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Each month Scentsy offers a Warmer of the Month and a special Scent of the Month. Both are 10% off and both are While Supplies Last. Below are the December 2009 specials:

Candy Shoppe Scentsy Warmer

What would Christmas be without the quintessential candy cane? Reminiscent of this classic holiday treat, Candy Shoppe will shine brightly through your holiday festivities and beyond. Berry red embossed stripes on a white background lend a casual feel to this playful warmer. A bright and cheerful accent for the kitchen, den or playroom – or nestled among your holiday decorations – Candy Shoppe will add a crisp accent to your favorite room for your winter celebrations and beyond. The base features high-gloss red and white horizontal stripes with a matching high-gloss red dish.

Cinnamint Scentsy Bar

Warm, earthy cinnamon melded with a cool, icy burst of peppermint, this wintery scent combines the cozy fragrance of freshly grated spices.

Order yours today for delivery right to your door!

Scentsy Discontinued Warmers n Wax 2009

August is Sale Month at Scentsy.  We’re making room for our Fall/Winter 2009 product line.  Everything in our current Spring/Summer catalog is 10% off during the month the August with the exception of the multi-packs priced $75 and higher which are already deeply discounted.

Discontinued Fragrances

The following Spring/Summer 2009 fragrances will be discontinued on September 1, 2009, and are only available for order until 11:59pm (PDST) on August 31, 2009.  Note: Some of these may return again in the Spring 2010 but we have no way of knowing, so if you see some of your favorites, I’d strongly encourage you to get them before they’re gone.

Blueberry Cheesecake (BBC)
Cashmere (CAS)
Eucalyptus (EUC)
Exotic Vanilla (EXV)
Falling Leaves (FAL)
Fresh Cut Cantaloupe (FCC)
Grapefruit Blossom (GFB)
Grapefruit Pomegranate (GFP)
Havana Cabana (HVC)
Hearth & Home (SOTM) (HNH)
Herb Garden (HBG)
Irish Cream (IRC)
Juicy Peach (JCP)
Leather (Bars and Bricks) (LEA)
Lemon Lavender (LMV)
Lots of Lavender (LOL)
Luxe Vanilla (LUX)
Meadow Pear (MDP)
Mediterranean Spa (MTS)
Mulberry Bush (MBB)
Mysterious (MYS)
Nutmeg & Orange Zest (NOZ)
Pomegranate Orange (PGO)
Red Delicious (RED)
Sandalwood & Cranberries (SWC)
Sangria (SNG)
Sheer Saffron (SOTM) (SHE)
Silk (SLK)
Spiced Orange Harvest (SOH)
Spruceberry (SPR)
Strawberry Sweetie (SBS)
Sweet Indulgence (SWI)
Sugar (SGR)
Sweet Tea Magnolia (SWT)
Tarocco Mint (SOTM) (TRM)
Tea Blossom (TEA)
Toasted Apple Butter (TAB)
Tuscan Garden (TUS)
Verbena Berry (VBY)
Wasabi Ginger (WSG)
Watermelon Patch (WMP)

Discontinued Warmers

The following Spring/Summer 2009 warmers are available while supplies last.

Bombay (DSW-BBAY)
Brownstone (DSW-BSTN)
Dandy Wall Plug-in – Black (PSW-DBLK)
Dandy Wall Plug-in – Brown (PSW-DBRN)
Dandy Wall Plug-in – White (PSW-DWTE)
Dragonfly (DSW-DFLY)
Jakarta (DSW-JAKA)
Luminous (DSW-LUMI)
Patina (DSW-PATI)
Pressed Penny (DSW-PPEN)
Punched Tin (DSW-PTIN)
Raised Dot Black (DSW-DOTB)
Raised Dot Mocha (DSW-DOTM)
Raised Dot Turquoise (DSW-DOTT)
Retro Chic (DSW-RETR)
Scentsy Classic Chocolate (DSW-SCHO)
Shabby Chic (DSW-SHCH)
Weave – Wall Plug-in Black (PSW-WBLK)
Weave – Wall Plug-in Brown (PSW-WBRN)
Weave – Wall Plug-in White (PSW-WWTE)

Don’t delay; these above items will be sold out when gone.  Shop securely and have it delivered to your door at http://www.Scentsy.com/LA Always with low, low shipping.

Having a home business with Scentsy makes perfect scents (yuk yuk, sense!) The business opportunity offers much freedom in how you choose to run your business.  We can sell at home parties, do basket parties, vendor events, set up displays, run fundraisers and even sell online.  The freedom to choose is one of our great freedoms.

However there are a couple of areas that are strictly prohibited.  Sometimes it’s easier for new people if they know what not to do, rather than to initially figure out all of the things they can do.

Avoid these three potentially career-killing actions and you’ll soar with Scentsy:

1. eBay is a No-Way.  Just don’t do it.  Don’t sell on eBay, don’t try to advertise on eBay, and don’t get your sister, cousin, or friend to sell your inventory on eBay.  Just stay away from eBay.  Besides, when starting out, your commission with Scentsy isn’t high enough to cover the loss you’ll take selling for less than retail.  Don’t forget you’ll also have listing, closing and PayPal fees to cover.  EBay is a No-Way. (Policies and Procedures 6.4.4.2)
2. When you sign up you are given a website/store.  Your web address will initially be http://www.scentsy.com/505 (your consultant ID number at the end).  You will need to go into your back office and “name” your website, such as http://www.Scentsy.com/LA Some people choose to use their names, or something to do with candles or aroma or scents or whatever you choose.  This is the only opportunity you have to have a website using the word Scentsy in the URL.  If you choose to set up an external website (restrictions apply) or if you merely want to purchase a URL as a redirect you must not have the word Scentsy in any part of the domain.  Ex.  www.scentsysue.com and www.myspace/scentsychick are both prohibited.  You cannot have Scentsy in any part of a web address unless it’s your corporate provided replicated site www.scentsy.com/whatever.  (6.4.1)
3. Selling out of a retail establishment.  If you or someone you know owns a salon or boutique you may not set up stock inventory there and sell Scentsy products out of the salon.  However, a promotional display may be set up for the generation of leads or the collection of orders in conjunction with a Scent Event. (6.5.1)

There are a few others areas to avoid, but nothing that can’t be corrected if you overlooked the policy.  It’s a good idea to thoroughly review your New Consultant Start Up Guide as well as ensure you have (and read) the most recent Policies and Procedures, which can be found in your back office under Business Builders.

Enjoy your Scentsy business, it truly is a Company of Destiny!

About the Author:  Laurie Ayers has been in direct sales for over two decades.  She is currently a Star Director with Scentsy Flameless Candles.  She enjoys working with others who are interested in starting a candle business.  You can find her at http://www.Scentsy.com/LA and http://www.ThrivingCandleBusiness.com

SCENTSY CELEBRATION TICKETS

To kick off our Five Year Anniversary celebration, Scentsy has a surprise our customers in the month of June!

Scentsy will be including Scentsy Celebration Tickets – product credit tickets in $50, $100 and $200 denominations – in random orders on every shipping day throughout the month of June. Online orders, direct-to-customer orders and party orders all have a chance to win a Scentsy Celebration Ticket.

The ticket will include instructions to call Consultant Support with the order number the ticket came with to redeem it for product credit. Normal shipping charges will apply.

We will give away:
• 200 green Scentsy Celebration Tickets, valued at $50 each in product credit
• 100 purple Scentsy Celebration Tickets, valued at $100 each in product credit
• 50 gold Scentsy Celebration Tickets, valued at $200 each in product credit

That’s a total product giveaway of $30,000 in the month of June, as a THANK YOU for sharing in our journey with us!

JUNE SCENT OF THE MONTH – COCONUT PALM
A unique blend of tropical coconut and musky patchouli with subtle green bottom notes, Coconut Palm will take you back to the beach on a hot summer afternoon.

Car Candle CC-CCP $2.70
Room Spray RS-CCP  $7.20
Scentsy Bar SB-CCP  $4.50
Scentsy Brick SK-CCP $18.00

JUNE WARMER OF THE MONTH – LIBERTY
Create your own Fourth of July fireworks with Liberty, Scentsy’s newest warmer. A star-spangled tribute to American folk art, Liberty’s tin star appliqués are surrounded by a field of star-shaped event holes that shine when the base is lit, highlighting the dimensional metal accents.

Liberty’s hand-painted base features a dark denim blue topcoat sponged over a lighter blue base coat. Its red-and-white striped lid with hand-painted “stitches” completes the American flag theme.

DSW-LBTY $27 each

Enjoy these fantastic offers today at http://www.Scentsy.com/LA

If you have not seen the movie, “Because of Winn-Dixie” I highly recommend that you rent it soon.  It’s a great family movie about a young girl who finds a dog when she visits Winn Dixie to do grocery shopping for her father, who is the pastor in the small town in which she lives. This movie deals with love, forgiveness, and the importance of friendship. Together, Opal and Winn Dixie befriend many lonely residents of the small Florida town, and find that their lives are enriched, in addition to improving the lives of the lonely people in this town. This movie involves examples of forgiveness, and concern for others. This is because both movies involve an animal helping a child become friends with many people in a small town.

Opal was tenacious when she wanted to keep the dog, Winn-Dixie. She faced much rejection and challenges, yet she refused to take No for an answer. Her father repeatedly said that she could not have a dog living in the trailer and the landlord also didn’t want the dog and said it had to go to the pound.  This little ten-year-old girl knew the meaning of the phrase, “No means no for now, not no forever.”  She believed in her quest so much that she wasn’t going to stop until she received the favorable response she was looking for.

Are you like Opal in your business?  Or after a few people tell you No, do you retreat and give up?  If you’re told no because xyz, do you look for a solution? Or do you withdraw and give up?

The neighborhood children thought Miss Grace Dump was a witch.  They were afraid to approach her.  Though Opal inadvertently landed on her property, she quickly realized Grace was not a witch and further took the time to get to know her.  They became good friends.  Otis was also an outcast with a troubled past.  That didn’t stop Opal from seeing the man he is today.  She listened to what he had to say and included him in aspects of her life.

What about you? Do you tend to prejudge people based on what you hear or are led to believe?  If you find yourself thinking, “Oh, she wouldn’t be interested in (candles, jewelry, hosting a party, signing up, etc.)” then perhaps you’re not giving the “Otis’ and Graces” in your life an opportunity to share in something wonderful.

When Winn-Dixie ran away, Opal and her father looked all over for him.  After a time, her father suggested that they stop looking.  Again, Opal refused to take no for an answer. She was not going to give up her dog.  Repeatedly, she proved that she was not a quitter.

When the going gets tough do you get going?  Or do you allow the challenges and rejection to defeat you?

Rent the movie, make some popcorn and reflect on your own business.  Because of Winn-Dixie is a feel-good movie that is sure to encourage.