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Friday, April 30, 2010

Shop for a cause today on Bonanzle.com



The tourist dogs are returning to the lake! Just like my 3 two-legged boys noticed an increase in pretty girls around town as schools let out for the summer, my 3 four-legged boys have been standing at the end of the dock, noses in the wind. The snowbirds are back. The summer dogs will be arriving shortly, and ready for romance!

Just like my two-leggeds found the city girls irresistible, Duke (chocolate) and Harley (Yellow)... 
well, boys will be boys!

So, I decided that it was time for the young ones to be neutered.  Today is the day.

I dropped them off at the vet at 8 o'clock this morning. I'll be able to pick them up later this afternoon, and my greatest challenge will be to keep them out of the lake for a few days. My four year old black Lab Skooter (photo center) went straight from the car and jumped off the end of the dock after a duck upon his return home from having the procedure. These guys will be on leashes, live and learn!

In every community there are animals sitting in animal shelters waiting for homes. Only about half of those dogs (and cats) will ever get one. The other half will be euthanized.  Pet overpopulation is a serious issue and by allowing your dog to breed, you are adding to the problem. Although you may not own the female dog, and you are not burdened with finding homes for those new puppies, someone else will be.

I've had dogs since I was 16 (all males with the exception of Chelsea) and In my experience I've found that neutering makes for a calmer pet that is less likeley to wander, a cleaner home, and more gentle, affectionate and obedient dog. There are many health benefits as well.

My neutered/spayed dogs have been loving companions to me, my children, and some have been in service working with Hospice and with at-risk kids. Through their labors of love, they've enriched and even extended lives.  I believe that spay/neuter makes it easier for us to responsibly care for our pets, and increases the enjoyable activities that we and our dogs can do together.

Making the decision to neuter or spay a pet means that fewer pets… pets as sweet, loving, healthy, and deserving of companionship as my own… will be euthanized for lack of a home. Harley and Duke are purebreds, but that is not an excuse not to neuter, many purebreads are given up as they were. Plenty of future dogs can come from the carefully selected dogs who live with people with time and talent to devote to responsible breeding. That is a high calling, and we're all indebted to those people who do it well.

So, today is a celebration of the dogs, like Harley and Duke (and Joey who you'll meet in the video), who will be spayed and neutered as good citizens, who will be our best friends and loyal companions, but who will not breed.  Today is an opportunity for us to all blog, support, and speak positively about stopping pet overpopulation proactively!

And it's a really good day to shop for a cause!

Oshun Spirit Sweet Water Spa
http://www.bonanzle.com/oshunspirit1
Save 25%  both days with coupon code OH NUTS!
Progressive Auction Friday, May 30, 6 pm EST

Journey Beads http://www.bonanzle.com/JourneyBeads
Save 20%  both days with coupon code  OH NUTS!
Bonanza Friday, May 30, 7 - 8 pm EST  SAVE 30% for one hour only
Door prize drawing, all Journey Beads Sale Event purchases eligible to win a 2-tone bracelet

Sofyblu2 http://www.bonanzle.com/sofyblu2
Save 25%  both days with coupon code  OH NUTS!

Sofy's Choice http://www.bonanzle.com/Sofy_sChoice
Save 25%  both days with coupon code  OH NUTS!

Sofy's Seasonal http://www.bonanzle.com/Sofy_sSeasonal
Save 25%  both days with coupon code  OH NUTS!

Thank you!

Monday, April 26, 2010

5 booth SALE April 30 and May 1 on Bonanzle.com: Coupons, Auction and Bonanza brought to you by Sofy and Oshun, Joey, Duke and Harley!

Mark your Calender!  
Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1

It's the "Kiss the Family Jewels Goodbye" Sale Event
Preview the sale today via the video above!

SAVE 20 - 35%
• Spa and Boutique
• European Beads
• Pottery and Glass
• Vintage Collectibles


Oshun Spirit Sweet Water Spa
http://www.bonanzle.com/oshunspirit1
Save 25%  both days with coupon code OH NUTS!
Progressive Auction Friday, May 30, 6 pm EST

Journey Beads http://www.bonanzle.com/JourneyBeads
Save 20%  both days with coupon code  OH NUTS!
Bonanza Friday, May 30, 7 - 8 pm EST  SAVE 30% for one hour only
Door prize drawing, all Journey Beads Sale Event purchases eligible to win a 2-tone bracelet

Sofyblu2 http://www.bonanzle.com/sofyblu2
Save 25%  both days with coupon code  OH NUTS!

Sofy's Choice http://www.bonanzle.com/Sofy_sChoice
Save 25%  both days with coupon code  OH NUTS!

Sofy's Seasonal http://www.bonanzle.com/Sofy_sSeasonal
Save 25%  both days with coupon code  OH NUTS!

Why the Celebration? In every community there are animals sitting in animal shelters waiting for homes. Only about half of those dogs (and cats) will ever get one. The other half will be euthanized.
I know that making the decision to neuter or spay a pet means fewer pets… pets as sweet, loving, healthy, and deserving of companionship as my own… will be euthanized for lack of a home. Harley and Duke are purebreds, but that is not an excuse not to be proactive, many purebreads are given up as they were.

So it IS a celebration of Joey, Harley and Duke (all rescues) becoming good, model citizens and an opportunity for us to all blog, support, and speak positively about stopping pet overpopulation proactively!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

New Pandora Style Beads just arrived at Journey Beads on Bonanzle!

Be sure to visit Journey Beads while you are browsing online today! We've just added a gorgeous new collection of two-tone, gold, and silver-plated copper beads that are extra sparkly! We also have new gold tone Pandora style bracelets, the silver with gold clasp, and very cool gold tone bangles with a karibina style clasp.


If you're looking for one special bead to use as a focal piece on either a bracelet or necklace, don't miss this one with 40 brilliant crystals!


Tachyon energized and Reiki blessed, Journey Beads hold affirmations for healing, joy, manifestation and total well-being.

• More than simple adornment, jewelry gifts of Journey Beads have meaning, intent, and purpose! Create a one-of-a-kind piece of healing jewelry for yourself or someone you care about.

• Journey Beads fit your existing Pandora, Troll, Biagi, Chamilia and European-style jewelry. Now you can add wellness support and protective energies to pieces you already own and love!

Wearing  Tachyon Beads is an easy and effective way to flood your aura with healing light and color frequencies. Add positive affirmations to light, and you've created a very powerful tachyon tool to create and maintain balance in your life!

Everything is made up of electromagnetic energy vibrating at different frequencies that correspond to sound, light and color. We are drawn to the colors needed to create balance in our lives, the goal in all healing. Colors are frequency wavelengths that we connect with based on grid (matrix) attraction. 

Journey Beads are created to hold energy for inspiration, healing, awareness, creativity, and prosperity... and every positive purpose and manifestation in your life. You can create a beautiful one-of-a-kind bracelet, a necklace, a bookmark, or a set of touchstone prayer and meditation beads. We hope that Journey Beads will add beauty and light to your journey, and remind you to celebrate each step and milestone! Find more online at Journey Beads!

Add our Affirmation Beads for prayer, meditation, and mindfulness as you navigate life’s twists and turns. An affirmation is a statement expressed in the present tense and phrased in the positive. Affirmations focus the mind and clarify attention and intention. Affirmations are simultaneously an expression of expectation and an expression of gratitude, they are both a journey and a destination. An affirmation tag is included with each bead in this collection.

Pathway Beads help you to stay focused on your dream, be it the path to prosperity, joy, balance, courage, motherhood, healing, love, recovery, or spiritual growth… our paths are many! You set the intention for your pathway beads. Directions on how to power up your jewelry with Solar energies are included with Pathway Beads.

Milestone Beads are a beautiful way to celebrate every insight you experience and every goal you reach, large or small. Milestone Beads are charms which represent movement and flexibility. Each bead in this collection is blessed with positive energies and comes with an affirmation tag.

Spacer Beads to remind you to breathe, relax, enjoy the moment, and have faith that your journey is unfolding as it should. There are several styles in Tibetan Silver to choose from.

• ORGONE is a term coined in the late 1930s by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich for "universal life energy". Healing modalities such as Reiki make use of this energy. Like the Ancients, Reich discovered that this frequency fills all space, is blue in color, and he recognized that dis-ease and illness are the consequences of depletion or blockages of this energy within the body. The sacred geometry of your own crystalline body and auric field is the perfect natural orgone accumulator. But sometimes your ability to perfectly use this energy is blocked by belief, trauma, and/or environmental factors.
 
• TACHYON ENERGY is not a frequency, it is pure potential, and the natural catalyst for wellness and self-healing. Using Tachyon products creates and then maintains a freely flowing energetic continuum which includes Orgone energy. Tachyon-energized products organize, balance, optimize and harmonize all frequencies. Tachyon energy is the gateway back to Zero Point energy, or Source, the place of miracles and creation. Tachyon energy enables everyone, regardless of your level of spiritual awareness or belief system, to attune to the universal life force and unconditional compassionate intelligence of Zero Point energy.

• Our healing jewelry makes use of several powerful energetic modalities (Reiki attunement and activation of Tachyon fields) and elements (silver, silica and crystals) that amplify your energy field and life force energy. The beads are beneficial to any healing process (be it physical, emotional, or spiritual) because of their effects on your electromagnetic field. The protective and magnetic qualities of your energy field are directly related to your physical health, your emotional stability, and your ability to to attract beneficial people and opportunities into your life. Journey Beads add positive energies to your aura by organizing and amplifying your electromagnetic field.

• Tachyon Journey Beads are created to help you to feel more focused, peaceful and happy!
Wearing them supports physical healing and also provides relief from stress and anxiety as they energize your body, mind and spirit. They not only clear negative energy within you, but help to balance the energy of your immediate environment.

• Harmful electromagnetic fields have been created by many of the electronic appliances with which we are surrounded.
With the conveniences of modern life (computers, cell phones, microwave ovens, televisions, etc) come health risks, especially for those who work indoors in office environments, where the exposure to electromagnetic fields is estimated 10,000 times stronger than the natural fields that our ancestors were exposed to. Human beings have not been able to evolve quickly enough to balance out the stressors that we have created in our environment. Neither have our indoor pets, my dogs wear tachyon beads on their collars.

• Our bodies and all its systems must work overtime to try to keep us healthy, but as we become depleted and lose our energy, our resilience, our creativity and joy, we age more quickly.
Our health suffers, and so does our ability to BE compassionate and cooperative, the very reason we incarnated in the first place! When we are living in a costant state of low energy, we have little to give to others. When we don’t have the energy to listen well, express appreciation, and rise above daily challenges, we create conflict and negative energy that contributes even further to a world out of balance.

• Tachyon Journey Beads provide excellent EMF protection.
You will begin to feel brighter and more energized after a just few hours of wearing them. After wearing them over time, you will see a positive influence in many aspects of your life. Your health and well being will certainly improve, as will your relationships and opportunities for fulfilling self expression.

As your positive electromagnetic field communicates with others you will, in effect, magnetize beneficial people, encounters, and opportunities to  you!
 
Find more at Journey Beads on Bonanzle!  http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/JourneyBeads
 

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

A discussion on mapping product_type attributes on Google for Bonanzle sellers

Eye_catching_beauty_thumb128First, let me extend my sincere gratitude to Bonanzle Merchant eyecatchingbeauty who created this tutorial for fellow Bonanzle sellers who are interested in improving product ranking and searchability in Google Product Search and Shopping through attributes. Although this information has not been endorsed by Bonanzle management it has been endorsed by Google! I believe it may be of great value to many Bonanzle sellers, particularly to the "over-achievers".

And so I share it here:

Google Basics for Organic searches – how Google finds information to match:

Google's goal is to provide users with the most relevant results and a great user experience.  All of the content on the website and its pages: including your [descriptions, titles, and your image file names] as well as any sites linking to your page/site and many other factors I have not discovered or we do not have control over – such as the Bonanzle’s load speed, use of dynamic pages… all of the components combine to determine the site’s relevancy to a search query made on Google.com, Google Image search, or Google shopping…. Any Google related website.

You can read more about that here
Google 101: How Google crawls, indexes and serves the web.

Why Google?

What about Yahoo, bing, AOL, ASK.com?  Well those search engines are important of course, but their secondary to the Google Giant & it really is a giant in that it serves an enormous portion of internet users.  How much?  This Much

WOW!  Crazy huge- over 80% of all global online search queries are performed in the various Google sites – images – shopping…


Google didn’t buy its users with dollars and isn’t a monopoly like eBay a result of being the first ecommerce platform running wild because it paid our Government prostitutes to turn the blind eye.  Google produced a better product for its users earning Google the market share it has acquired.  Google has practically exterminated the Yahoo & Microsoft search engines which ruled the search engine market for years before Google made its debut.

Google's goal is to provide users with the most relevant results and a great user experience.
If you use Google ask yourself why.  I use Google because:
1)      I am not bombarded with ads on the homepage
2)      Google asks my permission to track my use of its various products
3)      When I do a search I find what I am looking for in the first few pages
4)      When I click a site I do not land on some scummy, malware, spyware, virus infected site as happens far too often on the other search engines
5)      The layout of the pages and the ads being distinct from organic search results yet not flying out at me make my browsing soothing
6)      I can sort results by news, blogs, books, groups, products….. to access my interests quicker than searching through a thousand results including all of the above medias 

In essence, Google is all about me – what I want, how I want it, and the atmosphere that makes me comfortable.  Google knows its audience (internet searchers) and caters to its audience.
Websites are of course important, but if a website isn’t compatible with Google’s philosophy /goal than that website and its content is of absolutely no value to Google.  Google wants relevant content that provides a great user experience.

It isn’t a guessing game, a big secret, or a mystery involved in what Google wants.  Google clearly states what the guidelines are if a site/its pages are going to be included in its index.
You can go to Google’s web help and read about the various aspects of using Google’s search engine as a searcher (tip: reading this will help you understand what you should do as a content provider).
Webmasters (or content providers such as us with are mini sites) can read scores of information & how to articles in Google webmasters Help.

Product content providers (that is us but via Bonanzle) can learn about Google Shopping by reading the help articles…. At the Google Merchant Center site  Google provides ample and specific instruction and guidelines to be followed if you want your products indexed in Google Shopping and how well you conform to those guidelines will hugely impact your placement in Google Shopping search results.

Google Shopping or Google Product Search What The Heck is it?
Google shopping is an engine dedicated to helping consumers find the products they want to buy without having to sort through the organic search results that are not purchasable products.  In other words Google shopping is Google’s effort to please its users by providing a site for them to shop without the clutter of blog articles, reviews, news….. returned in the search results on Google.com.
Isolating products from the rest of the crap requires Google to both capture and organize the products information.  Google uses attributes to categorize the products indexed in Google Shopping.  So what is an attribute?

An Attribute is a quality ascribed to someone or something – a quality describing someone or something

Brown eyes
Blond hair
Female
Tall
Thin
New
….. an attribute describes a quality or feature of a person or product

Google “attributes” are exactly that each Google attribute describes a quality or feature of the product
Brand: Lancôme
Color: Red
Condition: New
Product _type: Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Makeup > Lips > Lipsticks

Reading the above attributes we know that combined they are descriptions of a product
New- Red- Lancôme –Lipstick

What is the purpose of Google’s Attributes?
I’m sure you remember ‘Google Base’- yes of course Google Base = Google’s Product database

Database
A comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
Google uses attributes to organize our products in its database for not simply convenience, but because users want results when?  That’s right when they hit enter they expect the result to be on the page by the time they blink.   When a search query is made for example Urban Decay Lip Gloss Google processes my keywords and uses its “knowledge” of what items are most often clicked into when those terms are searched and goes to its product database –

The search terms consist of 2 attributes
Brand:Urban Decay
Product_type:Lip Gloss
Google goes to its database buckets to combine the attributes into a profile to select the products to serve up in the search results.
So the attributes
Brand:lancome
Condition:new
Color:red
The above attributes are all single terms, so why then does Google use this string for the product_type attribute?
Product_type: Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Makeup > Lips > Lipsticks"

The product is a lipstick right?  So what is all this [Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Makeup > Lips >] about?
That is the map – Google uses the map to access “relevant” products as quickly as possible.
Lipstick
Health & beauty >Personal Care > Cosmetics > Makeup > lips > [lipsticks]

Notice the product type is the last term in the sequence the rest of the terms is the map.  What if the map to my product_type ended with a “brand” or the generic brand “other” and not lipstick?

What happens if I do not include the map?
What happens if my map isn’t identical to Google preferred/suggested map?
How quickly can Google locate your product & how well does your product match the search query?


Google's goal is to provide users with the most relevant results and a great user experience.
The attributes you use describe what your product is.  Using applicable attributes in your listings provides Google with a product profile that it will use to determine relevancy.
The map you attach to your product_type attribute will determine the speed at which Google can locate your item.

Users want and expect Google to send a list of results matching their search query NOW!  Right now – how long will it take Google to locate your product?  How well are you describing your product via attributes?

Search query: New Red Lancôme Lipstick
What attributes do I need to be considered relevant & found fast fast fast??
Condition:new
Brand:Lancome
Color:Red
Product_type:{ map}> [Lipsticks]"

Product_Type: Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Makeup > Lips > Lipsticks"
You need {Google’s Product_Type Map} leading to the [product type]

The simple reality is there is not a single product_type attribute that Bonanzle is submitting that is correct – why?
1)      The category structured attribute he was sending ended in a Brand or Other (a generic for brand) – a brand is not a product – brands should be submitted under the brand attribute
2)      Sending only the [product_type]{without the map} slows the speed at which Google can locate your product and decreases the probability  that it will find it
3)      Bonanzle map is not the same as Google’s Map

Bonanzle Map
Health & Beauty > Makeup>Lipstick>[Lancome the brand being sent as the product]
Google’s Map
Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Makeup > Lips > [Lipsticks]

They do not fit – so in my opinion need to be changed regardless of where you see it when YOU search for your product.  Always remember that it is the ability of others to find our products based on what search terms they would use which can be far different from what we use.

Also – and most importantly – remember that attributes are for Google’s “filing system” in its database, and is not for buyers.  Your job is to give Google the details of your product with the attributes & provide the map to your product_type so Google knows your product is relevant to a search and can access your product immediately – any extra time can land you on page 50…  When have you ever been on page one and Google’s results started shifting as though more relevant results were coming in at a later time and bumping the others out of the way??  You haven’t and you won’t – use the map – the quicker Google can locate your items the higher your rank will be if you have all the other attributes you need to let Google know the other details about your product.

Ok now you know my reasoning for making the change if you want to also
You can find the product_type taxonomy here
You can find the full list of Google Attributes here
Here are images to help guide you in locating the product_type attribute in the taxonomy & applying them in the batch edit on Bonanzle.com.








(added by ECB 4/15) In my opinion the product_type attribute that Bonanzle submits is not optimal – it is as good as it can be – in other words I can do it better and it is in my best interest to do. Why isn’t it good enough?
 
1) The category structured attribute he was sending ended in a Brand or Other (a generic for brand) – a brand is not a product – brands should be submitted under the brand attribute

2) Sending only the [product_type]{without the map} slows the speed at which Google can locate your product and decreases the probability  that it will find it

3)  Bonanzle map is not the same as Google’s Map

The reality is there is not an algorithm anywhere that can communicate to Google what your product is better than you can.  If you intend to rely on programming than you should expect less than optimal results.  Yes, it would be great if everything always worked the way they are designed to, but we all know better than to have such fantasies – even as I type this I am having some funky formatting issue that I can’t figure out.  The point is – Sh** happens and usually it causes a lot of extra stupid time sucking work, but often after we clean it up we find we have learned valuable information that had the sh… not happened we probably never would have looked into at all.  In this circumstance not much was selling and that caused me to wonder wth > causing me to email blue penny to ask for the Tom the developer link > while looking at that I noted one of my items had the [[brand:new]] after thinking on the attributes more I decided to go make some changes and found a lot of my item’s had a whacky brand attribute.  The brand bug glitch led me to look deeper into the role of attributes……. Also found that bug which is what killed my sells.

There has been only one “glitch” ‘bug’ (that I am aware of) and that glitch involves the brand attribute not the product_type attribute.  If you have never applied the brand attribute to your listings than you should go to your batch editor > click search optimize> and look at every item to be sure you did not have one applied for you.  If you find you suddenly have [[brand:adults]] applied to your Coleman lantern than you might want to remove that and while you’re at it add the [[brand:coleman]] to your item and if you haven’t already add the [[condition:attribute]] as well.

There have been misunderstandings concerning the product_attribute and Bonanzle.  When I posted about the attribute the other night it wasn’t to say hey they’re screwing up.  I just wanted to share what I learned and what I am doing so if anyone else wanted to give it a go they can.  I like sharing information if I think it will benefit others – though often I regret hitting submit – hard headed I guess J

The product_type attribute is important – you know Google Products probably wants to know your product type – and I saw that the product_type Bonanzle was submitting is not optimal in my opinion– it does/did work I have sold every single month I have been live on Bonanzle  - my 1st sale 4 days after I hit the on switch.  Actually,  I don’t think we even had attributes at that time to apply – I don’t think so…you will have sales as I’m sure most of you have.   I just want more so I decided to try gaining greater exposure (than I had prior to the brand glitch) by beefing up my attributes and thought others might want to as well.

This is hugely important for you to know

What I am not
• I am not a Google expert
• I am not Google endorsed
• I do not offer this information as a guarantee it will benefit you
• I am not saying it is essential for you to do to have sales

I am just another seller trying to figure it all out just like you.  I share what I think might help and hope it does.  Please if you decide to try this and you’re not sure how or what ….. just ask me I don’t want anyone spending a week revising/adding attributes and have them be wrong.

Oh, and this has nothing to do with traits either – the brand bug is a result of the mapping of the trait to the attribute process thingy – the trait is not incorrect it just caused an attribute to be added in some circumstances.  So don’t remove your traits – those are for Bonanzle just ensure your attributes are accurate and for me that means making sure that I decide which attributes are submitted for me as much as possible.  For you that might be a quick scan to be sure all is well…..However, if you do decide only a quick scan is needed be sure to remember your decision if something should occur.  You can absolutely control the attributes submitted for you if you choose not to then

Bonanzle sellers are welcome to continue their discussion here.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Yoda Wisdom Uncensored


“Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Pass on what you have learned...”

Bonanzle management felt the need to dis-emvowel this tidbit of wisdom in their forum today lest someone have an aha moment in the midst of confusion. While that is their right and their priveledge, that's not my style. Given the spirit of the quote, I will pass on what I learned from another most inspiring character, Maya Angelou :

"The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them."

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

"I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better."

May you be blessed!


Sunday, April 11, 2010

Discover Super-soft Organic Bamboo Textiles This Spring!

 Did you know that Bamboo feels like silky cashmere?

And, did you know that organic bamboo is 100% naturally grown and sustainable, 100% pesticide and  fertilizer free, 100% biodegradable and bamboo textiles block 91% of UVA and  98% of UVB rays- naturally?

Bamboo fabrics are naturally antibacterial, anti fungal, anti-static and  hypo-allergenic, even after multiple washings!  They are effective in  preventing odors, allergies, and skin irritations! Bamboo is 3-4 times more absorbent than cotton, as it 'wicks' away and evaporates moisture in a split second, fabrics keep you drier, cooler, and more comfortable!

And, Bamboo trees can help us replenish the eco system! Bamboo generates more oxygen than equivalent stands of trees - if we planted more bamboo more photosynthesis would help to cut the globally rising levels of carbon dioxide.

Bamboo is nature’s most sustainable resource. It is grown without pesticides or chemicals, is 100% biodegradable, and is naturally regenerative. Bamboo is actually a tropical grass with an extensive root system that sends out an average of four to six new shoots per year, naturally replenishing itself and growing to heights of 60 feet or more. Some bamboo species grow up to 4 feet per day and can be harvested every 3 to 4 years.

Bamboo trees grows and thrives without fertilizers, pesticides or any chemical assistance. This is partly down to a substance it contains called ‘bamboo-kun' which is antimicrobial and antifungal. Compare this property to cotton which uses approximately 25% of the world's fertilizers and insecticides and more than 10% of the pesticides for only 10% of the agricultural land mass.


Did you know that bamboo absorbs up to 60% more water than cotton? This makes it an excellent choice for towels and bathrobes... and socks! The porous nature of the fibre makes it breathable and extremely comfortable against the skin and it is thermo regulating, meaning it keeps you warm in cool weather, and cool in warm weather. Bamboo's organic and natural properties make it non-irritating so perfect for extra sensitive skin.


Be sure to explore our selection of Bamboo textiles the next time you visit our Bonanzle storefront or Oshun Spirit Earth Friendly Goods!

Friday, April 9, 2010

BO NAN ZLE Bonanzle

Find Journey Beads online exclusively at Bonanzle.com
It's not Beadazzle, or Bamboozle, its Bonanzle.
I know it's hard to remember, but maybe the catchy tune will help!

http://www. Bonanzle.com/JourneyBeads