Colored Salt Jars For Profit
If you’ve ever visited a fair or craft show, you’ve probably seen
someone with a booth selling colored jars of decorative sand.
The "sand man" will let children and adults alike place layers of
colorful sand in decorative jars, then they use a stick to press
lines down the sides of the jar to make the sand a bit more
attractive.
Usually the sand man’s booth is packed with children delighted
about making their little sand jars when other booths at the fair
have hardly any customers. This has been a product that has been
a proven bestseller at craft fairs for many years and probably
will for many years to come.
I have noticed a trend that makes candles using the same method.
Instead of sand, candle makers use candle wax that is as fine as
sand, the children layer the wax, the candle maker addas a wick
and then uses a torch to melt the wax on top to make a seal so
the wax will not fall out.
These also have proven to be good selling products at craft shows
and fairs.
You, yourself, can use this same method for colored bath salts,
using everyday items found at your local Wal-Mart. You will not
need to look for a supplier of jars, bottles or salt. All you’ll
need to do is to find a good source for fragrance, or just sell
colored unscented salts.
To do this, visit Wal-Mart and buy several covered bins to put
your salts in. The clear bins are best so that customers can see
the color of your salts from the side, because children usually
are not tall enough to peek inside your bins.
You will need a total of 8 bins, for 8 different colors.
The other supplies you will need are : food coloring, epsom
salts, mason jars with attractive lids, fragrance (optional).
Your customers will be placing their colored salts in mason jars,
instead of decorative jars. Mason jars are attractive containers
for bath salts.
To make your salts, mix 2 bags of salts in a stainless steel bowl
(not plastic), add a few drops of food coloring for color and
stir until the salts are colored completely and evenly. You do
not need to add much colorant, too much will stain tubs, I
usually use 4 to 10 drops per 2 bags of epsom salts.
The colors of your salts will be white (leave uncolored), red (10
drops red), green (7 drops green), yellow (7 drops yellow), blue
(10 drops blue), purple (5 drops red and 5 drops blue), orange (4
drops red and 7 drops yellow), pink (4 drops red).
Now pour your colored salts into your bins, and you are ready to
sell. If you decide to add fragrance, you will not want to mix
the fragrance with your salts just yet.
Your customers will want to choose their own fragrance, so what
you’ll need to do is to offer a selection at your table for them
to choose from. Add the fragrance to the jars BEFORE they place
their salts in their jars. Place ½ teaspoon per jar and let them
layer their salts on top of the scent. The salts will quickly
absorb the scent within a few hours so that the complete jar is
scented.
You do not want to add the fragrance on top of the salts, as this
could cause the colors to run and would ruin the design in the
jar.
Make sure you include a safety note with your salts. Your safety
note should state that the salts should be used under adult
supervision ONLY, and to take care not to drop the jar as it is
breakable. Also, you should include directions for use, as per
FDA guidelines.
To Your art of perfumery ,
Hendro Siswanto
perfumemaking@improvingsite.com
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