Here are some unprompted reactions to dollop TM the product:
“I love dollop, it smells so good i want to eat it” DM, male, shop manager
“Had a date tonight - and it was with DOLLOP! I'm now sexier, nicer, hotter and sexier. I want more DOLLOP. Now” SB, male, PR consultant
“I love you DOLLOP.......not only do you look after and style my frizzy/fluffy hair you smell amazing too!” SG, female, stylist
“I can personally vouch for dollop's amazing all natural goodness, having been lucky enough to receive a prototype tin all the way over here in the UK!” EN, male, zoologist
“I am a Dapper Dan man and have been for years. But, friends, I can tell you I have changed my tune. Dollop’s pomade is… perfect for creating those beautiful Donald Draper hairstyles that all the ladies like these days.
“What sets Dollop apart is the wonderful smell. Dollop’s spicy ginger fragrance is incredibly nice and is a nice change from the usual chemically smells of other men’s hair products.
“And best of all its all natural ingredients.”
HG, male, sports blogger
“Gay guys just really love it and want to know where they can get it.” DL, male, senior barber
“Great product... thanks heaps :)” PD, male, web purchaser
“Went to get my hair cut a couple of days ago. Being the good citizen that I am, I normally wash my hair first. This time I hadn't. After sitting down at the barber he nodded appreciatively and said 'I see you washed your hair today'. My secret shame... I hadn't washed my hair for 4 days, but I'd been using dollop so there was no crappy residue.” CO, male, business owner
“Terrific trade. Gorgeous product. Highly recommended.” KR, female, web purchaser
“i have sold out of dollop! we LOVE it so much could i have another 5 asap!!! i just sold the last one two minutes ago and a client is sitting in the chair who wants some too!!!! Amazing” BB, female, salon owner / hairdresser
“Awesome stuff, My frizzies have gone, and its super shiny, lovin it... a great product.” PR, female, photographer
“I am using on selective clients with bald heads – heat the head up with a hot towel, then apply – they love it, and so do I on my hands. The smell is also calming. I need to learn everything about it.” DL, male, senior barber
“the pomade! I love it!" PW, male, sales director
“My son he is 21 LOVES dollop I notice he uses it all the time, he loves the smell he said. He is a surfing dude and always gels his hair.” GM, female, CEO
“It’s a revelation!” DL, male, DJ
“I like my dollop and use it every day.” GF, male
“Great product… highly recommend to others.” FI, web purchaser
“great to know there are products being made from natural ingrediates that are good for the scalp and hair and environment and made in New Zealand...Awesome highly recommend.” PR, female, web purchaser
“I can happily report I love dollop and won't be using anything else. Ever. So you'd better keep making it.” CO, male, business owner
Saturday, May 9, 2009
distractions
We have been unutterably busy with all facets of cottage industry business management. And it has been reaping results:
Check out our new web site - now isn't that swanky! We have had web site visitors from such exotic places as Macedonia, Denpasar, Arizona, Mumbai, Jabiru and even Auckland!
We have received another glowing review, and you can win a tin of dollop TM through that very web site.
New retailers have caught a whiff of the action and signed up to the dollop TM cause - check out their whereabouts here.
All in all it has been a cracking first half of the year and we have been learning in leaps and bounds.
Thanks for your support and stay tuned!
Check out our new web site - now isn't that swanky! We have had web site visitors from such exotic places as Macedonia, Denpasar, Arizona, Mumbai, Jabiru and even Auckland!
We have received another glowing review, and you can win a tin of dollop TM through that very web site.
New retailers have caught a whiff of the action and signed up to the dollop TM cause - check out their whereabouts here.
All in all it has been a cracking first half of the year and we have been learning in leaps and bounds.
Thanks for your support and stay tuned!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
referral-go-round
Several excellent products have come to my attention lately:
1. The rich, creamy opaque lipsticks of the Lipstick Queen, Poppy King. I could never get enough of her Ambition and Lust* when they were in New Zealand, and now she's back with an equally fabulous line. She has also written a book about her business: "Lessons of a Lipstick Queen", and I devoured it. Recommended.
* these are shades of lipstick, for the uninitiated.
2. Wondercap, the brainchild of a fabulous Wellington business woman. This is genius: a wheat bag shaped for the head. I've tried it with dollop applied to my hair and the result was deeply conditioned, silky locks glowing with health. Recommended - what a terrific solution.
3. Antipodes Jubilation Body Cream This stuff is joy alright! I commend the creator (yet another fine Wellington citizen) as being an aromatic artisan. And the texture of the cream is no less than perfect for sinking luxuriantly into the skin. I love this stuff. Recommended.
Along with dollop, these products are the full boom-jiggy combination for smelling divine, and looking healthy and glowing.
1. The rich, creamy opaque lipsticks of the Lipstick Queen, Poppy King. I could never get enough of her Ambition and Lust* when they were in New Zealand, and now she's back with an equally fabulous line. She has also written a book about her business: "Lessons of a Lipstick Queen", and I devoured it. Recommended.
* these are shades of lipstick, for the uninitiated.
2. Wondercap, the brainchild of a fabulous Wellington business woman. This is genius: a wheat bag shaped for the head. I've tried it with dollop applied to my hair and the result was deeply conditioned, silky locks glowing with health. Recommended - what a terrific solution.
3. Antipodes Jubilation Body Cream This stuff is joy alright! I commend the creator (yet another fine Wellington citizen) as being an aromatic artisan. And the texture of the cream is no less than perfect for sinking luxuriantly into the skin. I love this stuff. Recommended.
Along with dollop, these products are the full boom-jiggy combination for smelling divine, and looking healthy and glowing.
hairdressing hands
I love talking with hairdressers about using dollop TM.
They adore it. It doesn't need to be scoured from their hands after they apply it to clients' hair: many of them rub it in as a conditioning hand and nail balm.
So dollop is good for them as well as their customers.
A revelation.
They adore it. It doesn't need to be scoured from their hands after they apply it to clients' hair: many of them rub it in as a conditioning hand and nail balm.
So dollop is good for them as well as their customers.
A revelation.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
prettyprettypretty cool
The spiffing and switched-on team at prettyprettypretty invited guest commentator and rugby / hair afficionado Hadyn Green to review our product.
We think his review is fair, but glowing... just the way we like it!
A 'reformed Dapper Dan man' who says that "dollop’s spicy ginger fragrance is incredibly nice".
Hey Hadyn... nice hair bro.
We think his review is fair, but glowing... just the way we like it!
A 'reformed Dapper Dan man' who says that "dollop’s spicy ginger fragrance is incredibly nice".
Hey Hadyn... nice hair bro.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
PART ONE careful career choices
It has been suggested that my profession is one of glamour and intrigue, steeped as I am in herbal water and surrounded by exotic unguents. It is true that 'smelling the roses' is indeed part of my job. But there are downsides that the wistful observer may not consider (reading the 'Fennel Bibliography' at bed time could be considered one of them).
So today's post will consider: Are you cut out to be an Aromatologist?
The most irritating career hazard you will repeatedly face is the question "Does it work?"
The question is perplexing, as there are a squillion ways to respond. Do they mean "does manuka oil reduce infection on a scratch?" OR "does my negative karma waft away when i bathe in patchouli?"
As an aromatologist, you owe each person a decent answer, but find out what level they want it on. Have they really thought about the question? You must realize the motive of the questioner.
Some people smugly ask because they associate aromatherapy with quackery: they haven't applied thought to what it actually is, and its potential. Some people get a thrill thinking they may have an opportunity to show off general knowledge, or share conspiracy theories, or scoff pseudo science. Some people may on occasion be genuinely curious.
Define the motive, and you can pitch your answer most helpfully. What you must do next is answer a question with a question. "What do you believe aromatherapy can do?"
I have heard of 'scientific' studies that debunk aromatherapy on the basis that someone's hand is submerged painfully in icy cold water, and yet their pain is not reduced when they are given lemon oil to sniff.
This type of ludicrous test would be hilarious if it wasn't exasperating. I am a trained aromatherapist and through all my years of work with aromatics, I have never heard an aromatherapist even claim that sniffing lemon oil reduces the pain of icy cold water immersion. I would not give someone a snort of citrus as they suffered, and called it a good day's work. (I could have made a fortune flogging smelling salts at Lyall Bay beach.)
This sort of study is a sham, run by 'scientists' who seem to deliberately not work in a serious, considered manner to find out about aromatics. They do us all a disservice. There is a perception that aromatherapy is new age nonsense, snake oil for deluded hippies who burn fairydust-flavoured incense cones and sleep with smoky quartz under the pillow. These scientists milk this perception by presenting tests based on irrelevant and ridiculous expectations. This creates more deep-seated skepticism of credible aromatic science. Tut, tut!
Aromatics have fascinating chemical properties, with real effects on humans, bacteria, animals and atmospheres.
During your studies you will be well placed to answer the "does it work" question. But play smart. Find out why the person wants to know: where did they get their expectations? On the back of a WeetBix box? What did that womens magazine promise them? Did they read a scaremongering article on the internet? Did they use mineral oil with synthetic smells in it, and become hard-hearted when their scars did not evaporate?
If you probe, and ascertain the doubts / fears / ignorance / skepticism of your questioner, and answer from your wealth of serious aromatic knowledge, then before you know it, your cynic will be cured.
So today's post will consider: Are you cut out to be an Aromatologist?
The most irritating career hazard you will repeatedly face is the question "Does it work?"
The question is perplexing, as there are a squillion ways to respond. Do they mean "does manuka oil reduce infection on a scratch?" OR "does my negative karma waft away when i bathe in patchouli?"
As an aromatologist, you owe each person a decent answer, but find out what level they want it on. Have they really thought about the question? You must realize the motive of the questioner.
Some people smugly ask because they associate aromatherapy with quackery: they haven't applied thought to what it actually is, and its potential. Some people get a thrill thinking they may have an opportunity to show off general knowledge, or share conspiracy theories, or scoff pseudo science. Some people may on occasion be genuinely curious.
Define the motive, and you can pitch your answer most helpfully. What you must do next is answer a question with a question. "What do you believe aromatherapy can do?"
I have heard of 'scientific' studies that debunk aromatherapy on the basis that someone's hand is submerged painfully in icy cold water, and yet their pain is not reduced when they are given lemon oil to sniff.
This type of ludicrous test would be hilarious if it wasn't exasperating. I am a trained aromatherapist and through all my years of work with aromatics, I have never heard an aromatherapist even claim that sniffing lemon oil reduces the pain of icy cold water immersion. I would not give someone a snort of citrus as they suffered, and called it a good day's work. (I could have made a fortune flogging smelling salts at Lyall Bay beach.)
This sort of study is a sham, run by 'scientists' who seem to deliberately not work in a serious, considered manner to find out about aromatics. They do us all a disservice. There is a perception that aromatherapy is new age nonsense, snake oil for deluded hippies who burn fairydust-flavoured incense cones and sleep with smoky quartz under the pillow. These scientists milk this perception by presenting tests based on irrelevant and ridiculous expectations. This creates more deep-seated skepticism of credible aromatic science. Tut, tut!
Aromatics have fascinating chemical properties, with real effects on humans, bacteria, animals and atmospheres.
During your studies you will be well placed to answer the "does it work" question. But play smart. Find out why the person wants to know: where did they get their expectations? On the back of a WeetBix box? What did that womens magazine promise them? Did they read a scaremongering article on the internet? Did they use mineral oil with synthetic smells in it, and become hard-hearted when their scars did not evaporate?
If you probe, and ascertain the doubts / fears / ignorance / skepticism of your questioner, and answer from your wealth of serious aromatic knowledge, then before you know it, your cynic will be cured.
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