rOUgh SOAP is getting a makeover!

Blood Orange Label ImagerOUgh SOAP is getting a make over! I am currently tweaking the formula of the rOUgh SOAP FOOT BARS, which will now be found on the website under GAME & FOOT BARS. The new formula will be SLS and detergent free. GAME & FOOT BARS will still have all the exfoliating power of the original formula, but they will be made using an all natural shea butter glycerin soap base consisting of coconut, palm, and safflower oil. The new formula will be slightly gentler so that the FOOT BARS can be used on the entire body without compromising the antiseptic and exfoliating power customers have come to love. The new formula GAME & FOOT BARS will be available in approximately two weeks, so stay tuned for the roll out!

Still Time To Ship for Christmas!

Christmas Countdown!

It’s not too late to place orders for Christmas!  Orders placed over this weekend will ship by Wednesday.  Priority Mail should arrive by Friday or Saturday.  Get your Christmas orders in now!  I can also accommodate special requests if you don’t see exactly what you want on the website.  For my standard gift options, check out the gifts page at the rOUgh STORE.  For special requests, you can email me at roughbykasdorfs@gmail.com.

Cyber Monday!!

Today is the last day for the rOUgh STORE SALE!!!

The rOUgh STORE SALE will continue through today for Cyber Monday!  Don’t miss out on these great deals–check out the Cyber Monday Sale going on now at the rOUgh STORE!

SOAP: 25% OFF rOUgh SOAP FOOT BARS!

SOAK: 15% OFF ALL rOUgh SOAKS!

SCRUB: 15% OFF Athlete’s Choice rOUgh SCRUB and 10% OFF Frothy Coffee Foaming Bath Butter 

GIFTS: 15% OFF the all-new Spa Barrel Gift Basket and 10% OFF the Medium Gift Box!!!!

Spa Barrel Gift Basket Available at the rOUgh STORE

Frothy Coffee Foaming Bath Butter Body Wash

Medium Gift Box with SOAP and SOAK

As always, up to 20% of proceeds from all sales of Athlete’s Choice products will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.  Thank you for your continued support!

Small Business Saturday!

Today is Small Business Saturday!!!!

All Black Friday Sales will continue today for Small Business Saturday!  Please consider shopping small today!

SOAP: 25% OFF rOUgh SOAP FOOT BARS!

SOAK: 15% OFF ALL rOUgh SOAKS!

SCRUB: 15% OFF Athlete’s Choice rOUgh SCRUB and 10% OFF Frothy Coffee Foaming Bath Butter 

GIFTS: 15% OFF the all-new Spa Barrel Gift Basket!!!!

 

 

 

As always, up to 20% of proceeds from all sales of Athlete’s Choice products will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.  Thank you for your continued support!

Black Friday Kicks Off!

Black Friday is On!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!  Now if you’re ready to do some shopping, check out these Black Friday sales going on now at the rOUgh STORE!

SOAP: 25% OFF rOUgh SOAP FOOT BARS!

SOAK: 15% OFF ALL rOUgh SOAKS!

SCRUB: 15% OFF Athlete’s Choice rOUgh SCRUB and 10% OFF Frothy Coffee Foaming Bath Butter 

GIFTS: 15% OFF the all-new Spa Barrel Gift Basket!!!!

Medium Gift Box Available at The rOUgh STORE

25% OFF rOUgh SOAP FOOT BARS!

 

As always, up to 20% of proceeds from all sales of Athlete’s Choice products will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.  Thank you for your continued support!

Black Friday Kicks Off!

Happy Thanksgiving rOUgh FANS!!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!  Now if you’re ready to do some shopping, check out these Black Friday sales going on now at the rOUgh STORE!

SOAP: 25% OFF rOUgh SOAP FOOT BARS!

SOAK: 15% OFF ALL rOUgh SOAKS!

SCRUB: 15% OFF Athlete’s Choice rOUgh SCRUB and 10% OFF Frothy Coffee Foaming Bath Butter 

GIFTS: 15% OFF the all-new Spa Barrel Gift Basket!!!!

As always, up to 20% of proceeds from all sales of Athlete’s Choice products will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.  Thank you for your continued support!

Happy Thanksgiving rOUgh FANS and FRIENDS!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

I hope all of you, my friends, have a wonderful holiday in the company of those who mean the most, and for those of you who are unable to celebrate with family this year, I hope you are in good company wherever you may be. Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!

Spartan Women Care Packs Items List

Spartan Women Care Packs

Items List

 

Shower Caddy Bags:

–          Munchkin Portable Diaper Caddies available at Target ($12.99)

–          Black Mini Craft Organzer/Tote available at Walmart (craft section) and Michael’s (near jewelry)( $4 – 6)

–          Mini Organizer available online at Thirty-One from any Thirty-One consultant.  If you don’t know a Thirty-One consultant, you can order these bags through Donna Krause, who is a local consultant.  Her website is http://www.mythirtyone.com/60631 ($15)

Tinted SPF Face Cream / Hybrid Makeup:

–          Clinique City Block Oil-Free Daily Face Protector SPF 25: Available at the Clinique counter at Boscov’s or Macy’s, Sephora, or online at http://www.clinique.com/product/1575/5861/bestsellers/City-Block-Sheer-Oil-Free-Daily-Face-Protector-SPF-25/index.tmpl ($19)

–          Philosophy, The Supernatural Poreless Flawless SPF 15 Tinted Primer: Available at Sephora or online at http://www.philosophy.com/skincare-suncare/supernatural-poreless-flawless-spf15-product ($30)

Body Butter:

–          Clinique Deep Comfort Body Butter: available at the Clinique counter at Macy’s or Boscov’s, Sephora, or online at ($26) http://www.clinique.com/product/1686/6089/Skincare/Hand_Body_Care/Deep-Comfort-Body-Butter/index.tmpl

–          The Body Shop Body Butter: Any of the “New Look” Body Shop Body Butters have excellent absorption and moisturizing properties, and the scents aren’t too strong or perfumey.  They are available at The Body Shop in Colonie Center or online at http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/new-products/new-look-body-butter.aspx ($18)

Exfoliating Face Wash:

–          Murad’s AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser is available at Sephora or online at http://www.murad.com/cleansers/aha-bha-exfoliating-cleanser.jsp ($35)

Shower Shoes (flip flops):

 

–          Dawgs, Crocks, Champion, Op available at Target and Walmart

–          No fabric straps please

–          Flip flops with a little extra rubber cushion are great as long as they are made of materials that can be worn in the shower

Canvas Laundry Backpacks: Laundry backpacks available at Big Lots and Walmart have one or two shoulder straps and are just a little more convenient than your typical draw string bag. ($6 – $12)

 

Feminine Hygene:

–          Tampax Pearl (Variety Pack or Super)

–          Always Ultra Thin Pads (small package—20 pack)

Hair Care:

–          Shampoo and conditioner: any salon-quality brand like Paul Mitchell, Biolage, Kerastase, etc.

–          Hair Spray: Non-aerosol please!  Small bottles of salon-brand extreme hold or super strength spray.

–          Hair Ties:  Goody Ouchless Elastic Hair Bands (no metal please!) These can usually be found right in the checkout line at Target or in the hair care section at Walmart:

Lip Care:

–          Vaseline Lip Therapy (best brand!)

–          Burts Bees Tinted Lip Balm ($7)

General Items:

–          Plastic Travel Soap Dish

–          Mesh Bath Loofahs/Scrunchies

–          Deodorant (Degree, Secret, etc.)

–          Body Wash (Oil of Olay, Ladies Dial, Caress, etc.)

–          Makeup Remover Wipes (Oil of Olay, Neutrogena, etc.)

Cash Donations are also welcome to offset the cost of the following:

–          Large Flat Rate USPS APO postage ($13.45)

–          rOUgh SOAP FOOT BAR & ATHLETE’S CHOICE EPSOM SCRUB ($7)

Spartan Women Care Packs

All soldiers who are deployed to a combat theater appreciate care packages of any kind. Whether a soldier is stationed on a base that has all the essentials readily available, or in a remote location where there is no running water or indoor plumbing, care packages remind soldiers of the comforts of home. A box full of goodies says someone is thinking of you, somebody cared enough to gather and pack these items, you are not forgotten. 

It has been four years since I returned home from my deployment to Iraq, but I still see things when I go to the store that make me think, “Ooh, I wish I had that when I was deployed!” As a female Army veteran, I am also aware that many of the items I longed for were not always the same things that my male counterparts were counting on when they opened a care package. While female soldiers don’t typically like to draw attention to their differences as women, sometimes it’s still nice to receive a box of goodies that says “We know you’re there too.” 

When I came home from Iraq, I started a small home-based business selling handcrafted bath and beauty products. Many of these products, such as my foot bars and Epsom salt scrubs, were inspired directly by my time in service. As my little business grew, I wanted to send these items to my fellow sisters in arms who are still serving overseas. But I also wanted to send some of the other prized items that were so hard to come by. The number of things I wanted to send grew until I had enough items on the list to fill an entire box. I knew this was a task I couldn’t manage on my own, so I took my idea to Fr. Patrick Butler, who directed me to Sr. Rosemary Casaleno of St. Edward the Confessor in Clifton Park, NY

I was overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and amazing support I received from Sr. Rose and all of the coordinators in her office. They have been working hard to gather donations and raise funding for the project. Most recently, Sr. Rose and her staff have contacted Philosophy cosmetics to inform them that we will be including their Supernatural Tinted Primer in our care packs and ask them if they would like to participate in the project. High-end skin care products were one of those hard-to-come-by items that became the inspiration for the Spartan Women Care Packs, so I was ecstatic when Sr. Rose called me with the news that Philosophy cosmetics will be donating 100 tubes of their Supernatural Tinted Primer to support our women in uniform! With the deepest thanks to Sr. Rose, the St. Edward’s Parish, and Philosophy cosmetics for all their help, Spartan Women Care Packs are becoming a reality.

Items donated by the St. Edward’s Parish and local community will be packed into APO boxes and shipped to soldiers stationed at Camp Dubbs in Afghanistan. Monetary donations will be used to offset the cost of shipping and handcrafted items. If you would like to make a contribution, you can do so through The rOUgh STORE website. You can donate as little as $1 or as much as you like. A donation of $20 is enough to cover the cost of shipping, one rOUgh SOAP FOOT BAR, and one tub of Athlete’s Choice rOUgh SCRUB for one Spartan Women Care Pack.

There are approximately 75 women stationed at Camp Dubbs, which is a small base with no PX. My hope is that each one of these women will receive a Spartan Women Care Pack!

Thank you for your support!

Nicole L. Kasdorf

Founder

rOUgh bY KASDORF’S

 

The Spartan Women Care Packs Project was created to send rOUgh SOAP products and other hard to get essentials to female soldiers serving in Afghanistan. The care packages are comprised mostly of donated, name brand, bath and body products that have no affiliation with rOUgh bY KASDORF’S. These care packages are being made possible largely through the generosity and support of the St. Edward the Confessor staff and parish in Clifton Park, NY, and the companies that have chosen to participate in the project. While the majority of the products in the packs are donated, cash contributions are used to offset the cost of rOUgh bY KASDORF’S handcrafted items and APO postage. You can support the Spartan Women Care Packs Project by making a donation through the KASDORF’S website, or if you are local to the Upstate New York area and would like to donate specific items to St. Edward’s church, you can find the requested items list on the rOUgh SOAP BLOGKASDORF’S makes no profit off the Spartan Women Care Packs Project, and all cash contributions are used strictly to cover associated costs.

 

Free Coffee!

Free Giveaway of rOUgh MORNING GROUNDS!

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Now for a limited time only, order any one of the exciting new 2012 products from The rOUgh STORE, and you will receive a free bag of rOUgh MORNING GROUNDS!  The following products qualify:

ORANGE CREAM BODY BUTTER

FROTHY COFFEE FOAMING BATH BUTTER

ORANGE CREAM FOAMING BATH BUTTER

ATHLETE’S CHOICE EPSOM SALT SCRUB

All you have to do is place an order for any one of these great new products, and you will automatically receive one 4-to-6 oz bag of rOUgh MORNING GROUNDS gourmet hand-roasted coffee!  That’s it!  There’s nothing else to do!  So hurry over to The rOUgh STORE, and place your order while supplies last!!!!

*Size and roast may vary and depend upon availability.  rOUgh MORNING GROUNDS made available through the new product promotion will not be roasted to order, but all coffee will be within 6 months of original roast date.  Offer is good while supplies last!  

New Products!!!

New Products Available Now in The rOUgh STORE!!!

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Stop by The rOUgh STORE and check out these exciting new products!

Orange Cream Foaming Bath Butter

Frothy Coffee Foaming Bath Butter (my new personal favorite!)

Orange Cream Body BUTTER

Athlete’s Choice Espom Salt SCRUB 

Like all rOUgh products, these delicious additions to the product line are paraben and formaldehyde free, and they are formulated with aromatherapy-grade pure essential oils.  Your skin will feel the rOUgh DIFFERENCE!!!