You do know that it uses an open flame and releases soot, and chemicals in the air and the melted wax is hot!

And what happens when your candle is only 1/4 of the way burnt, but you want a different scent? A lot of partial candles collecting in your cupboard, that’s what.

Now, with the Urban Botanic Home Collection, you no longer have any of those problems.

Just place 2-3 drops of Urban Botanic oil on the warming plate, turn it on and enjoy 6-8 hours of fragrance. Turn it off, and the scent lingers.

Tired of that scent? Just wipe out the plate and try something new. Now dust collecting wax lumps here.

What if your fragrance recipe calls for more that 2-3 drops? No worries here either, just turn off your plate (remember the fragrance lingers) then turn it on the next day and enjoy. As long as there is oil in your plate, you don’t need to add more and your home will be scented.

For the month of September, all Signature Fragrance Collections ordered by customers will receive a FREE Oil Warmer Plate in their shipment. That’s an added $20 value!

Awesome Fall Recipes for Home

Try some of McKenna’s favorite home recipes in your new Warmer Plate! They’re perfect Fall fragrances and will sure keep you warm as the weather gets cooler.

Apple Pie: One drop each of Green Apple, Maple Spice, and Cinnamon. You can get creative with this one… Peach Cobbler anyone?

Brown Sugar Fig: Two drops Brown Sugar and one drop Fig – this one is a dead ringer for the popular fragrance, and fabulous for fall.

Almond Cookie: One drop each of Almond and Cinnamon and two drops Coconut.

Harvest: One each of Vanilla, Allspice, and Maple Spice

So, now summer has started and I have decided to hold a summer special. Here it is;
Go to my website and take the personality test
sign up and hold a workshop, do a one on one with me, attend an open house, or through e-mail let me create a signature fragrance for you
Mention this blog
Purchase a perfume and get any other product for just $1.99 ( a savings of up to $12.96)
Special runs until August 31, 2007

We set up on Thursday evening and then the fair was Friday evening and all day Saturday. I had two members of my team take Friday evening. I then spent all day Saturday and 3 members of the team split the day. One in the morning with her daughter and two more came for the afternoon. We talked to most of the brides. They were very interested in having Urban Botanic parties for their bridesmaids. I even found a few grooms interested in the men’s scents that I had there.

The biggest surprise came, though, when the Spanish channel’s reporter came over, asked me some questions and then decided to interview me for their report on the fair! Of course she had to translate because my elementary Spanish skills are not up to par anymore.

I was happy that so many of the brides wanted to have parties and give Urban Botanic products as gifts for their bridesmaids. Someone told me that brides in Utah do not give gifts to their bridesmaids. I was surprised about that, I gave gifts to mine (but I am not from Utah originally- maybe that makes a difference). What do you think, to give or not to give?

Instead I choose to wear my custom fragrance that I called “Spring”. It has vanilla, white tea, sandalwood, and verbena. The verbena gives it a citrussy scent that wakes you up and reminds you of sunny days sitting on the porch and sipping lemonaid. Perhaps a southern villa with lots of trees.

What did you do today to combat the time change?

Lock your self in the bathroom. Light the candles. Turn on the water and adjust the temperature. Pour some of your Urban Botanic bubble bath in your very own custom signature scent under the running water. Fill the tub. Turn on music. Get in tub and relax.

Tips: Urban Botanic bubble bath has nourishing vitamins for your body. It is also jetted tub safe and the bubbles are replenishable with a swish of your hand or turn on the jets of your tub. When you make your bubble bath, use lavender for stress relief or sandalwood to relax. Or even a combination of the two- you decide.

What’s your favorite part of a bubble bath?

There is a bridal fair March 16 and 17 at Thanksgiving Point and I will be there. It is a great place for me to introduce Urban Botanic.

Urban Botanic parties are great get togethers for you and your bridesmaids. Get together with your friends, have a good time, and relax. Unwind before the wedding. And you will have a great day and smell good, to boot.

I found out that in Utah, there is not the tradition of giving your bridesmaids a thankyou gift for helping out and being there for you. I was surprised. I gave all of my bridesmaids gifts. What did you do, give gifts or not?

You can mix up anything. Naked, Sandalwood, and Egyptian Musk or maybe you would want to try something not so fruity. How about something that is a little deeper like Oakmoss, Gardenia, Lemon, Cedarwood, Allspice. Or find something that is uniquely you and surprise him this year.
www.urbanbotanic.com/sandrasparties

In 2003, the US retail sales – this means all SHOPPING that took place in the US totaled 29.55 billion dollars.

73% – three quarters of ALL the shopping done in the US is done by face-to-face selling.

61% of all the US SHOPPING takes place right in someone’s home. This doesn’t count online shopping.

Now get this: 28% – over one quarter of all the retail shopping done in the US, is done in the home party industry.

What does this tell you about our culture in the US? This means that generally, people appreciate and believe in the home party industry. The numbers tell the story. People spend a lot of money at home parties. It’s a preferred way to shop.

HERE’S ANOTHER FACT:
In 2003 there were 13.3 million direct sellers in the US. 85% of them worked less than 30 hours per week, which means they were able to do their business alongside family and other jobs.

79.9% of people in the direct selling industry are female.

So, once you have done your research, if you find that this is what you want to do and that Urban Botanic is for you, visit me at www.urbanbotanic.com/sandrasparties and I will be happy to help you get started on this wonderful, popular ride!

And then, I take a break, get a good book, get my cocoa and sit down and read.

That is basically what we do at Urban Botanic. We have 66 “keys” or perfume oils. We have high notes and low notes and a lot of notes inbetween. And the combination of these notes is endless. Some combinations are sharp and some are flat and others are simply amazing. We can also take 5 simple notes; Chocolate, Coconut, Heliotrope, Vanilla, Cedarwood and you get an amazing, smoky haunting scent.

However, if you change one note- say change Cedarwood and put Sandalwood instead and it changes the whole melody. Where before it was smoky, now it is fresh. Before it reminded you of winter and perhaps curling up by a fireplace with a good book and some cocoa, now it feels like summer and swimming and picnics. All with just the change of one note. It is no longer haunting, but lilting instead.

Come join us and learn how to make your own scent melody. The combinations are endless.