I have been doing quite a bit of traveling lately. While it's tough to be away from my family and our new offices so much, I am thank for the opportunity to meet with people at the Small Business Administration and the Democratic National Convention to share the concerns of IBN members and other small business owners.
I could not accomplish these goals without the support of IBN members, and the financial support of my sponsors. Thank you for being here with us! Please take a moment to learn about these companies and find out how they can help you achieve your goals!
Essential Wholesale: Private labeling and custom formulation for your cosmetics products. Small quantities available. Choose from the largest selection of naturally derived cosmetics bases in the world. Hundreds of certified organic products and ingredients to choose from! Start shopping now! If you are a member of IBN, click here for your member discount!
Online Labels: A world leader in blank laser and inkjet labels, Online Labels offers over 150 label sizes in 30+ different materials! Just like you, Fortune 500 companies from around the globe buy their labels from Online Labels. You've probably seen their labels on everything from CDs/DVDs, food, candles, mailings, boxes, tins … and almost every type of product you can think of. Now offering lip tube labels with perforated freshness/security seals! Start shopping now!
The Box Co-Op: Custom and stock retail boxes and printed packaging. Full color printed boxes with your artwork; custom sizing to fit your product exactly; matte, aqueous or high gloss UV finishes; metallic foils, embossing and debossing. Box windows and packing inserts; minimum volumes starting at 1,250 boxes. Start shopping now!
Soap Equipment: Since 1996, we have designed and developed the finest soap making equipment available for professional or beginner soapmakers. Our equipment can be designed to your specifications: soap cutters, molds, bath bomb makers, oil and candle wax melters, soap drying and lip balm trays, melt and pour molds, mixing tools, safety equipment, lotion and oil pumps, bottling and labeling equipment and more. Start shopping now!
TKB Trading: Since 1997, offering pigments, dyes, micas and more! TKB Trading's primary focus is on color additives and associated products for the soap, cosmetics and personal care industry. We also offer color additives for arts, crafts and industrial arts. Led by Kaila Westerman, the author of two craft books, TKB offers an informative blog and a forum to help you use the products you purchase from them. Start shopping now!
Shea Radiance Supplies: Fair trade raw shea butter, black soap and other products imported from Africa and around the world. We offer carrier oils and butters, essential oils and an exclusive line of natural and organic culinary oils, herbs and spices. Beautiful, renewable, sustainable. Start shopping now!
Mold Market: Mold Market designs and manufactures high quality plastic soap molds for all occasions. Our multi-cavity custom molds designs are suitable for hot and cold process soap making, melt & pour soap making, candle making, and ceramic crafts. You'll find our customer service impressive and shipping turn-around time fast. Our ever-expanding mold line tips the scale in quality. Start shopping now!
Bramble Berry: Bramble Berry offers more than 2500 soap making products, including fragrance oils, soap molds, packaging, soap making kits, as well as supplies to make essential oils, lip butter flavorings, herbs and botanicals, cosmetics and much more. Watching industry trends carefully, Bramble Berry CEO Anne-Marie Faiola stays ahead of her customers’ needs by frequently adding new products. If you have a suggestion, please let us know and we'll do our best to find it for you. She also tests all existing products herself to make sure that she’s offering her customers the highest quality in crafting supplies. Start shopping now!If you are a member of IBN, click here for your member discount!
SunRose Aromatics: Founded in 1997, SunRose sources quality essential oils from around the world and makes them available to you at affordable prices. She has scoured the globe investigating distilleries and their practices to ensure the product she imports is of the highest quality grade. To this end, she always ensures that her oils are GC/MS tested. SunRose has a vast array of well-known oils, and also hard to find exotic oils. All are certified
organic or wildcrafted where possible. Start shopping now!
Garden State Naturals: Your source for wholesome ingredients, straight from nature. Our speciality is cold-pressed oils and butters from the Amazon rainforest. These are natural extracts long-prized in Brazil for their beneficial and healing properties. We supply Açaí oil, which has a higher amount of skin-protecting anti-oxidants than any other natural source in the world. Start shopping now!
Elements Bath and Body: If you need supplies for making cosmetics and toiletries, or some old fashioned soap making, we have everything ready to order. We offer a wide variety of wholesale soap making supplies, bath and body supplies, recipes, packaging, and accessories to suit any soap making or cosmetic requirements. We also carry lip balm tubes, beeswax, fragrance oils, liquid soap base, melt and pour soap base and recipes. Start shopping now!
Mountain Rose Herbs: Since 1987 Mountain Rose Herbs has been known for its uncompromising commitment to organic agriculture and steadfast focus on the pure aesthetics and freshness of botanical products. Every aspect of all our products, from the procurement, and the receiving, to the processing and packaging, is done in accordance to strict quality control and organic handling procedures. Start shopping now!
Ponte Vedra Soap Shoppe: The Ponte Vedra Soap Shoppe now supplies soap and toiletry makers, crafters, and aromatherapists with high-quality affordable products. What makes us unique is that we actually use most of the raw materials we sell in our soaps and toiletries so you can be assured that you're getting the best possible raw materials for your own products. Start shopping now!
BioChemica: Home of “The Butter People!” First we start with organically grown, freeze dried berries which we micronize and infuse into a blend of certified organic ingredients like shea and palm butters. The result is a smooth butter with the beneficial attributes of the butter and the fruit: blueberry, Açaí, cranberry, pomegranate, and black currant. We offer a full range of plant-derived ingredients from all parts of the globe. Start shopping now!
Planet Label: Laser, inkjet, or custom printed labels. As one of the most established online resources for blank or custom printed labels & stickers, our quality and variety are second to none. Use our filtering system or product configurator to find a label by material, use, size or shape. Still not sure? Call us! Our friendly & knowledgeable staff are here to help you find the perfect label. Start shopping now!
Monave: Mineral Makeup by Monavé is makeup that you can trust. Full ingredient disclosure reveals a product line based in whole, organic botanical ingredients, and completely gluten-free formulas that are 95% vegan. Monavé has never engaged in animal testing, and chooses the highest quality mineral makeup ingredients, not simply for the press, but for the health and performance of the products. Monave: modern, versatile, natural. Start shopping now!
I Connect You To The Small Business Owners Who Want To Do Business With You!
Contact me for more information about supporting the work I do to support and advocate on behalf of small and independent business owners. Packages are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and include promotional consideration on my Twitter page (over 12,000 small business followers), FaceBook (over 2,000 active participants), Indie's social networking site (nearly 6,500 engaged users), this blog, on Indie Business Podcast and more!
I produce a steady stream of engaging, consistent, focused content that puts you in touch with the small and independent business owners who want to do business with you. I also offer sponsorship opportunities for events, sponsored giveaways and contests and custom partnerships designed to advance your business interests and connect you with the small business owners who want to do business with you!
I look forward to serving you!
