Just wanted to add a short but very important note to today's blog.
For those who are visitors to the shop, I just wanted to let you know that Dandy had her last day with us yesterday as she is moving abroad. I just wanted to take this opportunity to say a heartfelt goodbye and a very public "thank you" to her for being an absolute superstar while she has been with us. I'll really miss you - and I know loads of other people will too.
Lots of love and very best of luck to you and all your family Dandy, I hope that you will be very happy xxx
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Create the impossible -day 1
Well, today is the 1st of July so it is the start of my 30 day adventure in creating the impossible. I have decided that my impossible goal is to have my new natural headlice shampoo and conditioner formulated, tested, manufactured, shipped and have the first 2500 units sold by the 1st August.
They did say impossible! Especially since the current lead time for manufacturing is 10 to 12 weeks. I have 'accidently' (or perhaps serendipitously) placed an advert in the new ABC magazine thinking that it came out in September,but I have already had 4 enquiries in the last 2 days. So maybe not so impossible if I can get the stuff made - anyone know of a good contract manufacturer for shampoo??
Just to clue you in about the shampoo - It is called Nitnots, and it is based totally on herbs and essential oils, and I use it to treat and repel headlice that used to plague my kids. It is a lovely little shampoo and you use it just like you would any other shampoo. It makes the kids hair lovely & shiny, and the Rosemary in it really helps the hair to grow well too. I've been using it for about 5 years and have been supplying it to friends in the playground for about 3 years, and have some great feedback.
I've already had one formulation tested but I am looking at changing the preservative as I know that some people really don't like using parabens (though the potentially dodgy paraben has actually been removed from most good quality paraben mixtures). I have been looking for someone to do the retest for months and I have now decided to try and get someone to make it too as they then do the testing onsite. I have therefore spent the last two weeks trying to find a manufacturer, but apparently they are all too busy to even reply to e-mails (don't you hate it when people do that!). So I have spent today on the phone to New York (how very jet-set!!) trying to get it all started, and hey! the Americans are actually answering e-mails, making calls when they say they will and moving it all along swimmingly. It does make me a bit sad that I can't use a UK company, I would like to keep the old 'carbon footprint' as low as possible but what can you do??
So now I have to leave it till tomorrow now and see what the Americans come up with in terms of cost and turnaround time. So day 1 of 30 is essentially over, 29 left to go...
Stay tuned,
More tomorrow
Love
Gill xxx
They did say impossible! Especially since the current lead time for manufacturing is 10 to 12 weeks. I have 'accidently' (or perhaps serendipitously) placed an advert in the new ABC magazine thinking that it came out in September,but I have already had 4 enquiries in the last 2 days. So maybe not so impossible if I can get the stuff made - anyone know of a good contract manufacturer for shampoo??
Just to clue you in about the shampoo - It is called Nitnots, and it is based totally on herbs and essential oils, and I use it to treat and repel headlice that used to plague my kids. It is a lovely little shampoo and you use it just like you would any other shampoo. It makes the kids hair lovely & shiny, and the Rosemary in it really helps the hair to grow well too. I've been using it for about 5 years and have been supplying it to friends in the playground for about 3 years, and have some great feedback.
I've already had one formulation tested but I am looking at changing the preservative as I know that some people really don't like using parabens (though the potentially dodgy paraben has actually been removed from most good quality paraben mixtures). I have been looking for someone to do the retest for months and I have now decided to try and get someone to make it too as they then do the testing onsite. I have therefore spent the last two weeks trying to find a manufacturer, but apparently they are all too busy to even reply to e-mails (don't you hate it when people do that!). So I have spent today on the phone to New York (how very jet-set!!) trying to get it all started, and hey! the Americans are actually answering e-mails, making calls when they say they will and moving it all along swimmingly. It does make me a bit sad that I can't use a UK company, I would like to keep the old 'carbon footprint' as low as possible but what can you do??
So now I have to leave it till tomorrow now and see what the Americans come up with in terms of cost and turnaround time. So day 1 of 30 is essentially over, 29 left to go...
Stay tuned,
More tomorrow
Love
Gill xxx
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