Cottage Industry. - The Bear and Badger

Diluted Dante

Bet the package smelled lovely though.

Gremill

Is this available to buy yet Moto? It's far better than the equivalent that I get regularly from Beardbase - much more moisturising. I'd be interested in the other flavours too, for comparisons sake - but the sooner you get it to market the better as far as I'm concerned - it's great stuff.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Diluted Dante wrote:

Bet the package smelled lovely though.

Very minty, and oily

Hodge360

Have you finished all flavours?

Moto70

Gremill wrote:

Is this available to buy yet Moto? It's far better than the equivalent that I get regularly from Beardbase - much more moisturising. I'd be interested in the other flavours too, for comparisons sake - but the sooner you get it to market the better as far as I'm concerned - it's great stuff.

We have never been so busy with my main business and this has held us back slightly, I will send you a full set of 10ml gratis once I have them done.

Also thanks for the positive comment, it is nice to know that using good base ingredients shows in the final product.

Hodge360 wrote:

Have you finished all flavours?

I am slightly behind schedule but the room is ready, I am going to try and make up a batch of each flavour this weekend.

Moto70

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

Tough journey it seems.

I will send you another bottle out when I make the next batch.

/gutted

ShabbyMcCrabby

Thanks mate, not sure what happened as Australia post repackaged it after it broke en route. Seemed a bit weird to rewrap an already broken bottle.

Moto70

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

Thanks mate, not sure what happened as Australia post repackaged it after it broke en route. Seemed a bit weird to rewrap an already broken bottle.

I put glass protecting netting around each bottle so to find out it didn't protect them is fucking annoying.

Something else to bear in mind when I ship items...

ShabbyMcCrabby

Yeah that netting was still on it. It seemed to cop a hit on one of the square corners near the bottle top.

Moto70

Nearly finished the first batch of every 'flavour'.

My next thing is to try and decide which way to go with the 10ml bottles, whether to drop them all together or just do them as a set?

poprock

Introductory offer: Buy a full size bottle and get a 10ml sampler of one or two other flavours free. First order only.

Also, do a boxed tester set for the Christmas period, but call it a ‘variety pack’.

Moto70

poprock wrote:

Introductory offer: Buy a full size bottle and get a 10ml sampler of one or two other flavours free. First order only. Also, do a boxed tester set for the Christmas period, but call it a ‘variety pack’.

I'd already thought of doing a 'variety pack' but I need to price up packaging, the normal plain brown wholesale box is costing a fortune because the of dies needed.

Good idea about the free samples.

Yossarian

Pretty much anywhere I buy eliquid from will chuck in a (usually 5ml) sample of another flavour with every order. TBH, I bin them, as eliquid is a bit of a fucker to chop & change with as you either have to switch heads or vape through some weird mix before you get to try the new flavour, but I could see it working better with this.

Moto70

Yossarian wrote:

Pretty much anywhere I buy eliquid from will chuck in a (usually 5ml) sample of another flavour with every order. TBH, I bin them, as eliquid is a bit of a fucker to chop & change with as you either have to switch heads or vape through some weird mix before you get to try the new flavour, but I could see it working better with this.

This is one of the reasons I wanted to get a dripper.

Have you tried Hodges Homebrew yet? It is my friend that owns it and it is going great guns by all accounts.

Yossarian

I'm currently happy with what I get from Paradise Vape. If I'm ever looking around for anything else, I'll give it a try.

Moto70

Yossarian wrote:

I'm currently happy with what I get from Paradise Vape. If I'm ever looking around for anything else, I'll give it a try.

What flavours do you go for?

Yossarian

Vanilla. It goes well with coffee, coke, beer and whisky. What else do you need?

Hodge360

Yossarian wrote:

Pretty much anywhere I buy eliquid from will chuck in a (usually 5ml) sample of another flavour with every order. TBH, I bin them, as eliquid is a bit of a fucker to chop & change with as you either have to switch heads or vape through some weird mix before you get to try the new flavour, but I could see it working better with this.

For a minute there I thought you were going to be in for a surprise when you got a sample!!

Moto70 wrote:

Have you tried Hodges Homebrew yet?

Sssshhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Moto70

It's getting closer to be ready, I have the room finished, a few of each essence made and now finalising the packaging.

This is when you wish you had money and no other commitments.

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cockbeard

Love that, looks great the semi transparent boxes

Roujin

The blank semi transparent box showing the label on the bottle is pretty fucking genius.

Gremill

Nice. Let us know when they're available to buy!

g.man

Love the packaging.

Moto70

Gremill wrote:

Nice. Let us know when they're available to buy!

I have some here that I can send out, they will be retailing for £14.95 but I can do a Badgers deal of £9.95 while I wait for the packaging...

afgavinstan

Been meaning to say, just as an update, the stuff is brilliant. I'm not using it everyday as I'm usually in a rush before work but if I'm heading out w/the ladypiece or going somewhere, I'll dab a bit on and its so great at giving just enough hold whilst still smelling great. The peppermint fragrance has weakened slightly, but still better than everything else I've tried.

Ever thought of going into beard shampoo, or wax etc?

Verecocha

Brilliant packaging dude, terrific idea and then great implementation.

Moto70

afgavinstan wrote:

Been meaning to say, just as an update, the stuff is brilliant. I'm not using it everyday as I'm usually in a rush before work but if I'm heading out w/the ladypiece or going somewhere, I'll dab a bit on and its so great at giving just enough hold whilst still smelling great. The peppermint fragrance has weakened slightly, but still better than everything else I've tried. Ever thought of going into beard shampoo, or wax etc?

I have changed the labelling to reflect this. Apparently the pipette means that people tend to just use that and the bottle never gets shaken, because it lasts a while this means the oils have chance to start separating so a regular shake is needed to make sure that the oils remain adequately mixed.

The one good thing though is that bulk of the oil is made up from similar oils that do remain mixed and the actual aroma/essence oil is of such a low percentage of the overall product that it will still do the same job.

Yes I am thinking of looking into other areas but I am waiting to speak with my contact in the cosmetic trade to see what pointers she can give.

Gremill

Moto70 wrote:

Gremill wrote:

Nice. Let us know when they're available to buy!

I have some here that I can send out, they will be retailing for £14.95 but I can do a Badgers deal of £9.95 while I wait for the packaging...

What do I do to take advantage of this offer?

fullspectrum

Yossarian wrote:

Vanilla. It goes well with coffee, coke, beer and whisky. What else do you need?

Vanilla goes with beer. Nope. Not unless you're having one that is very sweet and designed to have with desert, which are only drunk very occasionally.

Unlikely

Gremill wrote:

Moto70 wrote:

Gremill wrote:

Nice. Let us know when they're available to buy!

I have some here that I can send out, they will be retailing for £14.95 but I can do a Badgers deal of £9.95 while I wait for the packaging...

What do I do to take advantage of this offer?

Grow a beard.

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