37 minutes including a call to my assistant to plan the work day.
More later, I am late I told ya!!!!
;)
Monday, March 9, 2009
Race ya!
I was supposed to be at work 20 minutes ago. Anyone who follows me on Twitter, Facebook or my other blog already knows I am a terrible night owl who lives on about 5-6 hours sleep in order to live in this insane 9-5 world I live in (a schedule that i think is crap!) So having Daylight Savings time yesterday and losing an hour into the freakin' ether has made my life hellish. I worked about 7 hours straight yesterday on top of the other 6 days I had already worked this week etc etc. This morning I am late and CRABBY!
I am off to the store, but have to get ready first.
I can name that tune in 30 minutes or less!
Shower, dressed, bed made, makeup on, and at the front door in 30 min or less.
Any one taking bets!?
OK?
READY!
GO!
I am off to the store, but have to get ready first.
I can name that tune in 30 minutes or less!
Shower, dressed, bed made, makeup on, and at the front door in 30 min or less.
Any one taking bets!?
OK?
READY!
GO!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
a week? really
ok, I am a bad bad blogger. It has been a whole week since I blogged for ellenoire.
Workouts, Monavie and not sleeping enough is taking lots of my time.
So, today I sent out an email about the store being almost totally on sale.
40% off most of the lines in the store. Some aren't on sale, for a variety of reasons: 1) Did you know I have contracts with some companies stating I am not allowed to put their product on sale? 2) I rarely put my bestselling lines on sale, but try to offer incentives to buy and special offers to my regular clients that love those lines.
Does that make sense?
Some people don't realise that although running a business can be hard, it is not any more complicated than running a home. In the store if there is no money coming in from sales, it is like having no job and trying to buy food.
If there is no money coming in, there is no money to buy anything. So, in slow periods at the store like these hard economic times seem to be showing us we may have this year there is very little money coming in.... so we cannot buy much. We offer sales to generate excitement, and CASH!
Then, we can buy more stuff for the store.
Between you and me, I hope this recession thing is hard, and fast... I know it will be hard... but man I pray it will be fast!
So, get in here... with the little you have.. and I'll trade you.. for more product for your dollar... and some lovely stuff to pamper yourself with in hard times.
Ask me anything, as always!
Cheers!!
Workouts, Monavie and not sleeping enough is taking lots of my time.
So, today I sent out an email about the store being almost totally on sale.
40% off most of the lines in the store. Some aren't on sale, for a variety of reasons: 1) Did you know I have contracts with some companies stating I am not allowed to put their product on sale? 2) I rarely put my bestselling lines on sale, but try to offer incentives to buy and special offers to my regular clients that love those lines.
Does that make sense?
Some people don't realise that although running a business can be hard, it is not any more complicated than running a home. In the store if there is no money coming in from sales, it is like having no job and trying to buy food.
If there is no money coming in, there is no money to buy anything. So, in slow periods at the store like these hard economic times seem to be showing us we may have this year there is very little money coming in.... so we cannot buy much. We offer sales to generate excitement, and CASH!
Then, we can buy more stuff for the store.
Between you and me, I hope this recession thing is hard, and fast... I know it will be hard... but man I pray it will be fast!
So, get in here... with the little you have.. and I'll trade you.. for more product for your dollar... and some lovely stuff to pamper yourself with in hard times.
Ask me anything, as always!
Cheers!!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Event at the shop!
What’s more important than your health? Absolutely Nothing!
You’re Invited to a
Tasting Party
Share a Free Sample of the juice with the #1 Super Food, the Açai Berry! Find out how to look younger, feel healthier and have an overall sense of well being…..
Date: Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Locations: Ellënoire Boutique 41 King Street west, Dundas 905 627 9379
Time: Presentation starts at 7:30pm
Speakers: JoAnne Spilatiere, Tom LaForme, Karen Dupuis, Noelle Smith
“I take pride in endorsing the product as a consumer and an athlete who’s looking for every health advantage” Jason Sager, Cannondale Cycling Team
“ it helped me get back to my normal energy level after cancer surgery & months of chemotherapy so I could run my store and work 12 hours a day at my store in the Christmas season” Noëlle Smith, owner Ellënoire Boutique, Dundas
www.mymonavie.com/noellesmith
You’re Invited to a
Tasting Party
Share a Free Sample of the juice with the #1 Super Food, the Açai Berry! Find out how to look younger, feel healthier and have an overall sense of well being…..
Date: Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Locations: Ellënoire Boutique 41 King Street west, Dundas 905 627 9379
Time: Presentation starts at 7:30pm
Speakers: JoAnne Spilatiere, Tom LaForme, Karen Dupuis, Noelle Smith
“I take pride in endorsing the product as a consumer and an athlete who’s looking for every health advantage” Jason Sager, Cannondale Cycling Team
“ it helped me get back to my normal energy level after cancer surgery & months of chemotherapy so I could run my store and work 12 hours a day at my store in the Christmas season” Noëlle Smith, owner Ellënoire Boutique, Dundas
www.mymonavie.com/noellesmith
makin' product!
Yay! My assistant just worked out how to make tub fizz!
One less thing for me to do!
:)
Many of you know that ALL of the products under the ellenoire brand are created by me with rare exception. Once I create a recipe someone on staff gets to make it because I no longer have time. I used to make everything. From 1994 to about 2001 I made every single bath bomb, lotion perfume etc. Now I have to blog and market and do taxes and stuff. There are days I like doing the blogging and marketing and such(I don't really ever like doing the taxes), there are days I like making product. Mostly, I like creating the recipes and making them a few times... then I get bored. Making Bath Bombs can be relaxing, but after two hours when I am stuck in the basement covered in bath bomb dust from head to toe (except for the little area under my dust mask) .. then I don't feel relaxed! I just want a shower! Although...My skin is heavenly after showering all the shea butter filled bath bomb dust off me....hmmm.
This week I am experimenting with a new sugar scrub recipe. We made one for a customer that has lavender buds in it along with the lavender essential oil and I HATE it!(customer loves it BTW) because of the little lavender buds!!!!
My skin is gorgeous, my tub is covered in little black dots. So, now we are trying another recipe without the buds... but the buds add such a nice deep layer of fragrance that is warm and wonderful. Lavender absolute perhaps? Who else is nuts enough to work absolutes into skin care? Not many as far as I can see... tell me if you are!!!!
New Sugar Scrub should launch in about a week. Pop in and try some! It is still winter, but your skin does not need to look like it is!
I am off to have pancakes to fatten me up( as if I need that..)!! Happy Mardi Gras!!!
One less thing for me to do!
:)
Many of you know that ALL of the products under the ellenoire brand are created by me with rare exception. Once I create a recipe someone on staff gets to make it because I no longer have time. I used to make everything. From 1994 to about 2001 I made every single bath bomb, lotion perfume etc. Now I have to blog and market and do taxes and stuff. There are days I like doing the blogging and marketing and such(I don't really ever like doing the taxes), there are days I like making product. Mostly, I like creating the recipes and making them a few times... then I get bored. Making Bath Bombs can be relaxing, but after two hours when I am stuck in the basement covered in bath bomb dust from head to toe (except for the little area under my dust mask) .. then I don't feel relaxed! I just want a shower! Although...My skin is heavenly after showering all the shea butter filled bath bomb dust off me....hmmm.
This week I am experimenting with a new sugar scrub recipe. We made one for a customer that has lavender buds in it along with the lavender essential oil and I HATE it!(customer loves it BTW) because of the little lavender buds!!!!
My skin is gorgeous, my tub is covered in little black dots. So, now we are trying another recipe without the buds... but the buds add such a nice deep layer of fragrance that is warm and wonderful. Lavender absolute perhaps? Who else is nuts enough to work absolutes into skin care? Not many as far as I can see... tell me if you are!!!!
New Sugar Scrub should launch in about a week. Pop in and try some! It is still winter, but your skin does not need to look like it is!
I am off to have pancakes to fatten me up( as if I need that..)!! Happy Mardi Gras!!!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Parabens, from a laygirl
So, here we go... how to answer questions about bath product chemicals related to cancer, when I have cancer and sell bath products... some of which have these chemicals.
Most important to note in my book? Read your labels, learn your ingredients, don't panic and we will all eventually get on great skin and food diets.
Here is the wiki link, it tells a little, but it is pretty biased toward the safety
of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabens
We live in a less than perfect time for both food and personal care products. Parabens are SYNTHETIC preservatives that are used to prevent bacteria and mould from growing in food and personal care products. Without preservatives many of your bath, skin and hair products would go bad within a day or two of opening them. Most products have either oil or water or both in them. Oil goes rancid. Water grows bacteria. Anything called lotion or cream has both water and oil in the recipe. Parabens are the most used preservatives on the North American market but the links to female related cancers are a little too scary to ignore. A British researcher said "Parabens have been shown to mimic the action of estrogen. Estrogen is known to drive the growth of human breast tumours" Dr Philippa Darbre of the University of Reading. Parabens have been found in breast cancer tumours which suggests they leached into the tissue after being applied to the skin.
The general consensus in the small Bath and Body care company market is that Parabens suck. Ellenoire is constantly striving to find other options. I, Noelle have a very specific opinion on how to deal with the paraben issue in day to day life based only on what I have read.
This is my philosophy: Treat paraben preserved products like you should treat your food. Use/eat as few synthetic things as you can. Artificial colours, fragrances, and chemically altered/ synthetic food and products have far too few years of research for us to know how safe they are. In our lifetimes we may never know for sure. Some of us will get sick and/or die from using/ consuming things that are man altered.
Nasty? Yes! but we simply do not have enough information to know for sure. So. How do you get through the day with your products? Go through your bathroom, learn your ingredients. Limit your exposure. Use only one or two a day that have parabens/nasty chemicals in them. Use/ eat organic when you can afford it.
Call me when you are ready to try some paraben free things and learn more about anti aging products you can eat and drink.
Does this help? I hope so!
If not ...ask me more!
Most important to note in my book? Read your labels, learn your ingredients, don't panic and we will all eventually get on great skin and food diets.
Here is the wiki link, it tells a little, but it is pretty biased toward the safety
of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabens
We live in a less than perfect time for both food and personal care products. Parabens are SYNTHETIC preservatives that are used to prevent bacteria and mould from growing in food and personal care products. Without preservatives many of your bath, skin and hair products would go bad within a day or two of opening them. Most products have either oil or water or both in them. Oil goes rancid. Water grows bacteria. Anything called lotion or cream has both water and oil in the recipe. Parabens are the most used preservatives on the North American market but the links to female related cancers are a little too scary to ignore. A British researcher said "Parabens have been shown to mimic the action of estrogen. Estrogen is known to drive the growth of human breast tumours" Dr Philippa Darbre of the University of Reading. Parabens have been found in breast cancer tumours which suggests they leached into the tissue after being applied to the skin.
The general consensus in the small Bath and Body care company market is that Parabens suck. Ellenoire is constantly striving to find other options. I, Noelle have a very specific opinion on how to deal with the paraben issue in day to day life based only on what I have read.
This is my philosophy: Treat paraben preserved products like you should treat your food. Use/eat as few synthetic things as you can. Artificial colours, fragrances, and chemically altered/ synthetic food and products have far too few years of research for us to know how safe they are. In our lifetimes we may never know for sure. Some of us will get sick and/or die from using/ consuming things that are man altered.
Nasty? Yes! but we simply do not have enough information to know for sure. So. How do you get through the day with your products? Go through your bathroom, learn your ingredients. Limit your exposure. Use only one or two a day that have parabens/nasty chemicals in them. Use/ eat organic when you can afford it.
Call me when you are ready to try some paraben free things and learn more about anti aging products you can eat and drink.
Does this help? I hope so!
If not ...ask me more!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Lotion as sandpaper? huh?
So this weekend I tried a product I bought on a trip to New York City in January. I try lots and lots of new products to see what is going on with the market, to get ideas for brands we might want to bring in, and to get ideas for products that I might want to make. So, I have this beautifully wrapped lotion bar in a Lavender scent. They call it "Body Butter" and it is in a bar shape. A little softer than most lotion bars, but that is ok.
I generally put all body moisturizers on wet skin, right out of the shower or bath so the skin is still very warm. I almost always use a body butter or balm in the winter months(lotion is mostly water by nature and kind of a waste of money and precious moisturizing time and effort in the winter) so I am used to the extra few seconds it takes to rub a body butter into the skin. Lotion bar/ butter bar type things usually melt fine on wet skin and I like them. YUUUUCK! Not this one!
I tried it twice, and I will try it one more time just in case the wet skin is a factor but this thing is really really odd! It feels like they put talc, or cornstarch or something nasty and gritty in the bar! It felt like it scratched across the skin as it was applied! It eventually sunk in... but what were they thinking with that nasty texture? I am gonna try their soap tonight. More on this later.
I will not be copying this product!
I generally put all body moisturizers on wet skin, right out of the shower or bath so the skin is still very warm. I almost always use a body butter or balm in the winter months(lotion is mostly water by nature and kind of a waste of money and precious moisturizing time and effort in the winter) so I am used to the extra few seconds it takes to rub a body butter into the skin. Lotion bar/ butter bar type things usually melt fine on wet skin and I like them. YUUUUCK! Not this one!
I tried it twice, and I will try it one more time just in case the wet skin is a factor but this thing is really really odd! It feels like they put talc, or cornstarch or something nasty and gritty in the bar! It felt like it scratched across the skin as it was applied! It eventually sunk in... but what were they thinking with that nasty texture? I am gonna try their soap tonight. More on this later.
I will not be copying this product!
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