ETHOS Grooming Essentials A New Line

You could count me in on that pre-order! I'd be fine with just the splash and the soap set.

Hello AlphaFrank75  

So are in favor of doing a run of real Honeysuckle? 

I have one question to anyone seeing this post. Should I make a full batch or a small limited batch that folks can pre- order? As some know I had my doubts about Violeta and the pre orders and behind the scenes messages are proven me wrong. So what about Honeysuckle in comparison ? 

Any input is appreciated 

Frank

For sure you can count me in.  How many orders would be needed to be enough to justify doing this?

I’d like to do this because like I’ve said before I made two custom orders with Honeysuckle and I personally liked it too. So I can do as small a batch as 20 jars but if I can I’d like to do at least a batch of 40 to 42 which is my normal beginning sized batch. This would justify designing and making labels for the batch. My next question would be what about post shave. Would we only do a Skin Food splash or would we want the lotion and serum also?  The reasons I’m asking these questions is I’d have to squeeze this into the schedule which I’m happy to do. An would there be an appropriate time of the year for a Honeysuckle to be released?  

Thank you!

For me the only post-shave product I'd get would be the SFS, but I'd be just a happy using Clean SFS. The serum and SFL I'd prefer unscented.

UPDATING my response below as after talking with my website developer I posted some misinformation below. 

The way it will work is I will be sending a link to the folks on the Pre Order list and they will be the only people that can see the Violeta products and purchase them if they choose.  We will have an official release to the public afterwards.  So disregard my original response below. 

Sorry about that guys. 



Hi Matt

Should be ready for the Pre - Order people in 7 days or so.  I’ll send a Code and after putting it in the products will be visible to them and they can proceed to check out.  I’ll let the the Pre Orders have 2 -3 days and then release them to everyone.

Thanks for asking my friend

Bump
Just checking on the status. Thanks!

Hi Matt 

I’m waiting for the bulk batch of Shave soap I made to cure as this is the biggest batch I’ve made by far and I’ll be making bigger ones twice a month and eventually they will all cure for a full 3 months which will actually make the soap even better it’s just going to take till probably take till mid to late fall before this program is in full swing. 

So Violeta is probably about a week or so away the pre - order list is only one shy of being full so I may have to extend the list and make more than I anticipated.  

Thanks for bump my friend

Frank,
Just seeing the status. When will the link/code go live? Also are the Violeta soaps made or how long until they would ship? Thanks!

Bump
Just checking on the status. Thanks!

Hi Matt 

I’m waiting for the bulk batch of Shave soap I made to cure as this is the biggest batch I’ve made by far and I’ll be making bigger ones twice a month and eventually they will all cure for a full 3 months which will actually make the soap even better it’s just going to take till probably take till mid to late fall before this program is in full swing. 

So Violeta is probably about a week or so away the pre - order list is only one shy of being full so I may have to extend the list and make more than I anticipated.  

Thanks for bump my friend

Frank,
Just seeing the status. When will the link/code go live? Also are the Violeta soaps made or how long until they would ship? Thanks!

Hi Matt 

So the problem I’m having is two things. I’ve had two very big vendor orders that have me going in almost every day I’m not at my other job as I was trying to get them out the door. The other thing which is more of the reason this is taking a bit longer than I thought it would is because I made the biggest bulk batch of Shave soap I’ve ever made and it’s taking longer to cure than I thought it would. The good news is when it’s completed which I’m going to say will be by next weekend I’ll be a soap making maniac! I’ll be making at least 3 different F Base Shave Soaps on the weekend. An the first one will be Violeta.  

All the best my friend.

Hi Matt 

So the problem I’m having is two things. I’ve had two very big vendor orders that have me going in almost  every day I’m not at my other job as I was trying to get them out the door. The other thing which is more of the reason this is taking a bit longer than I thought it would is because I made the biggest bulk batch of Shave soap I’ve ever made and it’s taking longer to cure than I thought it would. The good news is when it’s completed which I’m going to say will be by next weekend I’ll be a soap making maniac! I’ll be making at least 3 different F Base Shave Soaps on the weekend. An the first one will be Violeta.  

All the best my friend.

Dragonsbeard Frank, can you say what other F Base soaps might be coming online, alongside Violeta. I was just thinking of additional soaps/splashes I might add to the upcoming Violeta order.

Hi Matt 

So the problem I’m having is two things. I’ve had two very big vendor orders that have me going in almost  every day I’m not at my other job as I was trying to get them out the door. The other thing which is more of the reason this is taking a bit longer than I thought it would is because I made the biggest bulk batch of Shave soap I’ve ever made and it’s taking longer to cure than I thought it would. The good news is when it’s completed which I’m going to say will be by next weekend I’ll be a soap making maniac! I’ll be making at least 3 different F Base Shave Soaps on the weekend. An the first one will be Violeta.  

All the best my friend.

Dragonsbeard Frank, can you say what other F Base soaps might be coming online, alongside Violeta. I was just thinking of additional soaps/splashes I might add to the upcoming Violeta order.

Hello my friend

Ok so I’m making these next.. Violeta, Vetivert, Nuage Di Citron with ShaveMD, the new Beauté Sauvage and then Fresco. Somewhere in the middle of all those I’m going to squeeze in the Honeysuckle and I may have another batch of both the traditional Bay Rum and the new Tortola Shave Soap made.

After those I’ll start working on all the Fall releases.

I want to throw my support to a request made earlier for a Honeysuckle scented soap.  Honeysuckle is in bloom here and I walk pass a fence draped with honeysuckle vines every day.  Honeysuckle was one of the scents that popped up in my head back when Dragonsbeard  was looking for suggestions for new scents, along with magnolia.  I don't think this would be something I'd use that often so I'd be happy with a 1oz.  That was the main reason I didn't suggest it in the first place, but I was glad to see there was additional interest in that scent.

Hello AlphaFrank75  

So are in favor of doing a run of real Honeysuckle? 

I have one question to anyone seeing this post. Should I make a full batch or a small limited batch that folks can pre- order? As some know I had my doubts about Violeta and the pre orders and behind the scenes messages are proven me wrong. So what about Honeysuckle in comparison ? 

Any input is appreciated 

Frank

Hopping on the honeysuckle train, would be interested in the soap and SFS

Count me in for a big jar of F with the full post shave Suite

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Hello DFS members.

So as the title says I'm having another " Name the product contest. We've had some fun with this before and every now and then a name doesn't come to me for a product and I've gotten some good ones from members on here so I'm reaching out to you again and I'm sure it won't be the last time. LOL



RULES: ( dislike that word ) of the contest.  Each person gets up to 4 different picks and you can post them all up at once or one at a time whenever you think of a new one. 

So before I get started on the details of the contest I'd like to start out by saying PLEASE when responding  just follow the rules.

PLEASE QUOTE THIS POST AND ADD YOUR PICKS!  Obviously you can edit your post if let's say you only pick one name today and think of another pick tomorrow etc. But always quote this original post.. it's the only way I can really keep track of things and the post won't get lost so others who come on later can still see it as I want to keep this fair for everyone.  This way will make it easier to find the winning name and the winner of the prize.

You are probably asking  what product are we talking about that I need a name for.  So here's the simple explanation. Myself, my cosmetic chemist friend Joe and an ingredient company both he and I have been working with for over 25 years now came together on this new product. It started out as an idea of mine and I was just going to do it myself but in casual conversations with Joe, he's like this is something I'd like to be a part of as I really like the idea so we contacted the ingredient company ( this is the ingredient company where I get my EOS Complex from ) and we discussed some options and ended up with a bunch of ideas about how we could add some of the latest skincare technology into this product and when we agreed we began the R&D and we finally completed the formula to our satisfaction. I'll be adding this to the ETHOS line of products and I"ll order the labels as soon as I get a name for the product so we can design the label and add the name. This one is a big one so I really want a name that speaks of what this product is. This product addresses all the layers of the skin just so you know and that may be helpful when thinking about a name. 

So this is an Additive that is highly concentrated and can be used in many different ways.  First off it contains 50% of the EOS Complex to start with and as I've posted before the complex is made up of 36 Skin Beneficial ingredients and it's a proprietary complex and I have another 3 year proprietary agreement with the ingredient company so It will be around for a while. I'll take some time to briefly explain the EOS Complex. First it's starts out its life from Fermenting 8 different Sea Plants and this is done by a company that specializes in this area. A solution is then sent to the ingredients company and all the other natural bio active ingredients are added. I will moving forward do a more detailed explanation of the benefits and some of the ingredients in the EOS Complex in the future when I have time as it will be a pretty lengthy write up. 

Anyway the remaining 50% of the additive contains both some simple proven ingredients like Aloe Vera for example and some other new very innovative actives make up the rest and the ingredient list on the bottle will give them all to you.

So kind of think of this as a Super skin beneficial brew when thinking of a name. This additive will come in a 1 oz bottle with a dropper as seen in the photo image below. You only need a few drops of this concentrated additive. An just so you have an idea there are approximately 500 drops in the 1 oz  bottle. This additive can be added to many different products. For example. If you wanted to boost up the skin benefits of any aftershave splash, lotion, balm and water based serums like my Hyaluronic acid serum to name one. A couple of drops can be added to your shaving bowl when whipping up some lather as well. It can be added to your Witch Hazel, Face tonic Etc. Etc. So you get the picture. So again keep all this in mind when thinking of a name for the product.

Speaking of names here is a few suggestions to get you a winner.
1. Use either English, French, Italian or Spanish when coming up with a name. 
2. Keep it simple cause it's gotta fit on a pretty small label.
3. Also sort of easy to pronounce and remember.. that is a challenge sometimes I've found. 
4. It can even be a name out of Mythology etc. 


So now we get to the prize.. The winner gets his/her choice of either a custom F Base Shave Soap or a Tallow Shave Creme. For the  Aroma there are going to be some limitations such as picking out a cologne scent as those tend to take a lot longer. Also picking out a very expensive Aromatics like Vintage Mysore Sandalwood,  Oud, Red Champaca or any other stupid expensive aromatic.  I'd like to stick to Artisanal Aroma Blending using natural reasonably priced Aromatics such as any of the citruses, Some florals, Woods like Cedarwood , Lavender, Peppermint  etc etc. are all acceptable. What we will do after the winner is named is that person and myself can talk things over about what they would like as their custom Aroma blend.  Also included is a matching Skin Food Splash and of course a bottle of the new additive.

So lets have some fun and I can't wait to start to hear your picks. Oh and please take your time getting all 4 of your picks posted up. I'm going to close this contest on Sunday night at 6pm and will name the winner on Monday morning. So get them in before the closing time.


Good luck to all

Frank

1) EOS Esthetics
2) Kansha (Japanese for Gratitude)
3) Elements

Hello DFS members.

So as the title says I'm having another " Name the product contest. We've had some fun with this before and every now and then a name doesn't come to me for a product and I've gotten some good ones from members on here so I'm reaching out to you again and I'm sure it won't be the last time. LOL



RULES: ( dislike that word ) of the contest.  Each person gets up to 4 different picks and you can post them all up at once or one at a time whenever you think of a new one. 

So before I get started on the details of the contest I'd like to start out by saying PLEASE when responding  just follow the rules.

PLEASE QUOTE THIS POST AND ADD YOUR PICKS!  Obviously you can edit your post if let's say you only pick one name today and think of another pick tomorrow etc. But always quote this original post.. it's the only way I can really keep track of things and the post won't get lost so others who come on later can still see it as I want to keep this fair for everyone.  This way will make it easier to find the winning name and the winner of the prize.

You are probably asking  what product are we talking about that I need a name for.  So here's the simple explanation. Myself, my cosmetic chemist friend Joe and an ingredient company both he and I have been working with for over 25 years now came together on this new product. It started out as an idea of mine and I was just going to do it myself but in casual conversations with Joe, he's like this is something I'd like to be a part of as I really like the idea so we contacted the ingredient company ( this is the ingredient company where I get my EOS Complex from ) and we discussed some options and ended up with a bunch of ideas about how we could add some of the latest skincare technology into this product and when we agreed we began the R&D and we finally completed the formula to our satisfaction. I'll be adding this to the ETHOS line of products and I"ll order the labels as soon as I get a name for the product so we can design the label and add the name. This one is a big one so I really want a name that speaks of what this product is. This product addresses all the layers of the skin just so you know and that may be helpful when thinking about a name. 

So this is an Additive that is highly concentrated and can be used in many different ways.  First off it contains 50% of the EOS Complex to start with and as I've posted before the complex is made up of 36 Skin Beneficial ingredients and it's a proprietary complex and I have another 3 year proprietary agreement with the ingredient company so It will be around for a while. I'll take some time to briefly explain the EOS Complex. First it's starts out its life from Fermenting 8 different Sea Plants and this is done by a company that specializes in this area. A solution is then sent to the ingredients company and all the other natural bio active ingredients are added. I will moving forward do a more detailed explanation of the benefits and some of the ingredients in the EOS Complex in the future when I have time as it will be a pretty lengthy write up. 

Anyway the remaining 50% of the additive contains both some simple proven ingredients like Aloe Vera for example and some other new very innovative actives make up the rest and the ingredient list on the bottle will give them all to you.

So kind of think of this as a Super skin beneficial brew when thinking of a name. This additive will come in a 1 oz bottle with a dropper as seen in the photo image below. You only need a few drops of this concentrated additive. An just so you have an idea there are approximately 500 drops in the 1 oz  bottle. This additive can be added to many different products. For example. If you wanted to boost up the skin benefits of any aftershave splash, lotion, balm and water based serums like my Hyaluronic acid serum to name one. A couple of drops can be added to your shaving bowl when whipping up some lather as well. It can be added to your Witch Hazel, Face tonic Etc. Etc. So you get the picture. So again keep all this in mind when thinking of a name for the product.

Speaking of names here is a few suggestions to get you a winner.
1. Use either English, French, Italian or Spanish when coming up with a name. 
2. Keep it simple cause it's gotta fit on a pretty small label.
3. Also sort of easy to pronounce and remember.. that is a challenge sometimes I've found. 
4. It can even be a name out of Mythology etc. 


So now we get to the prize.. The winner gets his/her choice of either a custom F Base Shave Soap or a Tallow Shave Creme. For the  Aroma there are going to be some limitations such as picking out a cologne scent as those tend to take a lot longer. Also picking out a very expensive Aromatics like Vintage Mysore Sandalwood,  Oud, Red Champaca or any other stupid expensive aromatic.  I'd like to stick to Artisanal Aroma Blending using natural reasonably priced Aromatics such as any of the citruses, Some florals, Woods like Cedarwood , Lavender, Peppermint  etc etc. are all acceptable. What we will do after the winner is named is that person and myself can talk things over about what they would like as their custom Aroma blend.  Also included is a matching Skin Food Splash and of course a bottle of the new additive.

So lets have some fun and I can't wait to start to hear your picks. Oh and please take your time getting all 4 of your picks posted up. I'm going to close this contest on Sunday night at 6pm and will name the winner on Monday morning. So get them in before the closing time.


Good luck to all

Frank

Just one so far 'EOS Esthetics'

Thank you for getting this back on to the contest.