topcat
Well-Known Member
Hi all!
My SIL hosted my very first Soap Spa Party last week and I wanted to share with you how everything went for me.
First of all, a great big 'thank you' to Lindy for her inspirational posts on just this topic....I did almost everything you said and it worked perfectly!
I had a nice table display with all my products set out and explained to the guests why I started making my own soap, showed them the shea butter and the silk fibre that I mostly add to every batch and shared my opinion as to why commercially produced soap affected my skin so negatively. I focused on 3 key ingredients usually found in bar and liquid soap (particularly SLS) and gave only facts as my reasons. I didn't mention any particular brand for comparison. My intention was to promote handmade soap -v- commercial soap as a whole. I was asked lots of questions and we had a very interesting discussion - loved it! I did mention before I started that I would be asking questions based on my presentation with each correct answer getting a sample sized piece of soap as a reward......I was amazed at how well people listened to me :wink:
Each guest made a single-use packet of bath salts to take home as a thank you gift, tried a bar of my basic recipe soap and also tried the salt scrub I make, then everyone got busy buying things. The process from the beginning of my presentation to the finish of sales took about an hour and a half. We also had a lucky door prize of a bar of soap and the host got to choose a gift to the value of $15.00 AUD which I presented to her at the beginning of the party plus 10% retail sales to spend and a $10.00 gift voucher to spend at each booked party.
I am definitely doing this again.....I got 4 party bookings and after all expenses I made a net profit of about $50.00 per hour!!!
Tanya
My SIL hosted my very first Soap Spa Party last week and I wanted to share with you how everything went for me.
First of all, a great big 'thank you' to Lindy for her inspirational posts on just this topic....I did almost everything you said and it worked perfectly!
I had a nice table display with all my products set out and explained to the guests why I started making my own soap, showed them the shea butter and the silk fibre that I mostly add to every batch and shared my opinion as to why commercially produced soap affected my skin so negatively. I focused on 3 key ingredients usually found in bar and liquid soap (particularly SLS) and gave only facts as my reasons. I didn't mention any particular brand for comparison. My intention was to promote handmade soap -v- commercial soap as a whole. I was asked lots of questions and we had a very interesting discussion - loved it! I did mention before I started that I would be asking questions based on my presentation with each correct answer getting a sample sized piece of soap as a reward......I was amazed at how well people listened to me :wink:
Each guest made a single-use packet of bath salts to take home as a thank you gift, tried a bar of my basic recipe soap and also tried the salt scrub I make, then everyone got busy buying things. The process from the beginning of my presentation to the finish of sales took about an hour and a half. We also had a lucky door prize of a bar of soap and the host got to choose a gift to the value of $15.00 AUD which I presented to her at the beginning of the party plus 10% retail sales to spend and a $10.00 gift voucher to spend at each booked party.
I am definitely doing this again.....I got 4 party bookings and after all expenses I made a net profit of about $50.00 per hour!!!
Tanya
