Some News...

We went in front of the zoning board last night to try and get approval to move our dog daycare. WE WERE APPROVED!!

That means construction and moving start soon. I talked with my husband about Skin Candy and the hours etc and I think I'm going to end up closing down Skin Candy so I can concentrate on getting the daycare moved. BUT...I'm going to open it 1 day per week so you guys can order :)

I REALLY, REALLY appreciate that you guys choose to spend your hard earned money with Skin Candy and I don't want to let you, my customers, down.

I'll update more here as soon as I know things... but for now, I'm still open :)

Melissa

Soon......

I've been debating when to tell you guys this but I will be needing to close down Skin Candy for about 3 months coming up soon.

Our lease is up with the dog daycare at the end of March. We have found our new home, hopefully! It isn't zoned correctly so we have to go in front of the zoning board and ask for a change of use. Our appointment for that is on November 9th. If they approve our move, we will start getting the new building ready the beginning of December up until we move in March.

My husband and I don't hire people to do this for us, we do all the work ourselves (Lord help my back) so all "spare" time will be at the new building doing construction etc.

I'll know more on Nov 9th and will update here. There may be some days where I can open the store for a day or two and take your orders but I'm not sure :(

I don't want to start a panic or anything but stock up on your goodies and if you plan on giving Skin Candy for gifts you may want to order soon.

I'm also in the beginnings of a 3 week long fund raising campaign (go girls from East Coast Dance!) so depending on the amount of orders coming in, I may need to close up shop to catch up.

I'm always here if you absolutely can't live without your Skin Candy, just drop me an e-mail and we can work something out!

Don't worry wholesale peeps, this will NOT include you! I'll continue to provide you with your candy :) Diane and Michelle will also be able to get their girls.

Thanks,

Melissa

Foot Care Pack is available!

I just finished putting the foot care packs up for sale in the store.

Just in time for gift giving!

I have taken the wonderful Foot Scrub & Foot Cream, paired it up with a real Ped Egg, and threw it all in a 100% silk purse.

The purse is 8"x8" The picture above shows it next to my regular every day purse (excuse the mess of it). The purses are a variety of colors with different textures. I'm sorry but because of the variety, you will not be able to pick which purse you get but rest assured, they are all very, very pretty :)

Sold with just the Foot scrub ($9), Foot Cream ($8), & Ped Egg ($10) this would retail for $27 and that isn't even including the silk purse! I'm selling the whole set for $23. 95. I really do not want to sound like an infomercial, but act fast because I only have 50 of these (if they go over really well, I may get another 50 in stock).

Yes or No?

I've been debating on adding a spray perfume.

I found some great bottles that I love and are a great 1oz size and I would also scent them at a minimum of 40% fragrance. Here is an explanation on perfume vs the rest:

• Perfume, also called extract or extrait perfume, can include 15-40% perfume concentrates. This is the purest form of scented product and is the most expensive as a result.

• Eau de parfum contains about 7-15% perfume concentrates. This is the most popular and common form of perfume. It provides a long-lasting fragrance and generally doesn't cost as much as extract perfume.

• Eau de toilette has around 1-6% perfume concentrates. This makes for a light scent that doesn't linger as long as the more intense versions. It was originally intended to be a refreshing body splash to help people wake up in the morning.

• Eau de cologne is sometimes used interchangeably with the term eau de toilette. However, the concoction began as the name of a light, fresh fragrance mixed with citrus oils and was made popular by Napoleon. Some perfumers today have a version of this called eau fraiche.

Would you girls be interested in purchasing?? I know price is a big deal, especially in these times! I'm thinking they would sell for around $10-$11.

Feel free to e-mail me at melissa@skincandyonline.com and let me know...I'd LOVE some feedback.

Look, look, look

I'm putting together a foot care gift pack as soon as all the supplies come in.

It will include:
-a jar of The Best Foot Scrub In The Whole Wide World
-a jar of the Foot Cream
-1 real honest to goodness Ped Egg
-and it will come in one of these silk purses. The purses are 8"x8"

I've been working on a foot spray too (with peppermint and tea tree oils) to be sprayed on the tooties after the scrub and creams...not sure if that will be in there or not.

I'm excited. I have to figure out pricing but these will be very, very, very affordable! I'm only going to start with 50 of these babies. If they do really well, I'll add more.

Bath melts are back!

I just placed the bath melts back in the store!

If it's still warm in your part of the country you may want to hold off on ordering for a bit. These may melt if they sit in the back of a warm mail truck for a day or so!

I also just put the new "design your own scrub" on sale for one week...go check it out.

Design Your Own Scrub

Now all you scrub aficionados can design your own!

You start by picking your base. You can choose from the foaming, the moisturizing, or a 50/50 mix of both.

Then you can choose your sugar, extra scrubbies, and even add extra oil!

Sugar choices:

Regular white sugar

Brown sugar

Turbinado sugar-this is a large grain sugar

Regular sugar & Turbinado sugar mixed (50/50)

A combination of all three sugars (regular, turbinado, & brown)

You can choose to add additional scrubbies!

Extra Scrubbies:

Apricot seeds

Pumice powder

Ground oatmeal

Both apricot seeds & pumice powder

A combination of all three extra scrubbies (apricot, pumice, & oats)

You can choose to add extra oil

Extra Oils:

Olive oil

Sweet almond oil

So go and design your own scrubs for $12....have fun!