Contest: Name my New Scent

For all my creative friends and supporters, something fun… Come up with a name for my newest Realms scent and win a gift basket. The scent is a subtle white musk that reminds me of winter, ice crystals and making snow angels in piles of powder. If you have ever visited a magical winter place…or imagined such a place…please post a comment with your best one-word name. Please have your entries in by September 28th. Don’t forget to post a way for me to get in touch with you in case your entry wins!

A charm-ing addition

Castle charm

This sweet little pewter castle charm is going to be a new addition to Realms packaging — around the necks of full size lotions, shower gels, room sprays.

Introducing two new scents

Pomegranate unleashed

Now out of beta and officially a part of  the Realms Bath and Body Line, are two new scents: Persephone and Fragaria.

Persephone is a wonderful pomegranate — earthy with just a touch of  tartness.

From Greek mythology, Persephone was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. Hades fell in love with Persephone and abducted her to his underworld kingdom to become his wife. Her mother, Demeter, the Goddess of the Harvest, went into mourning for her lost daughter and in despair, caused all green things to stop growing. Zeus commanded Hades to return Persephone. It was the rule that anyone who consumed food or drink in the Underworld was doomed to spend eternity there. Persephone had no food, but Hades tricked her into eating a few pomegranate seeds while she was still his prisoner and so, because of this, she was condemned to spend four months in the Underworld every year.  This was how seasons came into being.

the lone strawberry

Oregon Strawberry logo

Fragaria is the genus  for strawberries and I thought it would be a perfect name for the scent.  I have added a touch of musk to this scent to mute the sweetness just a little bit. Two nearly teenage young ladies inspired me to make this scent: Leah, my precocious, smart a whip niece, and Chloe, Poem’s darling daughter, who, one day, I know will emerge out of her cocoon.

Lotion making madness

Been busy in the kitchen making lotion, replenishing supplies. Got one last show coming up December 12th and 13th at Amy Gould’s home — followed by an employees-only show at PRWeb on December 15th.

I’m also testing two different ginger scents. Mmm.

Making lotion -- a little kitchen chemistry

Realm-eth by mail

I’ve been asked how you can buy my Realms products. You can email me at terrykaye(at)fastmail.fm and if you’d like to preview any of the scents beforehand, just send me your mailing address and I’ll pop a swatch in the mail.

* All 8oz. lotions, shower gels and foaming hand soaps are $10 each.

* The 4oz. room sprays are also $10 each, but are probably the best buy in the line. You only need one spritz and it lasts for hours.

* All the mini shower gels and lotions are $3.50 each.

If you order 4 items to make up a gift basket, I’ll give you the organza covered basket free of charge. And of course, all shipping is extra.

Please place Christmas orders by December 1st.

Realms Gift Baskets -- smaller square baskets in foreground

Gift baskets for the Holidays

I’m putting together gift baskets for the upcoming crafts fair season. There are two sizes. The smaller square basket holds 4 lotions or shower gels in the mini-size only. The larger oval basket can be filled with all of the Realms products, including foaming hand soap and room spray. At least two of the items need to be the large 8 oz. size in order to hold the basket’s shape. I’m really pleased at how well the translucent organza wrap works.

Realms Bath & Body Line Gift Baskets

Good lotions come in small packages

The last time I flew down to see my family, I packed my bag full of Realms gifties for my mom and sister. Even though everything was wrapped in wrapping paper and ribbon, security made me check my bag ’cause everything was the full 8 oz. size. So when I got home, I was compelled to create travel size lotions and shower gels. Hence, the birth of the mini. They have since been tested through airport security and passed with flying colors, plus the lotions don’t take up much room in a purse and have with a sturdy, leak-proof top.

Realms mini lotions and shower gels

lotions & potions, the realm I’m in

Realms shower gels, lotion and room spray

I’ve always been in love with scents. Ever since I was a little girl and my best friend’s mom let us harvest the petals from her roses to make “perfume,” the fascination has grown. Now, the window ledge in the shower is full of shower gels and the cupboard full of lotions, most all of which are my own making.  I created Realms Bath and Body Line a couple years ago. I started with shower gels and lotions, then added crystal potpourri, and this year added room spray and foaming hand soap. I have these scents so far, but add more all the time. Zangezur is my latest; I just put it in the line-up last week.  It makes a luscious shower gel and hand soap.

- Avalon
Ripe apples from the orchard

- Hanalei
Island pear and coconut

- Luxor
Honeyed citrus

- Ojai
Sweet blackberries blended with southwestern sage

- Coquille
Bright, sweet cranberry melded with an earthy musk

- Zaria
Sensuous ambergris

- Provence
Lavender fields forever

- Kai
Crisp, fresh morning after a hard rain

- Idyllwild
Romantic lavender, rose, violet and musk

- Gaea
Sweet scented spring waters

- Fukushu
Chinese kumquat, bursting with citrus

- NaPali
Mountain jasmine at the source of rivers

- Veracruz
Sweet vanilla orchid

- Mrr
A complex blend of black myrrh, amber and lavender

- Jaffna
Sri Lankan sandalwood

- Shambhala
Nag Champa straight out of the Summer of Love

- Zangezur
Armenian apricot and freesia

Now in beta, thanks to my beaming, beautiful daughter-in-law, Mindy who’s expecting in January — NaPali Satin & Silk Lotion for Moms-to-be, with a healthy dose of Vitamin E oil for elasticity to prevent stretch marks. Give me a few about 4 months and I’ll let you know how it works.