Net Soap Bags are a great way to keep your soap dry between uses, and also help work up plenty of fluffy lather in the shower. Simply slip a bar of soap into the bag and pull the drawstring tight. They also make a nice addition to gift baskets. After some searching, we were able to source a high quality, durable soap sack, constructed with several layers of netting. This is an introductory item, available on a limited basis. If customer response is favorable, we may choose to add this item to our permanent product line. Available in Blue, Green, or White.

In a recent tour of customer web sites, I happened across Sally B's Skin Yummies. Sally has a wonderful selection of mostly organic skin care products, and some really cute gift ideas. I purchased a Lip Yummie of the Month Club for a close, extremely stressed-out friend of mine, and Organic Peppermint Feet Treats. Sally mentioned that her Gardener's Healing Hand Butter is one of her best selling products, and kindly sent along a small jar for me to sample.

I must say, Sally's packaging is phenomenal. In her shopping cart, you are able to request gift wrapping, and she will ship the gift to the intended recipient. I had a gift wrapped March Jelly Bean Lip Yummie sent to myself, and it arrived in a cute little kraft box tied up with a pink ribbon. Upon unwrapping the gift box, I found my Lip Yummie in a clear plastic pillow box packed with blue and white paper shred. There was a label on the inside lid of the box, decorated with a March jelly bean theme. Also included in the box, is an entertaining March trivia sheet, and a card inscribed, "Congratulations, you are the lucky recipient of a Lip Yummie of the Month. This month's yummy flavor is Jelly Bean!". Half the fun of this gift is the process of unwrapping it. The attention to detail provides a gift that will make the recipient feel truly special. Pictured is the October Candy Corn Lip Yummie of the Month.

My favorite was the Organic Peppermint Feet Treats. What a simple, yet creative idea! This shea butter foot balm came packaged in a shrink wrapped, metal tin with a beautiful, glossy label. Inside, I found two quirky little feet. I'm wrapping this gift back up, and sending it on to my sister in Germany. I figured the Feet Treats will make up for the cool designer high heels that I sent her a couple of months ago.
 

My hands are in and out of water quite a bit in the shop, so in the evenings I use a moisturizer with a pair of cotton gloves to keep the skin on my hands from cracking. I used the Healing Hand Butter with the gloves, as well as on my feet with a pair of cotton socks, and it was very effective. I can see why it's one of Sally's best selling products.
 

In addition to working at her shop, Sally Larsen, nicknamed Sally B as a child, works with a dermatologist's office as a product expert (medical grade, lab created products), providing input on what products they carry, interacting with the product reps, ordering, and researching new products. Sally told me that a significant influencing factor in how she came to making her own products was the fact that she is a cancer survivor with Lymphedema. "Skin care became very important and I became wary of the many chemicals that I was seeing on products at the Derm office and really everywhere." Sally B's Skin Yummies pledges five percent of all Internet sales will be donated to the charities, Camp Magik, which provides a

nurturing environment for children to express their grief and begin to heal after the loss of a loved one, and Beauty Becomes You Foundation (BBYF), a nonprofit aesthetic health initiative that embraces a holistic approach to addressing senior hygiene needs. For more information, please visit www.campmagik.org and www.beautybecomesyou.org.