my choice colors of the luscious color, RED! (left to right: Moulan Rouge Red, Breatty Red, Burlesque Red) From bright and vibrant to classy and classical, RED is here to stay!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

NEW Skin Minerals Eye Shadow Sets

Here are the first 4 New Color Palette Eyeshadow Set's:

STARRY NIGHT ~  Starry Night color Palette includes 4 of my HOTTEST shades of blue which include: MIDNIGHT MATTE - TWILIGHT - TRUE BLUE MATTE - DENIM BLUE SHIMMER
Each color is in it's own 4 Gram Sifter Jar.
1 each of the above colors!

POISON IVY ~ Is a beautiful color palette for those with brown, hazel, or green eyes! This Color Palette includes: HYPNOTIC - SEA FOAM - MOSS GREEN - CELEDON

SUGAR N' SPICE ~ This combination combines warm hues of neutrals, nudes and warm brown colors that will beautifully accent ANY eye color. This Set includes: JAVA - CHOCOLATE MOUSSE - RUM RAISIN - NUDE SHIMMER

FLIRT ~ Is a combination of fun and playful colors. This Set includes:
BURGANDY IRIDESCENCE - WATERMELON SORBET - TAUPE MATTE - DUSTY ROSE MATTE


Saturday, August 28, 2010

SIGN UP ~ Gift Certificate GIVEAWAY!



Good evening everyone, It's been a long time since I have posted anything, I've been busy working hard at building my shop up lately.

I want to introduce something I am starting! I am SO excited to introduce to you my VERY FIRST GIFT CERTIFICATE GIVEAWAY!



The winner will recieve a $10 gift certificate can be redeemed at http://www.etsy.com/shop/skinbodyworks



WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO!
Go to http://www.etsy.com/shop/skinbodyworks look around my shop and list your favorite item from my shop, that gets you one entry into the drawing...
If you purchase something (anything) from http://www.etsy.com/shop/skinbodyworks come back here to my blog post what you've bought and you will recieve 3 entries into the drawing for the $10Gift Certificate!

It IS that easy!

BECOME A FAN: http://companies.to/skinbodyworksllc/
Visit & shop right on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kenosha-WI/Skin-Body-Works/107835642606514?v=app_135607783795

The sign up for this GIVEAWAY will end on SEPTEMBER 4TH 2010!