Qosmedix offers Self Sealing Retail Bags

If you need an economical packaging option for your products, Qosmedix self-sealing retail bags (Part # 599960 and 599961) are the solution. Just insert your items into our crystal clear polypropylene bag and peel away the protective paper strip to reveal the self-sealing adhesive. Fold and press closed for a quick professional looking package. Use the convenient hang tab for presenting your products on a point-of-purchase display. Suited for beauty products, kits, crafts and jewelry, our bags are available in 3 inches x 5 inches (Part # 599960) and 4-1/2 inches x 6-7/8 inches (Part # 599961).

Qosmedix has an extensive assortment of products and supplies for packaging and sampling including bags, jars, vials, containers, disposable applicators and tools. Our inventory also includes supplies for salons and spas. For assistance with samples or requests, please call our Customer Specialists at +1 (631) 242-3270, fax +1 (631) 242-3291 or e‑mail info@qosmedix.com. You can also ask to receive a copy of our latest catalog containing thousands of items. Visit our website for the complete product line at qosmedix.com.

Put Your Best Foot Forward With Healing Natural Grape Seed Foot Cream From Merlot Skin Care

El Paso, TX., March 30, 2007 /SOAPWIRE/ – Merlot Skin Care, the leader in grape seed-based skin care technology, announces the easiest way to put your best foot forward this summer, with Merlot's natural grape seed-based Foot Cream.

Merlot Skin Care's healing natural grape seed-based Foot Cream utilizes natural antioxidants and cooling aloe vera to renew skin, heal calluses, and repair dry cracked skin.

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derma e® Presents Broker and Distributor of the Year Awards at Expo West

SIMI VALLEY, CA., March 28, 2007 /SOAPWIRE/ –– derma e® Natural Bodycare has announced that Advantage Sales & Marketing – Southern California Division has been named derma e®’s 2006 Broker of the Year. derma e® also announced that the 2006 International Distributor of the Year Award went to Ontario-based Purity Life. The annual awards are given to the brokerage group and distributor that achieve a high level of success based on parameters such as increased sales, effective communication, efficiency, pro-activity and innovation.

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Inexpensive Expedited Lye Shipping and Most Accurate SAP Values

Spring Valley, CA., March 20, 2007 /SOAPWIRE/ -- After careful research and several DOT (Department of Transportation) consultations, Certified Lye has launched a website to expedite the sale and delivery of lye (sodium hydroxide) to soap makers. The company sells high-quality food grade lye for as low as $3.00 per pound and ships the lye throughout the United States via an expedited air service. Up to 7.5 pounds of lye are delivered to customers within three (3) days for just $9.45.

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Online Website Rewrites IFRA v. Cropwatch Article, Bias and Ethical Lapse Charged

International Fragrance Association (IFRA) While in Midst of Controversy about Drawing up Natural Aromatics Guidelines for Potential European Union (EU) Adoption into Regulation, Charged With Hiding Agenda by Manipulating Online Article

In "IFRA Promotes Synthetic Ingredients in Fragrance", an article which first appeared on March 2, 2007 in Cosmetics Design-Europe, it was subsequently discovered on March 6, 2007, that a major rewrite had occurred that completely change the wording regarding the naturals vs. synthetics debate they are currently in with Cropwatch, an independent watchdog of the natural aromatics industry. Many of the IFRA "voluntary guidelines" have been adopted into law by the European Union, and the natural aromatics industry is concerned that this latest backpedaling on the conflict is a bad sign of journalistic manipulation to come.

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The 10th Annual 2007 Soap Making Conference

Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild, Inc. - “Something for the Mad Scientist in all of us!”

Where: St. Louis, MO
When: May 3-5 ( with registration on the 2nd )
Location: The Sheraton Westport (special hotel rates apply)
Register: www.soapguild.org or 866-900-SOAP (7627)

The Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild, Inc. is an international non-profit professional trade association. Our mission is to promote the handcrafted soap industry, to act as a center of communication among soap makers and to circulate information beneficial to soap makers.

Each year the Soap Guild hosts an annual conference which is open to both members and non-members of the Guild. The location of the conference rotates through the various areas of the United States, making it accessible to members all over the country.

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Luxe Essentials Introduces Products That Will Beautify Not Toxify

NEW YORK, NY., March 9, 2007 /SOAPWIRE/ -- New York based Luxe Essentials has just introduced a brand new premium line of natural and organic skin care products that they boast will beautify not toxify. Created in the kitchen of Founder, Nydia Norville after not being able to find anything to soothe and heal her dry skin, this new product line is a far cry from looking or feeling homemade. The entire line consists of products that are truly 100% natural with certified organic ingredients, free of parabens, mineral oils, and petroleum.

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Grandchildren the Inspiration for a New Company

Lockport, NY., March, 5, 2007 /SOAPWIRE/ -- “It all started as a project for my grandchildren. One Mother’s Day, they decided to give their mothers a hand crafted gift that they had made. They made bath fizzies from a recipe we got off the internet.” said Donna Rug.

“Then a friend gave me a “Bath Bomb” she had received as a gift. I liked it so well we went online to find more and I was appalled at the price. I thought, that will be the day I spend $6.00 for a single bath. When I looked at the ingredients in the "Bath Bomb" I realized they were the same as in the bath fizzies they had just made." she continued. This is the answer the owner of Akron Grove Bath Products gives when asked why 4 years ago, she started her own company.

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