(11-11-2022, 11:13 PM)Dragonsbeard Wrote: UPDATE:
So I've been doing a lot of thinking lately on where ETHOS Grooming Essentials is going in the next 6 months and I thought I'd bring you up to date on some of my projects.
1. This latest incident with the Tonka Bean Skin Food Splash stinging people basically was the icing on the cake as far as making a decision that I've been pondering for quite some time now. The Tonka Bean high alcohol or coumarin crystal thing is fixable and really no big deal to do so but I've been wanting to take my Alcohol Skin Food Splashes to another level on top of the skin beneficial ingredients that are already in them. It's the Alcohol I've been fixed on as I just don't like the smell of the Alcohol note that I have to fight when adding Aroma ingredients in and I've tried a few. including Pure Sugar Cane alcohol which is not only an upgrade to most others but also more expensive. I like it don't get me wrong but in the background there has always been something better but it's not sold wholesale through suppliers but only through Retail Liquor Stores and that's Everclear. 190 Proof Pure Grain Alcohol and it has no smell and is also better on the skin. In fact I've put it on my skin as a aftershave right out of the bottle. No sting at all and with the addition of a bunch of skin care ingredients that include the EOS Complex, Aloe Vera, Witch Hazel and all the other ingredients I normally use it is in a league of its own. Aroma comes out purer without the Alcohol note To test it today I made a small batch of the new upcoming Ravello Aroma Blend and I did a 3 pass Shave with an efficient razor ( I normally do 2 passes ) and a brand new blade and got a close BBS shave out of it. I then put the new formula Skin Food Splash on using the Everclear and the sting was even less than my normal Skin Food Splashes and my skin feels great.
I'm going to try to find a local Liquor store that will sell me this in cases at a discount as it's quite a bit more expensive than the other alcohols I've been using other than Perfumers for the EDP's but hey I want the best option for my customers.
Another update is I'm doing a Collaboration with The Razor Company and I just made 30 1 oz sizes of the Tallow Shave Creme for a Black Friday sale Jasons having. We will be going shortly into the full sized 4.5 oz and the matching Skin Food Splash.
It's called " Blue Note " and I'll post up a photo of the label shortly in this post. Just so you know Jason is big on Cologne Type scents so he asked me to come up with a scent close to Jazz Club by Maison Margiela. He came up with the name of the Shave Creme after we went back and forth on a few and today my graphic designer and myself came up with the label design. Jason approved it so it's a go. I happen to have Jazz Club cologne at home that I got shortly after it was released and I like to wear it now and then so it will be nice to have a Shave soap and post shave product that will pretty much go with the cologne. It's a bit different as its got some Essential Oils and some Aroma Accords in it but I think we got pretty close.
Also I just picked up a new Euro Vendor and I'll annouche it once he puts in his Initial order this coming week. Also for my Canadian friends you'll be happy to hear that Carmine at the Top of the Chain is back on board as life and Covid got in our way for a while. Pasteurs, The Razor Company and The Shave Supply will all have some of the new products very soon.
Great Shaves all and have a great weekend!
Frank
I'm a little behind on... Well, everything. Lol. I saw this at TRC this morning. I don't know that it's a scent for me, I'm definitely not a big cologne scent fan, but the name is awesome Frank. Most of the best classic Jazz names were recorded by Blue Note Records. I'm guessing that wasn't a coincidence. Great choice.
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