Please let me know what you think about the pump bottles for Warrior (post on the forum or email me at Li@earthalkemie.com ). Thank you.
If you ordered Warrior (before today) and don’t like the current pump bottle I will send you one free plain, empty plastic bottle (I only have 1 oz or 4 oz or 4.5 oz though, the same ones I use for the toners. I don’t have any in 2 oz size though). Just let me know, and I will send you one.
Hi everyone
Shipping update:
I am currently taking up to 7 to 8 business days (week days, not including weekends) to ship orders, though some orders will take less time to ship. I ran out of several products so had to package or craft more (I had to craft and/or package products for several of the early orders, which has delayed shipping overall. However, once I complete those orders (and finish packaging or making new batches), the latter orders should be shipped a little faster). I am so sorry for the delay; I still sometimes take up to 7 business days but had managed to get my shipping times down to 2 to 4 days for most orders, but right now I am taking a little longer with some orders again. (Any order that takes 8 business days is getting something a little extra in their package 🙂 since it is stated I ship within seven business days in my policies section).
I hope to finish shipping all orders from the sale within a few days. During sales I usually get a few more orders than regular days, so it usually takes me a little longer to process orders than usual. Thank you for understanding!
ANB (all natural beauty) holiday samplerI just wanted to announce that Earth Alkemie is participating in anb mall’s holiday sampler, so keep an eye out for that! (ANB’s holiday sampler is a sampler bag from many different anb vendors. Some of the items in the sampler are sample size, while some–like Earth Alkemie’s product–is full size). I packaged the products for that and shipped it to my friend Sharon (anb websites owner) earlier this week, so I am excited! The product is lovely, and also the coupon included is even better! 🙂 I will post more about it, when the sampler actually comes out on Sharon’s site.
A couple notes on products:
Most of the grande New Day soaps in the current batch weight slightly more than 3 ounces. Yay! 🙂
I was packing an order with Everlast last week and discovered that last month I had packaged a few grande size Everlast in 1 oz bottles instead of 1/2 ounce bottles (I grabbed the wrong bottle size while I was packaging, I was filling mostly 5 ml bottles and but filled a few of the grande size and grabbed the wrong size). So I think maybe three? orders last month with the grande size Everlast elixir went out with the wrong, bigger bottle (lucky them! I hope they enjoy the extra big bottle!). Just wanted to mention this, in case someone got one of the bigger ones and then reorders and then sees the bottle is smaller than the last time they got it.
Cheers,
Li
I posted this on my forum but forgot to post it here too.
Ghana soap is out of stock and it is no longer available (it was an ephemeral/limited edition item since the company just changed its formula).
It is being replaced by a soap made by the same company, and almost all of the same ingredients, except it no longer is made with shea butter (which was the last ingredient. Shea butter only partially saponifies in soap, so part of the butter changes into soap and part of it remains as the fat).
I actually like the new version of the soap better, and that is the soap I use as the base in the New Day aromatherapy soap (I add shea butter and also coconut milk to the soap, so it is very emollient and creates a creamy lather).
I am calling the new african black soap ‘Northern Ghana’ and will put it on the site once I rebatch some and form into bars 🙂 It is a great soap and I will be making more aromatherapy bar soaps with it!
Earth Alkemie’s new products are finally up and it’s also time for the last mini sale! I am so sorry that the sale was later than anticipated (I was delayed due to health issues, and also I had ingredient issues so some of my supplies came late and in addition I decided to release different products than I was going to release, so had to redo the labels, website, etc. Still releasing the same types of products–soap, toner, cleanser–, but just different ones than I originally thought since a couple ingredients are no longer available or very hard to obtain).
There are three new products.
The first new product is an aromatherapy bar soap called New Day. I have taken an african black soap and have added lots of creamy coconut milk and rich shea butter. I then scented it with an amazing sunny floral earthy blend of orange, ylang ylang, lavender, and patchouli (it smells wonderful!). This soap is perfect for blemished skin (whether it is oily or mildly dehydrated/dry skin). I have been using it as a facial soap as well as a hand/body soap.
I have also crafted a lovely aromatherapy liquid cleanser. Warrior Aromatherapy Liquid Cleanser is soap based, and made with many herbs that are beneficial for blemished skin, including rosemary, dandelion, and licorice. It is super gentle, and perfect for oily, combo, and normal skin, but mildly dehydrated skin will also love it. This cleanser smells divine! I have scented it with a blend of several essential oils including rosemary, ylang ylang, and bergamot. I love this cleanser, and have been using it before and during my moon days to help keep my skin clear!
The last new product is Purity Toner. I crafted this for oily and blemished skin types. It contains certified organic rosemary, and ethically wild harvested witch hazel and lavender hydrosols, as well as leucidal (eco cert preservative). Rosemary hydrosol is thought to be beneficial for blemished skin, and aromatherapist S. Catty mentions that witch hazel hydrosol is high in antioxidants. I find lavender to be very balancing (whether skin is too dry or too oily) and helpful for blemished skin too. I love using leucidal since it is a super gentle preservative. I think most skin types can use it, unless a person has severely dehydrated/dry skin. My skin is balanced but can get dehydrated and I find Purity Toner very hydrating. I use witch hazel distillate/hydrosol and not the extract (witch hazel extract is usually made with the distillate and alcohol), so this formulation is really gentle. Great for aging skin too! Alcohol free.
Please note: though I usually recommend refrigerating products when not in use, I don’t recommend refrigerating Purity toner. Store at room temperature (in a place that isn’t too cool or too warm. Do not store in the bathroom).
Originally, I was just going to have just a few old items on sale, and wasn’t going to put the new products on sale, but I changed my mind and put the new items on sale 🙂 instead of a couple older ones (some items will go on sale throughout the holiday season). ALL of the new products are on sale for 15% off of the regular product price. 🙂
The grande size of Butterfly Terra Elixir is also on sale, for 20% off of its regular price (Butterfly was the customer pick for the last mini-sale).
I was only going to have a sale for 2-3 days (like the other mini-sales) but decided to run the sale for a whole week, to thank my customers for waiting so long for the new products and the sale 🙂
So the sale will run from now (Friday October 8, 2010) until Thursday October 14, 2010 11:59 pm EST. No need to use a coupon, the sale prices are already on the website.
Edited to add: the current gift sets will only be available until the end of the sale (since they have been available for a while). I will be adding new ones in the future.