SEASIIDE MAKERS COLLECTIVE : our new stores in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria, California

The Grapeseed Co. has opened 2 new shops with a whole new concept! We're bringing together our favorite makers and artists in one place,  called Seaside Makers Collective. 

Meadow Rose Photo Art Wood Prints - Carpinteria Shop

We opened both the CARPINTERIA and SANTA BARBARA shops right before the 2018 holiday season, bringing together beautiful handcrafted jewelry, bags, children's apparel, wood work, pottery and of course, Grapeseed Co. in one store!

Grapeseed Co. Scent Bar at the Funk Zone SB Shop

Stop by Seaside Makers Collective in Carpinteria at 961 Linden Ave. and in the Funk Zone in SB at 209 Anacapa St. Grapeseed Co. has a Scent Bar in both stores you can visit daily to create your own bath & body products, or host a Scent Bar Party in our event spaces at either store.

Carpinteria Shop & Garden Event Space 961 Linden Ave.

We will also be hosting workshops and events to learn different crafts, and how to build your own Maker Business!We can't wait for you to experience this incredible shopping experience, stop by and visit us soon.

We've Moved! Vist our New Store in the Funk Zone & now Open Daily in Carpinteria

 
I am beyond happy to announce that we are fully moved in to our new shop in the Funk Zone at The Waterline, 120 Santa Barbara Street! 

The Waterline • 120 Santa Barbara St. Santa Barbara, CA

 This is a super fun new location where you can sip, shop, eat and hang at Topa Topa and Lama Dog breweries, Fox Wine Co., and the Nook restaurant along with other great shops! We are psyched for this new chapter for The Grapeseed Co. in Santa Barbara.

New Shop at The Waterline • 21 W. Ortega St. SB

The downtown Ortega St. location is now closed, and our office has moved the Carp Store and Warehouse on 4193 Carpinteria Ave #6. We are excited to be open daily, later hours, and Sundays for your convenience, and to be surrounded by such cool and complementary businesses in both locations! 

This sweet lemonade was made from a big fat lemon of a situation...

 2017 ended with the largest wildfire in CA history, the Thomas Fire, ripping through our normally idyllic seaside towns, followed by the tragic Montecito mudslides causing loss and devastation beyond imagination at the start of the new year. This also cut off access between our two locations, and was one of the most challenging times in the history of our 14 year old company! Like everyone in the area, we are still recovering from it. We were nowhere near prepared for the next round of crazy that hit Grapeseed Co. in April.

Ortega St. Scent Bar (after-left, before-right)

Part of the charm of our downtown Santa Barbara flagship store was the old brick building that houses some great businesses on Ortega Street, starting with The Grapeseed Co. The extreme weather has been taking a toll on our corner of the large, old building. On April 9th, our Scent Bar came crashing down out of nowhere! 5 years mounted firm to the wall, and BOOM! Over $5K of glass essential oil bottles hit the floor.

The wall that starts the whole building The Grapeseed Co. occupied on Ortega had expanded and blistered, popping the shelves off the wall.

21 W. Ortega Street • wall blister

Why did this happen? After the last evacuation rain, we had a 90+ degree day... The roof had been leaking all winter, and that water had been dripping down into our wall, causing a wet sponge effect. When the extreme heat hit, the wall expanded and shifted.

We were super lucky no one was hurt; we had 25 kids in there less than 24 hours before for a scent bar party! We became quickly aware as experts checked out the situation that it was no longer safe for The Grapeseed Co. to occupy 21 W. Ortega Street and continue to run business as usual. We had to move.

So, in just a month we secured a new storage warehouse in Carpinteria and moved tens of thousands of bottles and jars out of our current warehouse. With the new found space, we built out a scent bar, opened up the storefront and made it larger, and reconfigured our production lab and shipping areas. We turned my creative loft space into the office for our entire team. This kept us functioning, orders shipping, and business running seemingly as usual while we figured out what the heck to do!

Our main store has always been Santa Barbara based, so we decided the best thing to do was expand in the Funk Zone. A few weeks before the fire hit, we opened a tiny shop at The Guilded Table as an "experiment" for the holidays... clearly Mother Nature did not agree with my holiday sales plan! But the space has amazing potential, and I'm hopeful for what our "normal" Santa Barbara sunny summer days will bring. We've been working around the clock the past week building out the new Funk Zone shop. We can't wait to share it with you, host incredible Scent Bar parties there, blend up your favorite creative scent concoctions and just be surrounded by great people, businesses, food + drink, bubbling ideas and more.

Scent Bar in the Funk Zone • 120 Santa Barbara St.

Please come visit us soon! The Waterline building is located right behind Michael Kate Interiors and opens at noon daily. There's parking at the end of the street. It's a fun place for all ages to hang, and dogs are welcome, too.

2018 has been a whirlwind in business survival, a lesson in resilience, strength and the endless learning that goes along with entrepreneurship. That which does not kill us makes us stronger... The Grapeseed Co. is standing strong, just a mile away from our sweet memories on Ortega Street.

Please help us spread the word about the move! we're looking forward to sharing the new stores with you, seeing your smiling faces and continuing to thrive, no matter what life continues to surprise us with.

Cheers to good things ahead, always keeping your chin up and persevering!

~ Kristin

SANTA BARBARA SHOP 
120 Santa Barbara St in the Funk Zone
Open Daily!
Monday - Thursday 11:30am-6:30pm
Friday - Sunday 11:30am-8:30pm

CARPINTERIA SHOP
4193 Carpinteria Ave #6 at the Warehouse Row
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Open
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:30am-5:30pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday noon-5pm 

The Grapeseed Co. wins Fastest Growing Company of the Year Award in New York

Award Winners pictured: (back) Emily Holdridge, Kristin Fraser Cotte, Shasta Nelson, Jessica Herrin, Savor the Success founder Angela Jia Kim, Payson Cooper, Allison Jagtiani, Alison Raffaele, (front) Amy E. Goodman, Michele Howe Clarke, Janice Hoffmann, Nika Stewart

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SANTA BARBARA, CA:  
The 4th annual Women Entrepreneurs Rock the World, hosted by Savor the Success, the premiere business network for women entrepreneurs, took place in New York City in May. The event was sponsored by Whole Foods Markets and American Express OPEN. The Awards Ceremony honored top and emerging women entrepreneurs. Jessica Herrin was honored as Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 for Stella & Dot. She spoke to the audience about how women can "think bigger" before leading a private mentoring session with other award winners. The public submitted nominees and a panel of judges chose the winners based on merit, caliber, and growth in the past year.

The 2013 Award Winners are:

Fastest Growing Company of the Year Award 2013

Kristin Fraser Cotte for The Grapeseed Company

Conference of the Year Award 2013

Katherine Gordon for 3% Conference

Breakout Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2013

Nika Stewart for GhostTweeting.com

Trailblazer Award 2013

Shasta Nelson for Girlfriend Circles

Website of the Year Award 2013

Alexa Hirschfeld for Paperlesspost.com

Author of the Year Award 2013

Michele Howe Clarke for Face Forward

Product Company of the Year Award 2013

Alison Raffaele for Alison Raffaele Cosmetics

Savor Sister of the Year Award 2013

Payson Cooper of Marketing in the Morning

Mission-Driven Company of the Year Award 2013

Emily Holdridge for Everything Happy

Media Maven of the Year Award 2013

Amy E. Goodman of Wear This, Toss That

Coach of the Year Award 2013

Janice Hoffmann for Success is Sweetest

Food/Beverage Company of the Year Award 2013

Allison Jagtiani for Goji Gourmet 

Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2013

Jessica Herrin for Stella & Dot

Kristin Fraser Cotte started The Grapeseed Company out of a tiny Santa Barbara kitchen apartment as a hobby back in 2004 when she was teaching elementary school in Goleta. Today, The Grapeseed Company creates over 80 botanical beauty products from the byproduct of wine. In addition to selling at their two brick and mortar stores in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria, Grapeseed Co. products are available through spas and retailers all over the world.      

“We are incredibly honored to be recognized on this level,” says Cotte, 

“I am most thankful and proud of the humble but mighty team we’ve 

built over the past year to accomplish this type of growth!”

In the past year, The Grapeseed Company team has opened their second retail store, participated in celebrity gifting at the Oscars GBK Gift Lounge, released 16 new products, formulated a spa line and signature treatments for the new Spa at El Encanto by Orient Express, and will be launching over 30 products in Whole Foods Markets this June. The Grapeseed Company has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Health, Self, Women’s Health Magazine, and other major media outlets.  

Savor The Success’ Rock the World conference gathers America’s top, female entrepreneurs and executives to inspire and empower women to build a prosperous business and life. Attendees learn how to develop essential leadership skills, increase productivity and recruit top quality staff, all while networking with like-minded women. Notable speakers at the 2013 conference included Gilt.com co-founder Alexis Maybank, swimwear designer Malia Mills, MSNBC’s JJ Ramberg, Yummie Tummie founder Heather Thomson, and the author of Start With Why, Simon Sinek. Rock the World provides conference attendees with the nuts-and-bolts know-how, resources, strategies, and connections needed to succeed. 

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Press Inquiries:
The Grapeseed Company
Kristin Fraser Cotte or Rachel Nobles 805-456-3655
pr@thegrapeseedcompany.com  

Savor The Success
Meredith Bichsel, 407-620-5216
Madeleine Fawcett, 561-373-5584

ingredient spotlight: avocado

When I think AVOCADOS, I think LOCAL.

Did you know 95% of all avocados grown in the USA come from California?! Carpinteria, California is a laid back beach town just South of Santa Barbara, where we recently opened The Grapeseed Co. store #2 and warehouse. We have been loving it here for many reasons, including that it is chock full of avocado groves and happens to be home to the wonderful California Avocado Festival each fall! Avocados are an amazing fruit loaded with omegas and vitamins, native to our area. The Grapeseed Company incorporates local ingredients in all of our formulas, and one of our most recent additions to make your skin healthy and happy is the AVOCADO! Here's why it's great for your skin...
botanical name: (or how we are required by FDA to list "avocado"on the label)   
Persea Gratissima oil
botanical benefits in skin care:
Avocados are a superfood that are sometimes known as "fruit with fat" because they're so meaty and moisturizing. Avocados are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin e which makes them an excellent anti~aging ingredient. Avocado oil easily penetrates and absorbs into the skin. It has a reputation of helping psoriasis and eczema, as well as acneic, mature and aging skin conditions... which means (like grapeseed oil) it's great for just about any skin type.
find it in...
  Cali Vine Decadently Rich Face Cream

New Carpinteria Store Hours for the Holidays

We're excited to announce that we will now be OPEN 
on Wednesdays at our Carpinteria Warehouse 
Location through Christmas!

CARPINTERIA STORE HOURS

MONDAY 10:30-5:30

TUESDAY  {CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC}

WEDNESDAY 10:30-5:30

THURSDAY 10:30-5:30

FRIDAY 10:30-5:30

SATURDAY 12:00-5:30
{CLOSED SUNDAY}

new release: Resroli Serum for acne, scars & sun damaged skin

{fresh release} Resroli Serum  

for acne, scars + sun damaged skin

Listen, we all have our issues...just because your skin appears disturbed at times, doesn’t mean you can’t achieve the grapeseed glow! Packed with acne fighting and anti-aging ingredients like resveratrol, balancing neroli and organic camellia, carrot and flax seed oils help harmonize your skin with the power of fresh botanicals. Use nightly to kick those complexion woes to the curb, and learn to love your skin again!

get it here

available in our stores and online, as well as for approved wholesale partners.

Flagship Store & Scent Bar 
 201 W Carrillo St. Santa Barbara, CA    
OPEN: Monday through Saturday 10:30-5:30 
Warehouse Store 
4193 Carpinteria Avenue #9 Carpinteria, CA 
OPEN: Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10:30-5:30

2 for 1 deals at The Grapeseed Co. Carpinteria Grand Opening this Saturday June 16

What: 

Grand Opening of

The Grapeseed Co. Carpinteria

When: 

noon- 5:30 
Saturday June 16, 2012

Where: 

4193 Carpinteria Ave #9 
Carpinteria, CA

fabulous goodie bags with purchase, 
free hand treatments, food, fun & incredible 
2 for 1 deals on different products every hour!

AMAZING 2 for 1 SPECIALS

every hour on our BESTSELLERS

noon-1PM 

chamomile grapefruit moisturizer

1-2PM 

summer crisp chardonnay body butter 

(and another surprise product!) 

2-3PM

mojito man aftershave balm

3-4PM

Dirty Dog Organics wash

4-5:30PM

Vine Eyes anti-aging eye cream with eyebright

(and another surprise product!)

yep... that means you buy one AND you get one free! 

Give it to a friend, save it for yourself, 
or stash it for a gift down the road.

THANK YOU for loving our products! We would not be opening store #2 without your support; thanks for spreading the word about what we do. June marks 8 years we've been bringing you the natural goodness of botanical beauty from wine, first online and now in 2 locations! Cheers- see you this Saturday.

xoxo,