Welcome to the May & June  edition of the Taylored Concepts Newsletter where you will find many great and wonderful pieces of information.  We welcome your suggestions, recipes, stories, pictures... pretty much anything you would like to share with us and our customers.  Please email robert@tayloredconcepts.com.  

Please Note:

   Orders are filled on a first come first serve basis. Per ordering via: e-mail, fax, or phone will help us have your order processed for pick up or shipping. If you pre order for pick up, you can add items when you arrive, but this may delay processing time. Changes to your order may also delay processing time. Orders that are placed here, may have delays as well, as pre orders have been placed and need to be filled as well. Please allow 1-2 days for order processing.

 Also: We do our best to complete your order as ordered, but please check your order before leaving, so that we/you can be assured that you received the right items that are on your order.

Robert...

Dear Customers

We will be closing a week for the forth of July holiday.  Our last shipping date will be on Friday  June 30.  Our showroom will be OPEN on Saturday July 1st from 9am to 4pm and closed the following week .  We will reopen on Tuesday July 11th.  We hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday and we look forward to seeing you.

JOKE OF THE MONTH

NEW FRAGRANCES ADDED 01/20/2006 106

NEW ADDITIONS

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Monthly Business Card Drawing

Congrats to the winners of our  April   Business Card Drawing who will receive 16 oz. Fragrance Oil of their choice (excluding designer fragrances).

Winners for March are: PICK WINNERS (Tessie' Unique Boutique, Heart Country Scents & Perfectscents Candles candle drops)...

Stop by the shop and drop in your business card for a chance at the May drawing. 

SALES OF THE MONTH

BATH AND BODY RECIPES OF THE MONTH

Bath Bomb Recipe

• Mold

• Witch Hazel

• Citric Acid 1/3 part

• Baking Soda 2/3 parts

Mix, Mix, Mix the baking soda and citric acid.  It is very important to mix both these very well as to not get a grainy bomb.  Once its has mixed well add your color, add color lightly as the witch hazel will make color show up.  Next add your fragrance oil to your personal nose preference.  With a squirt bottle add the witch hazel in your batch while continiuing to stir with your other hand.  When your batch starts to stick together when squished you need to start putting it into molds.  Time is important, if you wait to long your batch will get hard.  If too much witch hazel is added your bomb will start to fizz.  Place the batch in molds wait a couple of minutes and tap them out.  Let bombs air dry for about 3 to 4 hours.  The harder you pack the bombs the denser and more durable they will be. 

Herbal Skin Toner

Part 1

• 2 Tbsp. dry herbs or 3 handfuls  of fresh herbs

• 2 cups of  boiling pure spring water

Remove from heat and let sit for 1-2 hours to cool and steep.  If you are using roots, decoct them seperately then blend it in the herbal infusion. Avoid boiling herbs (leaves, flowers).  Bottle and refrigerate your herbal infusion.

Part 2

• 1/2 Cup of Cooled Herbal Infusion

• 1/2 Cup of Witch Hazel

• 1 Tsp. Glycerin

Mix together and apply to skin.

ASK ROBERT

This section is a question & answer for Robert, the fragrance and candle guru. 

Please feel free to email your candle & soap related questions to askrobert@tayloredconcepts.com.

Dear Robert,

I am so confused about Essential Oils what are they for  and how are they made?

Debbie

Dear Debbie,

Essential oils are used in soaps, lotion base, shower gels, perfume formulations.  Essential Oils are highly concentrated and potent oils extracted from plants, leaves, flowers, roots, buds, twigs, rhizomes, heartwood, bark, resin, seeds and fruits. Essential Oils are found in special secretory glands or cells within plant life. The aromatic substances are formed and stored in certain organs of a plant as a by-product or because of its metabolism. Each essential oil has it's very own blueprint that is absolutely unique. The combination of the plants blueprints, the energy of the sun, soil, air and water gives each oil its individual perfume and beneficial healing properties.

Robert...

Dear Robert,

I am going to venture into the world of mini tart molds.  What is the correct wax I need to use for these.  Can I use either the Taylored Container or Taylored 50/50 wax in these molds. 

Kari

Dear Kari,

That is a good question these two types of waxes are for container candles and not for tart molds.  For any type of mold you need wax that will get very hard to help it release from the mold you are using.  The Taylored Container, Taylored Replacement,  and 50/50 are made to have good adhesion to the sides of jars.  They are great if you are doing tealight but now for tart molds.  For tart molds I recommend you use our Taylored Votive or our Palm Votive and Pillar Wax.  Both these waxes become hard and are easily taken out of the molds.

Dear Robert,

I am doing the perfume formulations and do not really understand the percentages.  Can you explain this to me??

Andrea

Hello Andrea,

Our recipe suggest you use different percentages depending on what you are trying to do.  We have the following.  Next to each I will give you the oz based on a 16oz bottle of finished product.

Perfume:

• 20% Soap Safe Fragrance Oil         3 oz .

• 10% IPM (iso propyl myristate)    1 1/2 oz.

• 70% Perfume Alchohol                   11 1/2 oz.

Men's Cologne:

• 10% Soap Safe Fragrance Oil          1 1/2 oz.

• 10% IPM (iso propyl myristate)     1 1/2 oz.

• 80% Perfume Alchohol                    13 oz.

Body Splash/Spray:

• 5% Soap Safe Fragrance Oil            1 oz.

• 15% IPM (iso propyl myristate)     2 oz.   

• 80% Perfume Alchohol                   13 oz.

I hope this helps

Robert...