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Are they discontinuing the Apothecary collections already? I see the Awaken (my all time favorite!) is no longer available to order & the Love is in the 'while supplies last' section.
I find this practice of coming out with something great & then taking it away so quickly (like the Ambre!) so very discouraging; to the point that I don't even want to share them anymore because people fall in love with them & then when they come back to re-order I have to tell them that - they can't. & there is'nt even anything close that could be substituted! Why do they do this?? Pretty hard to keep clients if they're favorite products get discontinued.

These were great products & my biggest sellers, just as the shampoo & creme rinse were - so as excited as I was when I joined, not so any more.
I know they keep pushing the IFL but people around here just can't afford those high priced sets & the younger crowds are not interested - but everyone's into Aromatherapy & the Ambre was such a big hit. Sorry, I'm just not real happy with this. :(

I don't know if it's just Canada right now, but Awaken is available for me to order. Did you try checking "Service Updates" at the top of the page when you first log in to beautinet to see if they've just run out for the time being? Usually it has when things will be back in. The Love set was just the Valentines set, I always know that those seasonal collections will be gone shortly, I never even bother ordering them because for a while I would always end up with too many seasonal things that no one knew about because they were never in the catalog. As for things like the Ambre stuff, when something doesn't sell well, they pull it, because it's no use for them to have things sitting around not selling. That's what happened with the old Lavendar line, I loved that stuff and so did a lot of people around where I live, but a majority of the consultants didn't buy it enough to warrant keeping it around. Oh and we also loved the Spa Escapes collection, so sad to see that one go.

I don't have any luck with the IFL idea either, so I'm just keeping to what sells for me that I know will stick around, the skincare and basic spa stuff.

Thanks, I was wondering if it was just Canada. For us the Awaken is just listed as 'no longer available to order' in the Updates section. I knew the Love was seasonal but everybody loves it!
I honestly think if they'd give things more time we could easily make them fly, but never knowing how long they'll keep something around isn't much of an incentive for us to even bother ordering them or introducing them to our clients! I'm finding that everybody's getting into spa products (other companies) & we really don't have that much of a selection to choose from or to call unique anymore since even things like the brown sugar is being copied (though not as good!) & is being sold in Superstore for less of course.
Show of Hands products are huge everywhere but most other brands have different choices! For a short time we had the Snowflake & Ambre as well as our basic & I found that when demoing all 3, 9 times out of 10 people picked those over the Herbal Serenity - & before I knew it they were calling back wanting other products in those lines.
Maybe rather than coming out with full lines BC should start with only a Show of Hands, give us time to introduce them & make a hit of it - & then add more products to the lines. :) Both the Ambre & the Apothacary collections could easily become long time favorites & I found them a perfect addition to BC because they're so different than the other's; now for those that don't care to smell sweet - there's not much choice. & the Awaken was so awesome because it really does wake a person up, so invigorating & refreshing!
Taking away great new products in such short time periods doesn't give people much faith in BC, for clients or consultants!