Name That Tune!

It's the one that keeps you up at night, haunts your thoughts, and keeps you humming along for a week straight.

Name that Tune SN style!  I've ransacked my iPod hunting down songs that correspond with Silk Naturals product names.  There are 12 songs that correspond to 12 different SN products.

To enter send your name, and the answers to sncontests@gmail.com  Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. eastern standard time Monday September 17th, and I'll post the answers and winners here on Tuesday morning.

The prize is a $5 gift certificate to Silk Naturals, and the pride that comes from knowing some pretty obscure songs.  There's usually a one or two song margin of error- so guess if even if you don't quite know all of them.

Good Luck!!!

I'm sure you're also wondering about the fall release...it's coming soonish- hopefully next week!  Vacation was wonderful and I just need a few days to get my bearings back.

Fall Sneak Preview...

I'm back!  We kept it a little quiet, but I had a baby in May...Ali is now 3 months old, and  super cute.  Being a Mom is more fun than I'd imagined.  The Summer has been hectic, but I did manage to make a Fall collection- and I think you'll really like it.

My son Alden

I wanted to get Fall on the site ASAP, but we're actually going to France next week so Ali can meet his Grandmother- while he still has that "new baby smell".   I'll be back on September 10th, and hopefully release Fall sometime that week.

Rather than wait and wait and wait for the Fall collection I thought we'd do a sneak preview this week.  We have a couple of clones in a handy dandy stackable 3-gram jar.  We're calling it the Eye Spy duo, and it's a clone of MAC Crystal, and MAC Mulch.

You get both colors for just $4.99!

They're available in a somewhat limited quantity here on our site.

I hope you enjoy your last few weeks of Summer, and as always- THANK YOU!! 

Spring 2012!!!!!

It seems like Spring came early this year!!  It’s been downright HOT- which is fine by me.  It made me think of butterfly gardens.  Light pastels, ethereal sheers, mixed in with some shimmers- and a lot of inspiration from you of course.

We have some lovely pastille shadows inspired by nursery colors.  It’s a new finish this time that we’re calling MatteLights.   Fans of the Suedes and Eyelights will love these.  MatteLights  have a matte base with just enough shimmer to catch the light.  They’re lovely over Stick ‘Em and are meant to be quick one color washes.

Then we have some ultra glimmers that use some special, as far as I know exclusive to SN pigments.   Bright, loud, fun sparkly colors that are great for expressing yourself.

And the lippies…yes, I’m definitely pregnant, and there’s seemingly no limit to the amount of chocolate I’d like to eat.  Whomever said “necessity is the mother of invention” got it all wrong.  Motherhood is the necessity of invention.

So I whipped up a new lippie formula that I love quite a bit.  We had it as a GWP under the code name “Formula 86” that’s rich, creamy, vegan and loaded with cocoa butter.  I switched the official name to Kissable Creams and hope that you love them.

There’s a little something for everyone and I hope that you love them all.  Spring, as with pretty much every other collection- is regrettably smaller than you’d like, but I’m hoping this gives you enough goodies to play with for a while.

We also have a special GWP this week.  Instead of just one color we’re doing 3!!!!  They’re 3 gram jars of multi-purpose colors that are great for stashing in your bag.  It's free with any order over $25.  We'll be shipping these through next Friday April 6.  

As always- thank you- for everything.  I’m blessed, blessed, blessed, and really appreciate each and every one of you.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Wow!  Where did January go?  Usually it just drags on and on but this time it flew by in a flash. 

We have the Valentine’s collection together.  It’s smaller this year…it’s sort of become my New Year’s resolution.   Smaller, more focused collections with thoughtful pairings.

The theme for this collection is metallics- we have a few on the site, but I wanted to make some truly special really metallic almost foil like shadows.  I brought in some special pigments from a special manufacturer, and am really pleased with the results.  The finishes are all a bit different on each of them- some of them really shine, others have more of a “brushed” metal look.  And I added a bit of extra silica to them all so it helps hide all of those little lines.

This time of year we need COLOR- so there are some bolder lippies, a few sparkles, new stains, and new cream blushes!

To top it off we have a new scented body oil- Baby Kisses.  It’s a clean, slightly sweet scent that I think you’ll really enjoy.

We also have some “subtractions” from the line.  We had quite a few pigment discontinuations lately, and there are some lippies that we’re not really able to make anymore- and some are more “trendy” seasonal colors that need to go for a while.   It will free-up some space on the shelves to make some fun, new colors that you’ll hopefully love even more.

They’re all discounted $1 per tube and will be available until we run out of them, or the end of the month- whichever is soonest.  I’ll be putting them in the “last call” section of the site. 

Speaking of Baby Kisses…  I’m pregnant!!!  Our first child is due in May- and we’re thrilled!

So far everything has gone well, but it’s definitely an adjustment.  Living without (much) caffeine, and little things like needing to eat ALL THE TIME, sleep more than usual, and swollen feet are slowing me down.  I *know* it gets worse- please don’t remind me!!!

Don’t worry about SN.  We’re not going anywhere.  We have an amazing staff, and this is something that I’ve been planning for quite a while. Yes, there probably will be a few changes, but I have no plans to change anything major at the moment.  I love what I do, and feel really blessed to be able to do it. 

Thank you all again for everything!

Happy Holidays!!!!

Wow- I can't believe the Holidays are upon us so soon!  It feels like we just got done with Halloween- time flies.

This year we're changing things up a little bit and we will be closing from Friday December 23 through Monday January 2.  We'll have the site closed during that time, and I'll be sorta looking over emails, but DH and I are traveling out of town for the very first entire Stark family Christmas in over 20 years, so availability and response times will be limited.

We'll reopen the site on Tuesday January 2, and resume shipping on Wednesday January 3.

I'm hoping to have a little time over the weekend to put together a fun little contest for the time that we're closed- just for fun.

Hanukkah comes a little late this year, and usually we do the special GWP for the first night- this year we're releasing it a little bit early, and it's a super pretty color.

I hope you all are having a fun holiday season!!!!  Thank you again for all of your support!

5th Anniversary Random Refunds!

It's Silk Natural's Fifth anniversary!!!  We have a ton to be thankful for, and to celebrate this year we're doing Random Refunds!

From Friday November 19th until December 4 we'll be choosing random order numbers and sending you a FULL refund for your purchase.  The odds of winning are 1 in 20, and if you've purchased anything since last Friday you've already entered.

I just sent the first round of refunds, and look forward to sending quite a few more.

Thank you so much for a wonderful 5 years, and hopefully we'll have many many more.

Holiday 2011 is LIVE!

After the Fall collection, and Colors for a Cure  I sat down and thought about what YOU need for the Holiday Season.    Another dozen new lippies?  Another dozen new shadows?  Right now we officially have over 700 products, and many of you own a large percentage of them.

It didn't seem really necessary.  What we ALL need is some ME time.  Family is a blessing, work is a blessing, life is a blessing.  But gosh, sometimes it's nice to curl up under a blankie with a cup of tea and watch some guilty pleasure TV, or read a good book, or take a nice hot bath.

I can't give you an afternoon with nothing to do (can you imagine...), but I can give you some little stolen moments, some things to pamper yourself, a few extra minutes in the morning, or one less thing to think about.

This collection is a total Pot Luck.  Each member of the SN staff had a specific request, and actually designed a specific product.  Each time a staff member comes up with a fantastic idea- I tell them to go in the back room and make it.

This time they did!  Susan made the lippie palettes,  bath salts, and gave me the basic concept behind the eye wands.  Heidi made the Body Oils.  Thea made two stunning new shadows.  Jen had a ton of input on the Eye Cream and Blemish Buster- plus she's Jen.  She did all of the swatches, and all of the hundred  "Jen things" that keep me from going fetal about this time of year.

And You came up with some great suggestions too!

There's a ton ton ton of new stuff- you're going to be clicking away for a while.

A few of the notable things:
Eye wands!  Travel friendly, and super easy to use- with pre-designed looks to make your life easier.  To use them just pull the wand out of the vial, give it a little tap and apply.  It's not a product that everyone is going to love, and it might take you a little bit to warm up to it.  BUT that first busy morning when you needed to leave the house 5 minutes ago- you'll fall in love.

They're designed to be super easy duos, and we have a new eye diagram for them.  It's a Half and Half eye, and it's really flattering.  We've been playing with it since Fall, and it just works on everyone- no matter your eye shape.

Lippie Palette-  5 colors in one neat little package!

A Bath & Body Extravaganza!

Eye Cream (about time)!

Creamy concealers- yes- it's the cream blush formula made into concealers!  The color is a little bit different than the older creamy concealers.  They are lighter weight, and super easy to apply and blend.  I hope you love them!

Brow Colors in the cream liner formula!

Lippies in big squeeze tubes- glimmery shades that are perfect for layering!

Tons of stuff that I think you'll really enjoy!

American Thanksgiving is on Thursday.  I'm thankful for you- among my many blessings.  We appreciate each and every one of you, and thank you so much for your support.

We'll be closed Thursday and Friday, and will resume shipping on Monday November 28th.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and safe travels!