Silk Naturals’ blog

Happy Wednesday!  Just one more day of "freedom" until I get locked up to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association.  What really impresses me about them is the range of people that they help...from kids all the way up to adults.  If you've ever had a loved-one with any sort of illness you know how much even a little bit of support from your friends, and community means, and MDA does great work.  They help with wheelchairs, and medical equipment- they have special summer camps where kids with MD can go and feel somewhat "normal", and they do tons and tons of research on a lot of neuro muscular diseases.

Donating is easy!  Click here to donate to a wonderful cause.  I made a special batch of "Bad Girl" lip balm with a pretty spiffy leopard print label- it's strawberry flavored, and we'll tuck a tube in your next order for free!

We had a ton of winners in our contest!  Some of the names/contact info was hard to decipher, but I've already emailed the winners- so if you can't figure out if you won- just check your inbox!

The answer was:  Remember to drink your Ovaltine!  It's a line from The Christmas Story.

Congratulations to:
Helena S. Scotland
Reimi E
Tiara J-Y NC
Robin A. IL
Jennifer R
Lisa R. CA
Amanda W. IL
Choo J Singapore
Sam W. AZ
Angelica UK
Vivian N. VA
Samantha E. PA
Sandy H. BC
Sanna A. Finland
Hayley F. IL
Hon S
Yen, CA
Rita C
Sue T. Australia
Mary B NJ
Angela T. Singapore
Kyoko G. CA
Madeleine O Singapore
Melissa C
Yoriko O Japan
Shari R. Germany
Barbora G. Slovakia
Sharova T. Ukraine
Nicole K. Canada
Kinjal S. CA
Quah P. Singapore
Minako S. Japan
Eva S. Germany
Carolin H. Germany
Elaine L. Canada
Helen F. MA
Kristi F. CO
Susan W. MD
Karmen C
Sandy H BC
Cathleen Q. Canada
Helene M. Austria
Alice L. Japan
Sandra M. Germany
Angela D. Japan
Danielle C. IN
Whitney P. OH
Onna L. Bulgaria
Paula H. FL
Caroline P. OH
Alejandra Canada
Naomi T. Hong Kong
Laura C. Australia
Kiyomi H. Japan
Sarah W. MN
Sandra Singapore
Julia W. Wales
Monica W. CA
Jie Z. New Zealand
Justine W. MA
Satomi A. Japan
Sandra L. Germany
Kathrin W. Germany
Rebecca W. Texas
Susanne L. Hong Kong
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Have a wonderful day!!!!

Little Miss Bitsy weighs 9.2 pounds (on her way to about 20 pounds...about the size of a beagle)!  We went with a one pound margin of error so if you guessed between 8.2 and 10.2 pounds you won!

Congratulations to:
Laurie G-J, CA
Whitney P OH
Amanda W. IL
Andrea S. WA
Caroline P. OH
Sarah B MN
Karmen C. IA

Check your email for a coupon code in the morning!

When I asked our forum girls what they wanted for Fall...they said "a contest".  Yes!  We love contests here at SN- they're fun for us, and they're fun for you too.

Given that it's country fair time (demo derby tonight...can't wait) I thought we'd dust off a classic carnival game...guess the weight.

This is Bitsy our 5-month old Boston Terrier.  When we got her she weighed 3.5 pounds- just a tiny, cute little puppy.  She's starting to come into her own, and looooves her puppy kibble.  Oh, and lip gloss.  She loves lip balm.  If she sees me with it she'll actually sit pretty and beg for a little taste.  If she finds a tube- she steals it, and runs to hide it.  I've hidden my stash a bit better now that I know we both have a deep love for lippies.

Bitsy12

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The site is finally back online!!!  It went up at 11:47 and the winner of the contest is Ann L
Congratulations!

Happy Friday!!!  It's been one thing after another this week- 2 days without power- Monday it was the electric company's fault, on Wednesday we blew a breaker, and now we have no web site.  When it rains it pours- and I'm ready to pour myself a big glass of something.

I figured- let's turn this web site outage into a contest.  If anyone can guess the correct time our site will be back up and running you'll win a $10 gift certificate!  I'm not sure what time zone our server is situated in...so let's say that the exact time will be posted as Eastern Standard Time- UTC minus 5.

Send your best guesses to sncontests@gmail.com

The hosting company just emailed me and apparently they said it will be back online by 21:30 this evening.  Not happy- but sometimes things just plain break, and take time to get fixed.  I'm sorry about this...I'm going through SN forum withdrawls myself- I miss you!

This was supposed to be a very cool blog post about our new skin care line...but our site is offline.  It's been down for most of the morning, and I've contacted tech support.  I'm a little worried because it's never been down this long.  I'll keep you updated.

It's finally on the site!!!  Our Spring 2009 collection. This one is clones...lots and lots of clones.  Because clones take quite a bit longer to make it's a smaller collection- but I think you'll really love it.

The overall theme was sheer- so sheer shimmery shadows, sheer blushes (omg- it's a blush ho's dream come true), and lippies.

There's also serums galore- and one new gumball- an oil control serum.  I have the driest skin in the world- so we really need your feedback on this one.  You're getting a nice 10 gram bottle of it for just $.50!!! 

The samples of everything are in the sample section in the new products category- it seemed easier for you to find them that way.

Oh there's more- 5 new lippies- I owe you guys some more, but stopped before I went totally crazy. 

Thank you all for your kindness, patience, friendship, and support!

Quick go check it out!
www.silknaturals.com

Spring is finally here, and I'm working on a lot of new projects!  It's time to have a bit of a sale to make room for the fun new items! 

I'm revamping our line of lippies- namely the lipsticks, and Kiss Bliss demi-gloss.  There are limited quantities of each of them available, and they're marked down to $4.45.   Some of the colors may make a return to the site a little later, but I can't guarantee which ones.

And the limited edition solid fragrances are marked down to $4.79. 

The quantities of the close-out lippies and fragrances are limited, and are first come-first served.  All sales on close-out items are final.

Sooo...out with the old, and in with the new!  We have quite a few new things that I've added to the site recently.

Microdermabrasion Cream which is great for making your skin soft and smooth has been extremely popular.  Right now it's intro-priced at $8.95.

Loverly and Wonderful mark the debut of our cream blushes.  They are truly loverly and wonderful- very well pigmented, easy to blend, and very long lasting.  They're intro-priced at $6.99.

Untinted Blurs!!!!!  I know some of you have been waiting very patiently for these to arrive, and now they're here!!!

We've also added some new foundation color boosters, a pure yellow, and a pure green.  They're highly concentrated, and are great for fine-tuning your foundation blends.  We also have a new Olive foundation base!

The sale ends on April 2, and we'll have some great new products on the site very soon after that!  Our gift with purchase item this week is Elle- a really pretty light lavender eye shadow.  It has a finish similar to Sandy, and goes wonderfully with Velvet and Vineyard.  You get it free with any purchase over $10 not including shipping.  There's also a free eye shadow for every $30 you spend, and free shipping on all orders over $125!

Thank you all so much for your kindness, and support.  We really can't do it without you and we all appreciate you more than you'll know.

So I'm working on the new Spring collection- the days are getting longer, and I just have the biggest hankering for some new colors!  With new colors it means making some room on the shelves, so we're retiring some colors to make room for some fun new ones.

I've added a couple of things to the site this week- an Olive foundation base, an untinted version of Blur, and drum roll...a glowier white foundation base.   The glowy foundation is a work in progress- I was shooting for something sorta like BE, but erred a bit more on the shimmery side- figuring that you can mix it with the other bases to get your perfect amount of dewiness.  The coverage level is a little bit more than our original coverage, but not as heavy as our medium cover.

Here's the list:
Blushes: Vixen, Cocoaberry, Jamie, Bronze Beauty, Blossom, and maybe Enchanting.  I'm keeping Strawberries and Champagne, and Rich on the site for another week- and then they're history too.
Eye Shadows:  Sleighbells, Merry, Bright, Mirth, Glitz, Glam, Au Natural, Buff, Venus, Teenie Bikini, Elemental, Spice

And this isn't a fun announcement- but a very necessary one.  We need to raise our prices a little bit.  We've been hit with some big increases in our overhead, and we need to do a slight bump in prices in order to keep up with the bills. Starting April 1 the blushes, Kisser Slicker glosses, and eye shadows will be increased by $.25 each. 

Thank you in advance for your understanding, and thank you heaps and heaps for all of your support.