Growing Pains

Please excuse my growing pains.

I seem to have under estimated the buying power of you ladies! I thought I was way ahead of you in ordering supplies, alas, I was wrong *sighs*

I've had to put the whipped cream soap, foaming whipped sugar scrubs, and bath melts "out of stock". I've also had to put the scrubbly bars on hold until I can refill my shelves.

I should be able to get those items back in stock this week.

I've also extended the 14% off sale until Sunday 3/8/2009.

Now on to another issue. I fill all of my bottles and jars by weight. Most of the products are OVER the stated weight on the jar/bottle. Also most of the products are not "filled to the rim". If your package gets tossed around in the mail, product could/has moved in to the empty space and created air pockets :( It also, as I've been told, creates the illusion that the products are not full.

Two products in question are whipped cream soap and sugar scrubs. I've ordered smaller containers for the whipped cream soap so that one won't be an issue. But the sugar scrubs are still an issue. I like the fact that they don't hit the rim because I can put the pretty colored sugar on top. If I fill the scrubs to the top, add the colored sugar, and twist shut. The colored sugar, especially multiple colored sugars, blend together...get mushed in the product, and they don't look so pretty anymore lol. What to do? What to do?

So I'm faced with a decision. Do I fill products to the rim and raise prices accordingly? Or do I just leave them as is?

I don't want to raise my prices but I also don't want my customers feeling "cheated" that they didn't get a full jar of product.

If anyone has any opinions, I'd LOVE to hear them!

So hang in there while I suffer a few growing pains.

What's with the name?

I've received a few e-mails wondering why the name "Skin Candy"? For some it brings images of not so nice things lol.

Everyone has heard of eye candy right? You see a (close your eyes husband) a cute young stud muffin and he's "eye candy". Eye candy=something that looks good to your eyes.

Skin Candy=something good for your skin!

So there it is. How I came up with Skin Candy.

More Coming

I want to thank the ladies at smarties for giving me such wonderful feedback and ideas.

I'm going to be testing:
Salt scrubbly bars
Salt scrubs
Lip scrubs

I'll let you know how things go and when/if they will be available on the site.

Stay tuned.

Scrubbly Bars

So I've been testing a new product. The product is a solid sugar scrub bar that foams. They will be called "scrubbly bars" (scrubby and bubbly=scrubbly).

All feed back on the scrubbly bars have been great! I'm just getting size, packaging, & price down now. They will be made in mini muffin tins for "single use", with multiple bars in a package.

They should be available on the website within the next few weeks!

Here is a picture of what's in my shower.

Rut Roh

Rut Roh, I see my husband is now following my blog. See the picture of him over on the left? That's him...well, that's him during the winter months. He grows a beard in the winter. I kind of liked the beard until he went all "Santa" on me. He started letting it grow, and grow, and grow...he even started to comb it so it would look BIGGER!!!

I was NOT liking that look at all! BUT, being the good husband that he is, he trimmed it up for me and got rid of the "Santa" look :)

Hmmmm, now that he's following, does that mean I can't complain about him here?? Not that there is anything to complain about dear husband o'mine.

Host A Party

Host A Party

Host an online Skin Candy party and start earning free product!

How it works:

• drop me an e-mail at melissa@skincandyonline.com to get started
• I'll e-mail you a brochure, scent list, and order forms
• Hand out order forms to your friends and family
• They come online, to see the products etc, fill out order form and hand in to you, along with payment for their order (it's easiest if they make checks payable to you). There is also a $3 shipping charge per person added when they order.
• Once all orders are in, e-mail me a final order list
• Pay bill via Paypal or check. If paying by check, party orders can not be shipped until check has cleared the bank (so this way takes the longest)
• The order will arrive on your doorstep with bags and tissue paper.
• Put orders together and deliver. That's it

Here is the break down on sales:

Sell $175-$250 and receive 5% of sales in free product

Sell $251+ and receive 15% of sales in free product

The last online party the hostess sold $641 worth of product (to 8 women). She came away with $96.20 worth of FREE PRODUCT!

There has been many requests from our "sales reps" for scent samples so I have put together a system for that! The cost is $200+shipping, and you get 4 trays with lids that contain 24 lip balm pots (so that's 96 different scents), filled with solid perfume.

You can choose the 96 scents yourself, or I can choose for you.

You also get a pink & gray duffel bag embroidered with "Skin Candy" to carry your samples in.

So drop me an e-mail and get started earning smell goodies just for you!