Category Archives: Custom Clients

PINK of Terre Haute Fashion Show…

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Pink of Terre Haute Fashion Show

Photo courtesy of Modern Charm

Who hasn’t been touched by cancer?  I think most of us have been whether it was us, or someone in our immediate family, friends circle or just someone we see once in awhile.  If you haven’t been touched in one way or another by this terrible disease you are very lucky.  Personally, we have had too many friends and family members fighting hard against various forms of this monster.  We pray for them, we fight for them and we rejoice in their victories, small and large.

When we heard about a fashion show in our town of Terre Haute, IN that supported breast cancer we knew we wanted to be part of it.  PINK is a non-profit organization born out of the unmet needs of patients, families, and caregivers of Wabash Valley residents touched by breast cancer.  They hold only a few events each yearPink April 2015 and the fashion show is one of the best ones.  Held in the gorgeous Indiana Theatre this fashion show is top notch.  I could go on about the clothes, food, drinks and VIP treatment but my favorite part of the evening was the models.  They were all woman who were going through current treatment or survivors, and boy were they gorgeous, inside and out!

There was so much love and support surrounding this event and we were thrilled to take part in it.  We enjoyed talking to lots of lovely ladies about our products and giving advice to them for skin issues they are having due to treatment.  We wish them all of the best and look forward to seeing them again next year.  Keep up the good work PINK!

The beginning of the Strawberry and Green Tea Facial Sugar Scrubs….

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DSCN1790Our soaps and other products are all made with custom recipes.  We do a lot of testing to finally get the recipe just right.  Many of our ideas come from our clients.  They will ask for something in particular to help with their skin or a scent they like and we take it from there which is exactly how our new facial sugar scrubs were born.

Earlier in the year we had developed and released a Strawberry Body Sugar Scrub.  It was released in both our online store and our local Farmers Market.  At the time of release we were announcing it on our Facebook page detailing the benefits of strawberries to the skin.  Strawberries are extremely beneficial for the skin for many reasons including being an excellent skin cleaner, improving complexion, helping to tone skin and providing protection from UV light. They also exhibit fantastic anti aging properties, they help with the treatment of acne, diminish under-eye puffiness and help to repair damaged skin.DSCN1778

A customer contact us via our online store and he wanted to know would it be possible to use this body scrub on his face.  We recommended we would not since the texture of the organic sugar was too rough for the somewhat sensitive and fragile facial tissue and skin.  He told us he really wanted to take advantage of the benefits the strawberries had to offer but on his face.  We offered to create a custom scrub for him that was made with a finer texture of sugar and after some testing with friends and clients shipped it out to him.  He loved it!  While this was going on a couple of clients heard about the facial version of this scrub and started making purchases immediately, they wanted the benefits too!  We are happy to announce the Strawberry Facial Sugar Scrub is now a permanent scrub in our product line.

DSCN1786We already had an idea in our head to create a Green Tea Facial Sugar Scrub and it seemed to pair well with our new Strawberry Facial Sugar Scrub.  Green Tea has some wonderful skin benefits also including excellent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It is thought to very likely slow down the signs of aging. Research studies think it is possible that green tea provides protection from skin cancer and can help reduce sun damage. We include both organic green tea from tea bags and organic matcha green tea powder which is a premium green tea powder from Japan used for drinking in traditional Japanese tea ceremonies for hundreds of years in our scrubs.

Sugar scrub is the most natural way to soften, exfoliate and to freshen up the skin. Sugars fine texture gently exfoliates the skin without leaving harmful residue that can clog the pores. Skin loving oils provide the moisturizing properties that prevents the skin from drying. Our custom recipes use only organic cane sugar and are our recommendation for the driest of skin.  If you haven’t had a chance to try out our new line of facial sugar scrubs look for us at an upcoming Farmers Market or Area Craftshow, where we will be demo’ing them.  If you have an idea for a product you would like to try drop us a line at info@puregracesoap.com.

Custom Orders for Custom Clients….

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Bridal show with soap and flowerWe love working on custom orders and are always happy to speak to a client who has an idea in their head for a product.  We have spent a lot of one on one time working with one local company, AAV Travel, to determine exactly the best product for their clients.

The first challenge we partnered with Stefanie, the owner of AAV Travel, on was for a bridal show she was attending as a vendor.  She wanted to give all the brides who visited her table a take home bar of soap made with a custom scent, color and packaging.  She had an estimate of how many brides she thought would come to the show along with a budget to work within.  We were thrilled to be able to produce for her a half size custom bar scented with a very tropical fragrance.  We infused organic olive oil with annatto seed oil to create the bright orange color and added poppy seeds for decoration and scrub.  We branded each package with her company logo and wrapped with her signature blue color tissue paper and pretty blue and white twine.  Her brides loved them!aav nov 2014

The next project she called on us for was a large scale thank you gift for her best clients.  Since she works with clients from all of the world one of our top priorities was to make sure whatever we came up with that it would ship well.  She knew she wanted 5 different soap bars, each to represent a portion of the world that she plans vacations and honeymoons for.  Working back and forth over several months we determined the regions that would be represented.  We sent her several fragrance profiles to review.  From there she picked the smell she thought best represented each of the 5 regions and we began to talk about appearance of the bars.

Top angel Sian Ka'an AAVWe finalized and finished the set of 5 bars several months after we began the project and she was very pleased.  We provided her with a custom shipping box and lots of kraft shredded paper for safe soap traveling.  We branded all of the bars with her logo and website and she choose names for each bar.  We packaged them 5 to a box and delivered them to her in time for holiday shipping.

We’d love to work with you on your custom needs.  Add that something special to your wedding, shower, event, party, holiday, reunion or work outing with a custom product/s.  We routinely customize soaps, scrubs, lotions, lip chaps, detergents, etc and in addition to your signature scent and look we can add your special date, photo, location, name, etc.  Contact us to discuss more.

Contact Stefanie at AAV Travel for all of our your destination vacation and honeymoon needs.  Stefanie is located in Terre Haute, Indiana and services the world. 

Lavender Lemongrass Baby Shower Favors…

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Babyshower ChristinaWe were so delighted to meet Christina at a recent Farmer’s Market.  She was new to town and working on hosting a small baby shower for a close friend from Chicago.  Her friend, the Mom-to-Be, loved both Lavender and Lemongrass scents. Christina asked us to put together some favors for the shower for all of the guests in attendance to take home with them.  We were so happy to do so!

We worked with Christina over a period of about two weeks to design just the right favor for her shower.  She ended up choosing a full size Lavender Lemongrass Soap Bar along with a half-size Lavender Lemongrass Bath Salt.Babyshower Christina 2

The shower was being hosted at a restaurant and although the restaurant already had lovely ambiance and decor, Christina still wanted to put a personal touch on the favors and match them to the custom centerpiece she made.  She choose a white and lavender gingham fabric that we use frequently to incorporate in the favors and tie around her basket.  She also placed flowers in complimentary colors on the main table.

Since the deadline for the shower was only a couple of weeks away when Christina contacted us we decided quickly we would have to use a soap scent already in stock.  Since Lavender Lemongrass is one we carry year round it worked out perfectly.

The shower went off without a hitch and Christina let us know the guests were very pleased with their favors.   In in email she told us,

Lavender Lemongrass soap and salts for baby shower packaged         “I was inexperienced in the realm of planning showers and I was so relieved to meet Julie and M. Grace at the Terre Haute Farmer’s Market. Pure GRACE Soap created the perfect product for my baby shower favors, something that made the guests feel really special. They also helped me create an ambiance and centerpiece for the shower, and the event went flawlessly – everything was perfect! My guests were so impressed by her lemongrass lavender soap and bath salts. I am now a loyal fan and follower!”

We really loved working with Christina on her baby shower and thank her for the opportunity!

Pure GRACE Soap routinely takes custom orders and would be very happy to speak with you about an upcoming event or need.  Please contact us at info@PureGRACESoap.com.