I know Etsy is a big corporation. However it’s where most small businesses are these days. Most of these crafters, etc get started on Etsy and when they get more customers they are able to leave Etsy selling their products on an independent website. If I had another way that’s not a big corporation to find these people I’d use it.
I find excellent home crafted items of all kinds, including skin care and soaps, at the local street festivals. All of the towns and cities within 45 miles of me have annual fall and spring festivals. They're not small either. All have a lot of vendors and most of those are local or at least regional people.
Did you ever get catalogs from Faith Mountain? They had a huge, national operation before they went belly up a number of years ago. I first found them at a local festival near where I lived years ago, that's how they started. I bought homemade tussy mussies from her.
That’s great you find items locally. The local farmers markets have about 1-3 booths with homemade soaps. I haven’t found anything for myself. Either they don’t put ingredients on the label or they use coconut oil and palm oils. I can’t use coconut because it dries my skin. I’m also buying plant based face products and shampoo/conditioner online. I haven’t seen anyone selling these. The face products are better than the high end brands that claim to be non toxic. Even when I find named brands that might work a tiny bottle is $80.00. I’ve got very sensitive skin and can’t use just anything.
I’ve never heard of Faith Mountain.
Faith Mountain is probably before your time. They were a catalog business selling mostly "country" items. She started out selling home crafted items at local festivals. I'm not talking about farmers' markets but local festivals hosted usually by local towns or cities. The streets are closed off and lined with vendors selling mostly home crafted items and food vendors.
Have you tried any of the Hawaiian skin care made with nut oils like macadamia and kukui nut? Also flower oils. Not local but my sister got me hooked on these after bringing me some back when she visited. Really good for any inflammation, which maybe would help your sensitivity. It helped me.
I wasn’t into essential oils & herbs when I went to Hawaii. That would have been great. I have 2.5 wooden boxes full of essential oils. I’m out of kukui nut oil, I think it helped with pain. It’s a great face oil. I don’t buy from Hawaii because I can’t find oils that have been tested for quality. I’ve tried macadamia, it’s been a long time ago. The oil market has exploded and there’s a lot of bad products in the market. Kukui & macadamia are considered carrier oils. You can apply safely to skin with out irritation. An oil like tea tree, frankincense, lemon, etc (lots of varieties) have to be mixed with a carrier oil (coconut, avocado, jojoba, argon, etc. It’s a lot to learn and so beneficial for your health needs.
If you get the chance try hemp oil. It’s great for so many things.
Raspberry seed oil & other fruit oils are good for skin & hair. Raspberry has spf qualities. You would need zinc with it for long term exposure. Great chat.
I know Etsy is a big corporation. However it’s where most small businesses are these days. Most of these crafters, etc get started on Etsy and when they get more customers they are able to leave Etsy selling their products on an independent website. If I had another way that’s not a big corporation to find these people I’d use it.
I find excellent home crafted items of all kinds, including skin care and soaps, at the local street festivals. All of the towns and cities within 45 miles of me have annual fall and spring festivals. They're not small either. All have a lot of vendors and most of those are local or at least regional people.
Did you ever get catalogs from Faith Mountain? They had a huge, national operation before they went belly up a number of years ago. I first found them at a local festival near where I lived years ago, that's how they started. I bought homemade tussy mussies from her.
That’s great you find items locally. The local farmers markets have about 1-3 booths with homemade soaps. I haven’t found anything for myself. Either they don’t put ingredients on the label or they use coconut oil and palm oils. I can’t use coconut because it dries my skin. I’m also buying plant based face products and shampoo/conditioner online. I haven’t seen anyone selling these. The face products are better than the high end brands that claim to be non toxic. Even when I find named brands that might work a tiny bottle is $80.00. I’ve got very sensitive skin and can’t use just anything. I’ve never heard of Faith Mountain.
Faith Mountain is probably before your time. They were a catalog business selling mostly "country" items. She started out selling home crafted items at local festivals. I'm not talking about farmers' markets but local festivals hosted usually by local towns or cities. The streets are closed off and lined with vendors selling mostly home crafted items and food vendors.
Have you tried any of the Hawaiian skin care made with nut oils like macadamia and kukui nut? Also flower oils. Not local but my sister got me hooked on these after bringing me some back when she visited. Really good for any inflammation, which maybe would help your sensitivity. It helped me.
I wasn’t into essential oils & herbs when I went to Hawaii. That would have been great. I have 2.5 wooden boxes full of essential oils. I’m out of kukui nut oil, I think it helped with pain. It’s a great face oil. I don’t buy from Hawaii because I can’t find oils that have been tested for quality. I’ve tried macadamia, it’s been a long time ago. The oil market has exploded and there’s a lot of bad products in the market. Kukui & macadamia are considered carrier oils. You can apply safely to skin with out irritation. An oil like tea tree, frankincense, lemon, etc (lots of varieties) have to be mixed with a carrier oil (coconut, avocado, jojoba, argon, etc. It’s a lot to learn and so beneficial for your health needs. If you get the chance try hemp oil. It’s great for so many things. Raspberry seed oil & other fruit oils are good for skin & hair. Raspberry has spf qualities. You would need zinc with it for long term exposure. Great chat.