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New balm: Tuxedo Mocha! This one has coffee butter added... yum.
Also selected balms are on sale right now. Go here to see them.
I also have a "you choose flavor" listing if you want to choose your favorite flavor.
Or if you want a good deal, you get 6 balms for one low price. Perfect for stocking stuffer or just to keep them for yourself.

Last but not least, you get a gift with purchase with every order. :D

Good Morning.  Happy Sunday. :)  I hope your weekend is going great. :)  Yesterday instead of going to agility class, I attended an Excel class.  haha.  I can be nerdy.  Well, this is actually for work.  It touches a few different subjects:  pivot table (oh joy!), formulas and some other fun stuff.  It's actually fun... sort of.  I enjoyed it and didn't fall asleep... that would be hard when you are sitting in the front row and have to do exercises and such.  But anyway, it went great.

Ok, now on to the main point.  I am cleaning and organizing and have been collecting little jars and tubes and baggies of good stuff and am planning to give them away... am thinking around Christmas.  Maybe before or after... I am not sure yet.  I will post an "goodie bag sign up post" later so that you can enter the drawing.  Some of them might be gently used (eg:  mmu sample or colored lip gloss etc).  Some will be full size, some sample size.  I have a bag sitting next to me and with goodies in there already.  I will post in greater detail of what's going to be in there.  But right now, I will give you a list of companies that will go into the bag:

• YLBB (sorry, can't help it.  lol)
• Lure Beauty
• Aromaleigh

Rules/key points for now (subject to change): 

• Free to you
• US only, as the box will be heavy and oversea shipping is expensive... please understand
• If you have won something from me before, either via Vox (jenfer) or via YLBB, please refrain from participating and give others a chance
• You will have to make a post of some sort in my "goodie bag sign up post" to qualify.

THIS IS NOT THE "sign up" POST.  REPLYING TO THIS POST WILL NOT GET YOU INTO THE DRAWING. 

I'm done!!!  With the Holiday collection.  I love love love what I do- it's about as much fun as a job gets- but this collection was an uphill battle every single day.  The latest snafu was the site just totally decided to behave itself in any sort of civilzed or predictable way- at about 2:00 this morning.  I'm not adding anything else to the site for at least the next couple of weeks.  There's a backlog of IOU's and even a couple of things that haven't made it to the site for no particular reason- but I'm stopping here.   For now.  I don't want to jinx it, or mess anything else up- it's not my week, and I'm packing it in. This is kind of an abbreviated Holiday collection.  They almost always are- ideas flow fast, but time moves faster, and there comes a point where you just have to put it on the site, and take it from there.

I have a biiiig list of IOU products and colors- and I'm not ignoring you- I love your requests and the fresh challenges you bring to me every day.  It's just sometimes with some things I'd rather take a little bit of extra time to get things right.  You deserve that.

With that- we have passed a new milestone- Silk Naturals is 3 years old today!  Back then we weren't even Silk Naturals- we weren't even a "we"- it was me, making Perfecting Powder on my kitchen table, and then selling it on eBay-  adding Date Bait doubled the line....it was our big Holiday release that year.  Today we just added our 1000th product to the site!

This totally calls for a celebration!  We'll be tucking little gifty Thank You's into each package through the holiday season.  Fun, neat, little interesting things- just as a way to say Thank you for all of your support, wisdom, and encouragement.  It means a lot to us.

On behalf of Susan, Jamie, and Jen- THANK YOU for everything!

Just a quick note...we will be closed Thursday and Friday to celebrate Thanksgiving.  We'll ship on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week- and then we'll be back to our regular schedule of shipping every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  The new GWP started shipping on Friday- I'm thinking we'll have a new GWP after shipping on Wednesday so we start Monday's shipping with a new color.  That seems to make the most sense right now.

After a very long afternoon of having absolutely no Internet access- I'm finally back online.  Our web service got restored about an hour ago.  It was a major setback in listing the new collection, but I'm going to try to power through it  this weekend, and make sure everything is online ASAP.  Holiday collections are always jinxy for us- everything that normally runs beautifully and smoothly- just goes poof.  We'll get there, and thank you for bearing with us.

We have lots of winners- but let's bring an end to the suspense that I know was driving some of you crazy.

1) In Bloom- Nirvana- Bloom Lipgloss
2) Honey Honey- Abba- Honey eye shadow
3) Desire- U2- Desire lipgloss
4) Theme song to Bewitched- Bewitched eye shadow
5) Careless Whisper- George Michael- Whisper eye shadow
6) Boom Boom Boom Boom- John Lee Hooker- Boom eye shadow
7) Breathless- The Corrs- Breathless lipgloss
8) Superstition- Stevie Wonder- Superstition eye shadow
9) It's Not Fair- Lily Allen- this was the stumper- in the spirit of fairness I'm also accepting Tiger Lily eye shadow- which a few people guessed, and counting it as a correct answer if you guessed it as the stumper.
10) Bad to the Bone- George Thorogood- Bone eye shadow
11) I've Got a Crush on You- The Jetts- Crush, Cherry Crush, or Berry Crush
12) Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd- blush (they all sound alike don't they??)
13) Satisfied- Richard Marx- Satisfied blush

I did add a two song margin of error because well...the point is to have fun and give away makeup.

Congratulations goes to:
Helena S. Scotland
Tracey S. UK
Megan F. BC
Samantha E. PA
Andrea D. CA
Paula H. FL
Caroline P. OH
Lisa R. CA
Jaquie S. Canada
Sarah W. MN
Zeebs- MN
Karmen C. IA
Christy A. TX

Congratulations to the winners!  Check your emails in the morning for your coupon code.

Hi!  It's been a while since I've blogged...things are a bit crazy here, as usual, but even more so because we're getting ready to release the holiday collection, and I had a stupid cold for like 2 weeks.  But all is well!  We're plugging away on all of the new stuff- and it's going to be a lot of fun!  I have no idea when they'll be on the site- I'm aiming for late this week, but really, I have no earthly clue.

It's kind of becoming a tradition to have a little contest before we release the a new collection.  We're back to "Name that Tune" SN style- this is the (mostly) 70's, 80's, and 90's edition.

There are a total of 13 songs- one of them doesn't belong- it's a stumper- the rest all have the names of SN products in their titles.  They're all current products, on our site right now, oh, and one of the 13 is a TV theme song.  So you're looking for a total of 12 songs that relate to SN products.  These "name that tune" contests are NOT easy...we'll probably add a margin of error- so take a stab at it, and do your best. 

EDIT- I didn't count right when I originally posted...the numbers above are now correct.  I'm sorry for driving you all a bit crazier!

EDIT again- I forgot that I'm a complete music dork...I know odd, and obscure lyrics from a lot of songs- coming from a family of musicians kind of does that to a girl.  One hint- the third from the last song was on the US pop charts the last time the NY Mets won a World Series.

Xmascontest

Send the names of the products, along with your name, and city and state or country (so we can identify the winners) to sncontests@gmail.com  The winner(s) get a $5 gift certificate!  All entries must be received by 11:59 pm- eastern standard time, Friday November 20, 2009, and we'll announce them on this blog shortly after that.

Good Luck!

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
Lipglossiping

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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My Father-In-Law passed away today. I'll be out of town until next weekend. I'll be able to check email periodically. 

New specials are TBA! Also my website will be offline for a time  while I make some updates/changes TBA soon!