BLSoaps Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I know, that sounds a little strange! One of my wholesale contracts is having me create tinted lip balm for them. Well, I had nailed a beautiful deep red a few weeks ago (named Ruby Slipper, because that's exactly what it looked like! LOL).Well, they placed an order for them , and I picked up the supplies I needed to fill it. And my supplier accidently gave me Orange instead of Red. So I now have a pot of Reddish Orange Lip Balm. I've played with it some, added a little blue and a touch of red, and now have a very nice coral. My wholesale guy is interested in more colors, so this isn't really as big a problem as we originally thought (imagine my horror when I increased my batch size, and suddenly had a TOTALLY different color than I was supposed to have!).Except after the panic and emotional upheaval I've had this morning, my brain is creatively fried. While I'm waiting for my husband to pick up more of the RIGHT colorant, so I can make the CORRECT batch tonight, I'm creating labels for what I currently have. I'm going to go ahead and pitch them the coral color, but I simply cannot come up with a name for the color.The best I can come up with at the moment is Coral Dreams. I like it, but it's not 100% grabbing me. But after coming up with that one name, my brain totally stalled.So I'm hoping for a creativity jump start from you incredibly helpful souls! (I feel bad...I'm on so many soaping yahoo groups, but I always come to ask my questions here now, because I've found you guys so much more helpful [as well as prompt]). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSoaps Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Psst....I have a deep burgundy color coming up next, so if you've got any ideas for that one, toss them out as well! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel91805 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 How about Tropical Days (or Dreams or Sunset) for the coral one? I always think beachy when I think of coral colors. Or what about Tropics. For the burgandy....I think of rich elegant victorian bedrooms, so why not Boudoir?I really suck at names though.Hugs,Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerina Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Okie dokie, lemme try! :-) How bout....For the coral:Coral Charisma (or switch them around to Charisma Coral)Tropical SpringClassy CoralCoral TideSunset Peach Fire CoralFor the Burgundy:Burgundy BoquetDeep KissesWine & WishesSatin SheetsRose Bordeux ( that's a wine right?lol) Burgeoning Burgundy ------ohhh, k, lol. That my cue to stop, lol.Oh oh, wait, lol.. one more: since it's spring....Blossoming Burgundy:yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSoaps Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 My husband has been very inspirational today. He came up with "Coral Crush" for the coral tinted one. We're still working on something for the burgundy. He said "Embrace", but I keep wanting something involving the color in with the name. These are in white tubes, and shrink wrapped, so they won't be able to open the tubes. (their request to sell them this way, not mine. I'd avoid shrink-wrapping in a heart beat if they'd let me LOL!) I've got a color strip on the labels matching the color as best I can, but I still haven't come up with a name that really GRABS me. More help ladies? I've really enjoyed the suggestions so far. It's definitely helped get the juices rolling. We don't need to use the word "burgundy", but I want something to help signify that deep red.Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBE Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I like Coral Crush. Catchy name!! I was gonna suggest Coral Sunset. But I like Coral Crush better!! Very creative husband you got there!! LOL For the burgundy color, how about a wine name? MerlotCabernetShirazLordy, people are gonna think I'm a wino!! LOL Ohhh!!!!!!!! How about SANGRIA??????? oooohhhhh... I like that!!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathadahlin Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 What about Frankly Scarlett? Maybe better for a truer red...Burgundy BlissGarnet GossamerGlistening GarnetSangria SurpriseSimply SangriaMarooned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warmvanilla Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Burnt sienna is what i think of when i see red and orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-soy Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Coral Reef? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoopie Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I like Wine and Roses....but don't all girls!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSoaps Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Thanks everyone! You guys definitely helped, but I knew you would! I went with Coral Crush for the first one. DH came up with that one. I needed to move quickly (delivered the order last night, and it should already be on a plane to Taiwan this morning with one of his colleagues), so I went with Bordeaux for the other one. It hasn't really grabbed me yet, but I couldn't come up with anything that really did. But I told him that, and said the color name may be changing, that I needed to name it something.So I'll probably write everything down that was suggested, and see if anything jumps out at me, or if any blends of words jump out at me. I'm used to playing around with names until something jumps out at me and practically shouts "this is my name!" Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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