Eye Cream for Dark Circles and Puffiness

The long awaited Halo Premier Skin Care Eye Cream for Dark Circles and Puffiness is here!  This product features two cosmetic active ingredients to help with dark under eye circles and puffiness.  It also combines natural oils, botanicals and extracts to moisturize and help reduce wrinkles around the delicate eye area.

Eyeseryl® is a tetrapeptide with anti-edema properties and proven efficacy in reducing puffy eyebags in as little as 15 days.  Clinical tests have shown REGU®-AGE to be a proven fast and effective tool to reduce dark circles and puffiness around the eyes, strengthen the connective tissue and reduce inflammation and prevent UV damage. Additionally, caffeine increases micro circulation and reduces puffiness through tightening the skin.

This product also contains our proprietary anti-ageing extract mix plus licorice root extract and eyebright extract to further aid in removing dark under eye circles.

We’ve also chosen a blend of oils to moisturize without feeling heavy.  Jojoba oil closely matches the sebum of the human skin so it easily penetrates without an oily feeling.  Borage oil is used to slow ageing and argan oil contains antioxidants which slow the effect of free radicals that can cause oxygen damage to your skin.

Finally, hyaluronic acid makes this product a superb moisturizer.  Hyaluronic acid is the natural gel between skin cells that serves as a water reservoir for the cells. As we age, skin loses hyaluronic acid and the ability to hold sufficient water in this reservoir. Feeding new hyaluronic acid to the skin may help hydrate skin's intercellular reservoir, raising the skin's moisture level, and smoothing down age lines.  Hyaluronic acid gives this formulation a soft gel texture and a nice feel.

To use this product, remember a little goes a long way!  Dab a little of this cream under your eyes and let it soak in for a bit.  After a few minutes, gently blend the product into the skin around the eyes.
This cream will retail for $16.  You'll get a 0.66 ounce/18 gram jar.You can purchase it through Etsy.

We also have a few samples available.  For $3, you get a few grams of product - enough to use for 3-5 days to see how you like it.  Additionally, the purchase of the sample size comes with a coupon for $3 off of the full sized product!

 

Have any questions?  You know what to do: stacie@halosoap.com

Colorful Gift Sets

We went outside the box a little when creating baby shower gifts.  Everyone in attendance received a bar of soap tied to a colorful tissue holder.  No two were the same!  It was fun creating such a colorful array of products.
 

Looking for something similar for your special event?  Send me an email! Stacie@halosoap.com

Tons of Soap!

I've been going crazy making butt loads of soap.  I let a few of scents dwindle a little too much and many of them are sold out before the new batches are even ready to be wrapped!  All of these batches are lined up along our back wall so that you can purchase them before their ready date.  (We'll attach a label with a 'don't use until' date.)

Here's what's waiting:
~ Verbena Bamboo
~ Ocean Rain
~ Gardenia - NEW!
~ Mauna Loa Volcano Soap
~ Soapy Clean
~ Pearberry
~ Hazelnut Coffee Soap
~ Citrus Splash
~ Red Clover Tea
~ Lilac
~ Dirt
~ Carrot Neem Face Soap

And I'm making more batches daily.  Sometimes multiple batches daily.

Finally, New Candles

Hello.

I feel so bad because a surprisingly large number of people have been coming in looking for candles lately.  I admit, I didn't go too crazy making candles because they usually only sell well around the holidays.  However, more and more people have been coming in to purchase candles!  I think everyone is starting to realize how nice and clean soy wax candles burn compared to paraffin or even soy/paraffin blend candles.  And don't forget the price!  Compare Halo's prices to other big name candle brands and you'll see what I mean.

I know, I know, you can go to Wal-Mart and get candles the size of my $15 large candles for $5.  But have you noticed the quality of the candles you purchase at stores like that?  (or the lack of quality...) Those candles tend to tunnel, give off a waxy scent or no scent at all, or burn leaving lots of soot behind.  Not to mention Halo Soy Candles are made in America.  By an American.  So there's that.

Anyways, here's a list of the scents we recently stocked the shelves with:
*(M) means we also carry the scent in Moon Melts
~ Nag Champa (M) - EVERYONE loves this one!  It's super strong and a good unisex scent.
~ Lily of the Valley (M) - another really popular scent, especially in our lotion and body butter!
~ Frankincense and Myrrh - although you would usually associate this scent with Christmas, it has been really popular even after Christmas!  I've gotten requests for more of these candles and also for more of this scent in soap.  Which is also available at the shop.
~ Pearberry (M) - another much requested scent, we have this in our large and small candles as well as in Moon Melts and soap.
~ Juniper Breeze (M) - another popular scent.  We carry this scent in bath bombs and body butter and lotion, and now in candles and Moon Melts!
~ Jasmine (M) - a nice flower scent for spring in a lovely deep purple color.
~ Hazelnut - we make this scent in tea lights and since then we've been getting requests for candles.
~ Plumeria (M) - this Hawaiian flower scent was a slow seller for a while, but it is recently becoming more and more popular again.  We also have this lovely scent in soap and body lotion!
~ Red Apple (M) - This scent is great for spring and summer.  It's a nice fresh juicy apple scent.  Mouthwatering!
~ Lemon Verbena - I wanted to add another yellow colored candle to the mix so we now have Lemon Verbena in a candle scent!  It's not the same exactly fragrance that we use in our bar soap.  This scent has a stronger lemon bite.  It's very fresh smelling!

Read this post about properly burning soy candles.

Other candle scents to watch for soon: Ocean Breeze, Gardenia and Honeysuckle.  Plus a special edition spring scent! 

Two New Soaps: Egyptian Musk and Frankincense & Myrrh

Well, the title says it all!  We have two new soap scents that we are adding to our product line.

First, Frankincense and Myrrh.  This was so popular during the holidays that we decided to bring this scent on full time!  It smells sensual and sweet and has a lovely dusting of gold mica on top.  Finished off with a glittery gold wrapping, this soap is lovely!

Second, Egyptian Musk.  A customer had come in looking for the scent Egyptian Musk. I had ordered a sample vial of this scent and fell in love!  Not to mention the scent of Egyptian Musk is recognizable to many people.  All in all, it seemed like a no-brainer to make this lovely scent into a bar soap!

Up next - Sweet Musk!  While ordering musk samples, I had ordered the Egyptian Musk as well as a scent called Sweet Musk.  Sweet Musk was such a favorite!  I was originally going to use just the Sweet Musk, but because of the popularity of the name Egyptian Musk, I decided to make both.

Soap scents to look forward to - Sweet Musk, Gardenia and Honeysuckle.

Products to look forward to - anti-wrinkle face creams and eye creams.

Valentine's Day Flowers

My man is out of town this week so he sent me flowers.

I'm not home often enough to enjoy them there so I'll be bringing them to the shop to enjoy :)

Valentine's Day!

Hello all.

If you are signed up to get my newsletter via email, then you know we have a lovely little selection of gifts for Valentine's Day!  If you aren't signed up to receive the email newsletter, then you should do so using the widget on the right.

Stop in and I'll help you put together a Valentine's Day gift basket.  Mention reading this blog post and get 15% off a gift basket worth $25 or more.  Woot!