Soapourri Natural Bath and Body, LLC

July Newsletter

July Soapourri Newsletter Hope you're having a great summer and staying cool! Summer Vacation! We'll be closed August 1 - 12; during that time you can still place orders, and they will be filled when we return. Rubber Ducky Sale! Did you know that Soapourri has over 70 different kinds of rubber duckies swimming in soap?  They are all on sale right now at only $5 for small duckies and $7 for large! Loaf Soap-of-the-Month Our newest loaf soap-of-the-month is Yuzu.   Yuzu is a citrus that grows in Japan. Its flavor is similar to the regular grapefruit but has definite overtones of Mandarin orange. It is very fresh and tangy-tasting and is considered one of the most fragrant of Japanese fruits. In orange with a block of yellow inside.  Only $4 while it lasts. Skeeter Beater Don't forget the Skeeter Beater!  A natural mosquito repellent in an aloe vera gel base. Very cooling! Safe, effective, natural. We blend three essential oils with the aloe vera gel to get this pleasantly lemon-smelling mosquito repellent.  $9.50 for 4 ounces. Contact Us Cindy Helgason Owner/Soapcrafter Soapourri Natural Bath & Body In this issue: Summer Vacation! Rubber Ducky Sale! Loaf Soap-of-the -Month Skeeter Beater  Contact Us

$5 Flat Rate Shipping this Week!

I hope you're enjoying your spring as much as I am. Spring is my favorite season - watching the buds and flowers appear on the trees, seeing the hostas shoot out of the ground and then spread, seeing new tulips appear for the first time - so thrilling, especially after the winter that we had! Warmly, Cindy Helgason Owner/Soapcrafter Soapourri Natural Bath & Body  11th Anniversary Sale! We want to celebrate our 11th anniversary that is coming up in May. So, for your shopping enjoyment, we will be having $5 flat rate shipping on all U.S. retail orders from now until Saturday, April 24 at 5 p.m. CDT. Happy shopping! Farmers' Market Downtown Des Moines For those of you that live in central Iowa, opening day of the downtown Des Moines Farmers' Market is May 1 and we will be there!  We have our complete summer schedule posted on our blog.  Hope to see you there! Facebook/LinkedIn If you are on Facebook and/or LinkedIn, please join us in some social networking - Become a Fan on Facebook Link up with Me at LinkedIn!

Valentine's Newsletter

 

Valentine's Day Shopping is Here! Beautiful Embossed  Rose This is a stunning soap in rose petal fragrance with crimson mica.  Sale Price: $4.95 Click here... Mini-Heart Assortment A pretty cellophane bag filled with seven cute little soap hearts in white, pink and red. Sale Price: $5.95 Click here...   We have 15 different items on our Valentine's Day page, ranging from a $3.95 heart to a $36 romantic basket.  Gifts for kids, men, women, best friends, there's something for everyone! (And time to treat yourself to something beautiful!) Love and Kisses This lovely loaf soap has a red heart and lips enveloped in white soap scented in Cranberry fragrance.  Just for Valentine's Day! Price: $6.50 Click here... Elegant Hearts A beautiful glycerin soap heart - who wouldn't love having this in their soap dish? Paired with an organza bag, a beautiful inexpensive gift. Price: $3.95 Click here... The Sweetest Thing A collection of "sweet treats" comes nestled in a darling frosted Chinese takeout box with pink and red hearts. Three or four pastel hearts with the following messages such as "Kiss Me", "I'm Yours", "Love", "Be Mine", "Hugs". Price: $10.70 for 3/$13.95 for 4 As always, thank you for supporting Soapourri, a small American business!   Warmly,   Cindy Helgason Owner/Soapcrafter 515-222-0144 Soapourri Natural Bath & Body Become a fan on Facebook

Gifts, Gifts, Gifts!

We have 10 different gifts for lots of occasions starring gingerbread men, snowmen, Santas, stars and more, starting at just $7.50!  Hostess gifts, teacher gifts, mail carrier gifts, babysitter gifts, the list goes on and on!  And here's the beauty of some of them - they're winter gifts, not necessarily Christmas-specific.  We're giving you a $1 off coupon for all of them with no limit so that you can keep a stack in your closet!  But act now, the coupon expires 11/30/09!  Here is just a sampling... Guest Soaps A 5 1/2 X 3-1/2 oval plastic box, filled with green shred cradles 2 darling guest soaps, covered and topped with a pretty green bow. Price: $7.50 Ribbon Candy Soaps Three of our famous ribbon candy soaps, all dressed up, ready to give to someone that appreciates fine handmade products! Price: $12.25 Butter Bar/Guest Soap Someone that is always putting on lotion would appreciate this gift - a small butter bar and a cute snowman gift soap. Price: $11.25 Lilac Loaf Soap A beautiful true-to-life lilac fragrance in a striped loaf, featuring wisteria and powdery pink colored mica for shimmer. Price: $6.50 Travel Soap with Butter Bar Gift Set A great travel gift for anyone; a soap-to-go in a clamshell package and a large butter bar in a beautiful organza bag. Price: $14.95 Midnight Loaf Soap Back by popular demand,  Midnight is an incredible mix of exotic woods, fruit and spices softened by a touch of vanilla. To me, it smells like the perfume "Angel". Our Price: $6.50 All the best to you as we ramp up for the holiday season!  Please know how much we appreciate your business.  And if you are in the Des Moines area, please come see us this weekend at the Downtown Farmers Winter Market! Warmly,   Cindy Helgason Owner/Soapcrafter Soapourri Natural Bath & Body 515-222-0144 Save $1 Each of our 10 new gift boxes is $1 off with coupon code - no limit!  Coupon code is:  Gifts! Offer Expires: 11/30/09

June Newsletter

Yes, you haven't heard from me for a couple months- I've been a little distracted - here's why! During the month of June we will celebrate Soapourri's 10 year anniversary.  Check our blog frequently to find specials and deals posted.  Or, you can be our fan on Facebook! Soap-to-go! Weighing about 3.3 ounces, this soap is poured into a clamshell package so that you can take it with you wherever you go. Great for the gym or vacation! Get one ocean or chamomile-pear scent free for only a $20 purchase! Offer good until 6/30/09. Our Price: $4.95   New Bath Salts in a Tube Bath salts relax and soothe with our own mixture of sea salts, mineral salts, Epsom salts, fragrance or essential oil and FDA approved colorants. Why don't you take a nice hot bath tonight? You deserve it! Price is for one tube. Get either Lavender Essential Oil or Creamy Vanilla.  Contains 10 oz. salts. Our Price: $8.95

Soapourri April Newsletter

In this issue... Lemongrass & Lavender Facebook/LinkedIn 10th Anniversary Farmer's Market When's Your Birthday? April Newsletter  2009 Dear Cindy, If April showers bring May flowers, what do April snows bring??  A great summer, maybe!  We're busy as bees here but wanted to take time out to tell you a few things - read on! Cindy Helgason Owner/Soapcrafter Soapourri Natural Bath & Body  Lemongrass & Lavender A fabulous new loaf soap Our new lemongrass and lavender soap is a custom blend of essential and fragrance oils and we're really proud of it - it smells so good!  Read our blog about how we got the inspiration to create it! Facebook/LinkedIn If you are on Facebook and/or LinkedIn, please join us in some social networking - Become a Fan at Facebook Link up with Me at LinkedIn! 10th Anniversary! I still can't believe that we're celebrating our 10th anniversary in May.  We're going to be doing some majorly fun contests and things, so if you know of anyone that might like to sign up for our newsletter, now would be a really good time to pass this on - see the "forward email" link at the bottom of this email. Farmer's Market Downtown Des Moines For those of you that live in central Iowa, we have our summer schedule posted on our blog.  Hope to see you there! We Want To Know We'd like to know when your birth date is (not the year,of course!) so that we can send you a greeting (or maybe more!) on your birthday; if you look below you'll see where it says- "Update Profile/Email Address" - this will take you to a place where you can enter your birth date. Thanks in advance!

February Newsletter

Greetings! Happy February-almost-coming-to-a-close!  I'm looking forward to March, are you?  We have some special products for St. Paddy's Day and Easter, but I wanted to let you know that we will be closed for a spring holiday from March 10-22, so if you plan to order, you should get it in soon! Claddagh Gift Set   Two gorgeous Claddagh rings made of glycerine soap in gold and silver, boxed in a clear package, tied up with an emerald bow. A truly lovely gift for those of Irish heritage. Our Price: $10.50 Orange Creamsicle A very powerful heady sweet orange-vanilla scent. A layer of creamy orange glycerin soap with clear soap layered above, enveloping a single orange slice. Our Price: $5.50 Easter Bunny Basket   This darling metal pail contains a large pastel pink bunny and 2 soap Easter eggs.  Our Price: $15.95 Citrus Slice Soap Individual slices of glycerine soap limes, lemons and oranges are scattered throughout this citrus splash-scented clear soap in a half round slice. Our Price: $4.95 Irish Flag Soap   Layered in the colors of the Irish flag as above, this loaf soap is scented with Inis type fragrance (see fragrance page for gorgeous-sounding description). Our Price: $6.50 Economic Stimulus Soap A very inexpensive way to keep using our fabulous soap in these tough times! Price so low, can't mention it here! Upcoming stuff - a super-de-duper special anniversary for Soapourri (hint - double digits!) and an incredible new fragrance custom-mixed by yours truly - Lemongrass and Lavender!  Happy Saint Paddy's Day (because everyone is Irish on that day) and Happy Easter as well to you!   Sincerely,   Cindy Helgason Owner/Soapcrafter Soapourri Natural Bath & Body, LLC 515-222-0144

Soapourri January Newsletter

Soapourri Newsletter January 2009 Valentine's Day is coming up, and we have gifts for the special people in your life ranging from $3.95 to $36.00.  All are non-caloric, oh-so-practical, and last much longer than flowers!  And for those of you that want to give a hint to your significant other - you can either use the "forward email" link at the bottom to forward this newsletter (and give a specific hint), or you can use the "tell a friend" feature on each item.  Ladies, they will be the first to tell you that they appreciate the input! Valentine's Day Gift "The Sweetest Thing" A collection of "sweet treats", four pastel 2.25 oz. hearts with candy heart messages comes nestled in a darling frosted Chinese takeout box with pink and red hearts.   What Have We Been Up To? (Besides No Good, Of Course!) We recently hosted the Irish Fireside.com lads on their trip west.  We made soap together and got some great ideas for new products.  You can read about all our exploits at my blog. And here is what's coming up next: Bath Salts in new Big Tubes Super natural soaps with dried fruits/veggies Soap to Go New Easter Baskets - see preview here Soap to Go Volunteers, anyone? At our last show a woman approached us with a request - Soap to Go.  She travels to school kitchens and washes her hands frequently with the harsh soap there, and was experiencing dry hands.  She was looking for some good soap to carry with her.  Well, this was all we needed to hear, as we struggle with the same issue when we leave the house as well.  We're so used to our soap that it really bothers us when we use "ECS" - Evil Corporate Soap. If you work at a place that uses ECS and you'd like to be a tester for our Soap to Go, reply to this newsletter with your mailing address and we'll pick a few of you to be our guinea pigs! New Spa Duckies Now on Sale These duckies are ready to get their spa on!  Each ducky is sold "swimming" in ocean-scented blue glycerin soap. Thank you for your business in the past - we are looking forward to the future and a great 2009!   Sincerely, Cindy Helgason Owner/Soapcrafter Soapourri Natural Bath & Body

Happy New Year!

Dear Cindy, Thanks so much for your business and making this our best year ever.  We've reduced the price of our Good News Soap even further in hopes that you will treat yourself as well as I'm sure you treated your loved ones over the holidays!  If you like our Brown Soap, this one is for you so it's time to stock up!  Wishing you every happiness this Holiday Season and prosperity in the New Year.  We look forward to continuing our relationship in the coming year.   All the best to you and your family, Cindy Helgason Owner/Soapcrafter Soapourri Natural Bath & Body

Christmas Soap 50% Off!

and Happy Holidays from Soapourri   Greetings!   We are all done with our Christmas orders and shows, and have a few things left for you at 50% off! If you are local, you can pick up between now and Christmas, or if you aren't, no worries!  You can save it for next year or just take Santa in the shower with you! And don't forget our Good News Soap - this is truly a bargain at $4 a slice - time to stock up! Thanks for being our customer and making this our best year ever! Sincerely,   Cindy Helgason Owner/Soapcrafter Soapourri Natural Bath & Body