Website update

Our new shopping cart is ready, so we will be moving the site to a new host and installing the shopping cart this weekend. The upgrade will begin late Friday afternoon/early evening and the site may be unavailable anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple of days depending on how you access the site. Please make sure that you place any urgent orders before close of business on Friday to ensure your order is processed before the site goes down.

I'm certain we will have a few growing pains as the shopping cart is implemented, but it should not take long. The new cart has many wonderful features that you've been asking for so I hope you'll be pleased. There will be no more issues with the cart timing out and you'll have the option to create and save a "wish list" that you can come back to later.

Thank you in advance for your patience.

New Fragrance Oils

All of our new FO's are now online. You can get an easy overview by visiting the What's New page.

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Catching up ...

I hope everyone is doing well during these long, hot summer days! We have been busy reorganizing the warehouse, adding new shelving, and getting ready for the fall/winter season. We have also been testing a whole slew of new fragrance oils and 16 new yummy scents are on the way! And more are currently being tested.

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We are planning our annual Scent Event sale in August, which is quickly approaching. You don't want to miss this sale!!! It will be the perfect opportunity to try all of the new fragrances. Here are the scents that are on the way:

Amish Spice Loaf
Bonfire Bliss
Butternut Pumpkin
Corn Husk
Frosted Winter Berry
Frosty Pines (far from your typical "pine" type scent - you'll adore this one!)
Gingerbread Brulee
Mistletoe Whisper
Oak Barrel Cider
Pickin' Pumpkins
Pomegranate & Oak
Sparkling Poinsettias
Sugared Shortbread
Toasted Almond Torte
Warm Vanilla Nutmeg
Woodland Breeze

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We are also putting the finishing touches on a new shopping cart that we have been working on since early spring. We listened to all of the feedback given to us about the current shopping cart and feel very positive & excited about this. No more cart time-outs! You will have the option to create an online account so you don't have to enter your personal information every time you order. Another benefit of creating an account is the ability to create your own Wish List - this will allow you to save products to look at later.

Need or want products we don't carry? Let me know if you're searching for a special fragrance oil, flavor oil or other product for your candle/soap/toiletry needs. Thank you.

The Scent Event Sale

Thanks for making the SCENT EVENT sale such a great success! All orders have now been shipped.

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SCENT EVENT Sale Reminder

We are having fun fulfilling Scent Event orders! Many of you are trying a lot of fragrances - and we hope you enjoy them.

REMINDER: The Scent Event sale expires on Thursday at noon (Eastern). Get in your orders!

More new FO's have arrived

Please check the What's New page for all of the latest additions.

Japanese Pear & Ginseng
Pumpkin Creme Brulee
Spiced CranApple and Ginger
Apple Butter & Caramel
Apple & Pumpkin Strudel
Cedar, Sage & Blackberry
"Fresh" Lemon Sugar type
Lime Crystal Kisses
Rocky Mountain Memories
Sweet Pumpkin

We also sent out a SCENT EVENT newsletter with a sale announcement. Sale begins on Friday. Did you receive a newsletter? If not, please email me at Amy@RusticEscentuals.com I will forward a copy to you.....but please subscribe so you can receive future announcements. Thanks!

Vacation Notice

The warehouse will be closed from Friday, June 26th through Friday, July 3rd.

Online orders will still be accepted during this time and will be shipped upon reopening on July 6th.

New ValueLine Scents Are Available

We have been working to add more fragrance oils to our line. Today we've added four great ValueLine scents:

Strawberry & Kiwi Sorbet
Caribbean Guava & Fig
Almond Rum Cake
Cinnamon & Raisin Bread

Check out the updated ValueLine FO's! These oils continue to be competitively priced at $12.45 per pound with bulk discounts available. We are in the process of testing the new scents in soy wax.

Winter storm update

Power has been restored and we are caught up with shipping orders. Folks who have pending orders will soon be receiving them. Thank you for your patience!

Order status update

Due to a severe winter storm and loss of electricity, we are currently running 2 days behind on shipping orders. We hope to have full electricity at the warehouse within 2 days and have all orders shipped by no later than Friday. We appreciate your patience.

Product updates

We are still busy working to get in products that have been requested. Today we added more colors of lip balm tube caps: Beige, Tan, Yellow and Deep Orange. These will coordinate very well with lip balm flavors! Now you can finally have a perfect match for all of your vanilla flavored balms.

Another product has returned, but it's better than the original - Lip Balm Sweetener. It's also more concentrated and less expensive! This sweetener is made from Stevia suspended in organic Coconut Oil - it's an all-natural and vegan-friendly way to sweeten your lip balms and lip glosses. Pricing is $4.25 for a one-ounce bottle with discounts for larger bottles.

We are also now offering our Lip Balm Bases in smaller sizes - 4 oz. tubs. As we get them repackaged, the web sites will be updated. You can currently purchase the Soy, Natural (A) and Shea & Jojoba bases in the smaller 4-ounce size.

More coming soon! We are testing Lip Tints for coloring lip balm as well as a wide variety of new fragrance oils, bottle options and candle tins. Please let me know if you have specific product requests. You can contact me at 864-582-9335 or send an email to Amy@RusticEscentuals.com. Thank you!

Recycling: Don't let anyone tell you it's not worth it!

We are constantly looking for new ways to be "green" and improve our efficiencies in the office and warehouse. We are now exclusively using environmentally friendly cleaning products as well as buying recycled and environmentally friendly products such as packing peanuts, copy/printer paper, paper towels and assorted office & break room supplies. We recycle all of our FO drums and cans in addition to all paper generated in the office and boxes in the warehouse. Every can, drum, paper towel and piece of paper *does* make a difference! I have been shocked at how much actual trash we generate - it's very little because so much of it is now recycled instead of tossed. We have equipped the break room with recycle bins for plastic water bottles and soda cans as well as using biodegradable knives and forks.
Increased efficiency = savings for us that we pass on to our customers!

Don't let anyone ever tell you that recycling is a waste of time or that it takes just as much energy to recycle as it does to produce the raw materials. Even if recycling were just to reduce the amount of material in landfills and reduce the exploitation of natural resources recycling would be worth it, but the energy savings are also very real. Let's look at metals.

Look at the energy saved by recycling aluminum versus digging it out of the ground and refining it. It's no wonder recycled aluminum fetches such a high price per pound!

New metals made using recycled material / Energy Savings


Zinc --- 20% / 60%
Lead --- 74% / 60%
Steel --- 42% / 62%
Copper --- 32% / 85%
Aluminum --- 39% / 95%



There are also other environmental benefits. For example, using recycled steel to make new steel enables reductions such as:

86% in air pollution
40% in water use
76% in water pollution.

New Products - You Asked, We Listened!

Yes, you asked and we listened. For a quite a while we have received repeated requests for colored caps for lip balm tubes. We now have a rainbow available! You can find the colored caps (along with capless White and Natural lip balm tubes) on AromaHaven/Rustic Escentuals and LipBalmTubes sites. These colorful caps will fit our 0.15 ounce White and Natural lip balm tubes. Tubes and caps are sold separately unless you are purchasing a tube set. Colored caps are made of polypropylene and are a Recycle Code number 5. Get creative and coordinate your lip balm flavors with complementary caps!



Available colors:

Black
Blue
Brown
Burgundy
Cobalt Blue
Fruity Green
Green
Hunter Green
Lavender
Light Blue
Light Pink
Natural
Navy
Orange
Purple
Red
Silver
White
Yellow Gold

Also NEW -- filling trays for Oval lip balm tubes.

New ValueLine Scent added: Pine Forest

More new products coming soon! Please call or email us if there is something you would like to see added to the web sites.

We are slowly becoming more GREEN

We have recently received a large shipment of biodegradable packing peanuts. We will slowly be switching over to these exclusively. This is just another move in our effort to be a greener company. We still have one large bag of regular packaging peanuts to use up and then we will have switched over completely. Please let us know if you like this new packing method!

Fragrance Oil Clearance Rack

As we continue to introduce new Fragrance Oils to our line, we must discontinue scents that don't sell as quickly. While it is never fun to say goodbye to old favorites, it must be done to save warehouse space. These oils will be available for purchase at deep discounts until the existing stock is gone. If one of your favorite, reliable scents is on the chopping block, please email us - we can arrange to make special purchases for you, but please be prepared to buy in bulk.

FRAGRANCE OIL CLEARANCE RACK

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New Value Line FO's have been added!

Check out our new Value Line Fragrance Oils selection. It is quickly expanding as we continue to test. Here are the newest scents added to the line:

Apple Butter
Mediterranean Fig
Peanut Butter Cookie
Warm Apple Fritter
Pomegranate & Pear
Gingerbread & Applesauce

The prices continue to stay at $7.95 for an 8-oz. bottle, $12.45 for a 16-oz. bottle and $77 for a 7-lb. jug.

Enjoy!

NEW! Pure Organic Vegetable Castile Liquid Soap

Our Pure Organic Vegetable Castile Liquid Soap is designed to serve as a multi-functional cleansing product, and is truly an all-natural product with excellent foaming. It can be used as a body wash, shampoo, a mild hand cleanser, etc. This product should be used at full strength, it is not a concentrate. The product is a clear golden color and has a light olive oil aroma. Add up to a maximum of 2% FO or EO by weight.

Ingredients: Aqua, Potassium Oleate (derived from organic Sunflower Oil), Potassium Cocoate (derived from organic Coconut Oil), Glycerin (organic origin), Potassium Palm Kernelate, Palm Kernel Acid, Potassium Citrate

*Oils used are 100% Certified Organic.

PRICING

8 oz - $2.65

16 oz - $3.99

1 gallon - $23.50


Pure Organic Vegetable Castile Liquid Soap

Why choose organic?

Organic farming is mostly about thinking of the future. In order to maintain good health and resistance against diseases, the natural balance in our own bodies and in the environment has to be preserved.

The use of artificial chemical fertilizers, pesticides, genetic engineering and drugs interfere in this balance - with unknown consequences! This is why organic farming is much more far-reaching than to what can be seen, felt and tasted.

Angel Heart FO

We are forced to temporarily stop restocking this fragrance oil. Due to the high content of Patchouli EO in the formulation, the price of this FO from the manufacturer is now over $50 per pound. Once the price of Patchouli begins to stabilize and decrease (and is reflected in the price of our FO from the manufacturer), we will restock the FO.

New Products Have Arrived

We have some wonderful new addition to our product lines!

First, we have a scrumptious new Fragrance Oil - Raspberry Seeds.

Raspberry Seeds
A delicious wild, dark raspberry with hints of blackberry, violet, rosewood and woody honeysuckle with a soft base note of musk.
CP notes: soaped beautifully with no A or D and no fading or morphing.


Second, we have added a few new scents to our Value Line Fragrance Oils. We are currently testing even more scents. The new VL scents that have just arrived are:

Spa Fusion
Nantucket Briar type
Buttercream Frosting

If you're looking for a great holiday scent that won't break the bank, try the Sticky Buns Value Line FO. It's a yummy sticky cinnamon bun type scent.


I saved the most exciting new product announcement for last! We now have an Artisan's Perfume Base for you.



Artisan's Perfume Base
Our Artisan's Perfume Base was formulated specifically for crafters. This dynamic base allows you to create many high quality perfume blends and not worry about HAZMAT shipping & fees or an ATF license. Create eau de toilette (15%-18%), eau de parfum (19%-22%), and perfume (23%-28%) with this base using up to a maximum fragrance load of 30%. Works well with most FO's and some EO's. Some Essential Oils may naturally contain moisture and occasional clouding may occur due to insolubility. When crafting perfumes with this product, please allow time for the alcohol note to macerate (soften and waste away) - this may take anywhere from 1-3 days. Industry standard for commercial perfumes is 30 days. You can use this base at 5% in your vegetable oil based perfumes to add a cooling effect and aid in evaporation.

The sizes and pricing are as follows:

6 oz. $5.25
12 oz. $7.50
24 oz. $12.75

Shipping note: Due to ORM-D regulations, this product cannot be packaged in quantities higher than 32 oz.; limit of 66 pounds per shipping box. Product cannot be shipped by any method other than UPS Ground and cannot ship outside of the USA.

NEW Value Line Fragrance Oils

In an effort to help our customers facing the poor economy and rising costs of goods, we have decided to formulate and introduce Value Line Fragrance Oils. Our new Value Line brings fantastic fragrance oils to you at special prices! They can be used in candle making, potpourri, air fresheners and incense - many are skin safe and can be used for soaps and toiletries so that you may present an entire line of products to your customers. These fragrance oils are full strength and throw well.
We have worked to bring you these great scents by doing three things: selected fragrance oils that have less complex formulations, negotiated better pricing with our manufacturers and ongoing bulk purchasing. As time passes we will continue to test and add new fragrance oils to expand the line.....in fact, we're in the midst of testing about a dozen more scents. ENJOY!

Angel Food Cake
Berry Vibe
Blueberry
Cherry Almond
Cherry Cobbler
Cilantro & Sage
Cinnamon
Dreamsicle
Ginger Cookie
Honeydew
Lemon Cream
Lilac Mist
Linen Fresh
Mango & Coconut
Ocean
Pomegranate & Ginger
Sticky Buns
Strawberry Supreme

VL scents coming soon:
Nantucket Briar type
Buttercream Frosting
Spa Fusion