Who doesn’t love a good candle? Clean Living have a stylish new range of Autumn Home Fragrances. Their Cashmere and Black Amber Home Fragrance collection both smells and looks gorgeous.
The range includes candles, room spray, incense and a reed diffuser, with prices starting at £11.99, available from www.cleanlivingint.com
I love candles and having a home that smells great, but I am less keen on chemicals. It is a known fact that some candles give out harmful toxins. That is not what you want to breathe in. You do not have to skip candles completely, you can use candles from Holistic London. They look as gorgeous as they smell. I love the style and the ethos. Get yourself one now.
Consumers are more aware than ever about sustainable and healthy choices. With more choice than ever before it is easier to choose natural and organic alternatives. Holistic London have created the most amazing scents that are organic and eco-friendly.
Many candles are full of harmful chemicals such as paraffin, which reduce air quality in our homes and affect those with Asthma when used. Holistic London have a solution they create fully organic, non-toxic, and clean alternatives. They understand the need for well-designed, natural, and clean candles. They are proud candlemakers and are passionately involved in every detail, however small, making products that deserve to be in people’s homes.
Their candles are only ever made with two high-quality natural ingredients. Their choice of renewable and eco-friendly soy wax is of the highest quality. Their essential oils are sourced to ensure their scents that provide long-lasting aromas. All their candles are plant based, vegan and cruelty free, in simple words ‘100% Clean’. Holistic London only use the purest essential oils to ensure their candles deliver a comforting and surround aromatherapy experience.
With a wide selection of fragrances Holistic London provide scents that will suit every personality, home, or mood.
Grapefruit + Rosemary – A multi-faceted fragrance with combines two of the best natural ingredients to lift your spirits. From £14.
Bergamot + Wildflowers – A calming experience packed in a citric floral blend. A must for lovers of the great outdoors. From £15.
Lavender + Patchouli – A rich aromatic and woody blend, ideal to lower tensions and help you have a peaceful, rejuvenating sleep. From £15.
Peppermint + Sandalwood – Delightfully tingly and refreshing, filling your home with a revitalising aroma From £15.
Cedarwood + Spices – A provocative and evocative scent with a unique profile, designed for like to spice things up. From £15.
At Holistic London they believe in #SlowLiving meaning passionately loving the things you value and embracing the fact of but doing less and enjoying it more. Choosing Natural, Organic, Vegan and cruelty free candles has never been easier.
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Top picks for the woman in your life.
McGuigan Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
A luscious red wine full of red and blackberry fruit flavours. This Cabernet Sauvignon shows the distinctive cassis and blackcurrant fruits as well as a subtle herbaceous note that finishes with eucalyptus . Fine velvety tannins add to the finish. This wine is matched perfectly with a range of rich dishes including red meat stews or casseroles.
RRP: £9.99 (Tesco.co.uk, ASDA.com)
McGuigan The Shortlist Shiraz
A classic fruit driven Barossa Valley shiraz, this wine displays ripe mulberry and plum characteristics. The conscious integrations of oak results in subtle vanilla and spice. This wine has youthful, grippy tannins and will develop in the bottle for the next 10 years. Matched perfectly with red meat dishes such as glazed beef short ribs.
RRP: £14.99 (MajesticWines.co,uk)
We tried both wines and they are first class.
Body Butter and Candles from Shea. A small family run business that specialise in creating handmade natural products including body butters, hair care and scented soy wax candles.
All Shea Innocence candles have been hand poured using natural soy wax providing a clean burn and long lasting fragrance. Shea Innocence candles are free form GMM, pesticides and herbicides. They also make brilliant body butter. We tried all of the following: Nourishing Body Butter with Lavender & Orange, Triple Butter Whip – Mango, Grapefruit & Orange, Body Butter – Mums to Be & New Mums (Unscented) and Mandarin Body Butter – Little Ones. Body butter is £10.95 and candles are £6-18.00. Highly recommended on quality. They smell great too.
Adult Colouring Books are the in thing at the moment. Taking time out and staying away from technology is relaxing and essential for health. Quercus Books are publishing 4 gorgeous, small, paperback-format colouring books in a series called ‘The Little Book of Colouring’. Their small size is unique and handy both for carrying with you as well as curling up on the sofa, while the brief affirmations on every page provide the perfect opportunity for colouring fans to focus their minds and step away from the hectic pressures of day-to-day life.
Adult Colouring Book available here
Divoom Voombox Ongo. We tested this great speaker, it really is water resistant and weather proof. Perfect for taking anywhere, give the woman in your life the chance to get her groove on when on the move. Perfect for picnics and outdoor parties too.
Ideal for outdoor enthusiasts who want to listen to music while out and about, the Divoom Voombox Ongo comes with a bike mount and is water resistant and shockproof. Its compact size offers impressive sound with a passive subwoofer and two 1.5inch drivers, and offers a built-in speakerphone solution to make calls while on the move. The Voombox Ongo is available in a range of colours and is perfect for use around the campfire this summer.
Divoom Voombox Outdoor Speaker is available here.
Thomas Dakin Gin
This brilliant gin includes 11 botanicals including horseradish and the gun-metal grey bottle is superb. Thomas Dakin Gin is a classic style London Dry Gin which takes its name from the forefather of English gin, Thomas Dakin, who created the world’s first quality gin in 1761 in the North West of England.
Nose: Juniper perfumed notes upfront with sweet orange and citrus aromas and a hint of red cole botanical at the end.
Taste: Smooth, intense and piquant which softens, leaving a sweet citrus and savoury taste.
Finish : Medium to long lingering finish.
Thomas Dakin Gin is a juniper-led classic style gin with sweet orange and citrus notes and a pepper and savoury finish, thanks to the cubeb berries and red cole. We love it: a superior gin that tastes sublime.
Thomas Dakin Signature Serve
Tom & Tonic
50ml Thomas Dakin Gin
125ml good quality tonic water
Orange peel
Sprig of fresh Coriander
Pour the gin over a full glass of ice and pour over the tonic water. Twist a 5 cm strip of the orange peel onto the top and garnish with a sprig of coriander.
Thomas Dakin Gin is available in Harvey Nichols and Booths.
Babyliss Hairdryer Twilight Shimmer Set from Lloyds Pharmacy. We absolutely love this. The hairdryer is excellent and it comes with a sparkly bag and some hair clips.
The BaByliss Twilight Shimmer 2000W dryer set features a lightweight and compact dryer with the drying performance of a regular sized hairdryer. Includes a concentrator nozzle and 2 sectioning clips to make styling easy. The pretty sequinned pouch is perfect for cosmetics.
Burt’s Bee The Natural Edit. (rep £29.99)
A great gift set from Burt’s Bee, contains a mix of their best products. Burt’s Bees naturally nourishing milk & honey body lotion for super soft skin, Burt’s Bees shea Butter hand repair cream for those hard working hands, Burt’s Bees coconut foot cream for dancing feet and a duo of 100% natural lip care and colour products – perfect for mistletoe ready lips! All of the products are great, making this a wonderful present.
A great, humorous book. Who hasn’t wondered what a certain emoji someone has sent you means? A great gift to make someone fluent.
How to Speak Emoji is available here.
Label.m Fashion Fix The Bardot Beehive.
The Bardot Beehive Fashion Fix comes with everything you need for this iconic hairstyle.This is a great, unique gift.
Professional Haircare brand label.m has taken its catwalk inspired hair- up, in-salon service, label.m Fashion Fix and created the perfect DIY Kit for clients to enjoy at home for the party season.
With a choice of two of the most requested Fashion Fix styles – The Bardot Beehive and Nouveau Knot, each kit includes the key label.m Create and Complete products, Hair Up Brush and accessories. Also there’s a comprehensive step-by-step for re-creating the look with fool- proof results!
‘Retro inspired 80’s pony’ label.m Bardot Beehive Fashion Fix Kit RRP £27.45
The Kit contains: label.m Volume Mousse, label.m Texturising Volume Spray, label.m Session Hair Up Brush, label.m u-pin Straight Black 50mm, label.m Kirby Grip Straight Black 70mm & label.m No Pull Braiding Bands Black 15mm.
Candles are always a perfect gift. We love Rathbornes Cedar, Cloves & Ambergris and the limited edition Charles Farris VII Pinetum Pine, Fir, Balsam & Cinnamon. They both smell amazing and look great.
A demonstration in luxury hand-crafted work, Rathbornes is officially the oldest candle brand in the world. Created and crafted with love in Dublin for over 500 years; the hand-poured wax candles are infused with the highest quality natural essential oils, tested to ensure optimum scent distribution and burn time.
The new ‘Beyond the Pale’ collection is inspired by the Irish saying which refers to the wild countryside beyond the city parameters or ‘pale’. This new range is comprised of six uniquely formulated scents that encapsulate the romance of the Irish landscape with a luxurious and modern edge.
Travel size- single wick candle, burns for 20 hours, £16
Classic size- two wick candle, burns for 50 hours, £30
Luxury size- four wick candle, burns for 60 hours, £46
From Fenwicks & Brown Thomas, Dublin
Steeped in a heritage that dates back to 1845, Charles Farris scented candles still use the same traditional methods from the Victorian era to make the best candles for modern day- slow burning, long lasting and of the highest quality.
By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, this historic London brand has become the gold standard in quality candle-making. Using 170 years of experience, Charles Farris has now created a range of seven premium scented candles and reed diffusers, specifically for use at home. Working with master blenders to create unique and beautiful scents, the candles have been crafted using traditional techniques, the highest quality ingredients and are encased in artesian hand-finished glass.
The essential oils used come from the finest sources and are infused in the signature wax and hand-poured in a time-honoured fashion that pays tribute to the Charles Farris legacy.
30cl candles- £30
Reed diffusers- £32
Stockists include Fenwicks, Heals, Fortum & Mason
British bath, body and home fragrance brand Heyland & Whittle have had a website refresh. The new and improved site offers customers a more enhanced navigation and overall shopping experience.To celebrate we reviewed their Green Tea & Grapefruit candle.
First of all, presentation. The candle comes in a beautiful box and slides out. The candle itself is in a glass container. So far so sophisticated. The scent of the candle hits you as you open the box, and it is glorious. It is a fresh smell with just the right amount of citrus.It is an uplifting, feel-good fragrance that will brighten any room. Even the notoriously fussy people at Frost love it.
Established in 2003, award winning Heyland & Whittle create outstanding natural products with style and authenticity in a variety of exquisite fragrances. The quintessentially British brand make all their products by hand and are expertly cut, filled and decorated for the most beautiful and superb products.
Famous for their soaps, Heyland & Whittle are the largest manufacturers of cold-processed soap in England. Using only the very best natural ingredients, essential oils, herbs and spices, they are combined to create their sulphate and paraben-free range.
Favourite summer scents include Cherry Blossom, Citrus & Lavender, Neroli & Rose, Green Tea & Grapefruit, Sandlewood & Oud and Coconut Vanilla & Black pepper.
Heyland & Whittle products are available at JohnLewis.co.uk nationwide, Fortnum & Mason and online: www.heylandandwhittle.co.uk
Candles in Glass £24
We love cats at Frost, but that doesn’t stop us loving this menacing cat candle. With an imaginative inner the Pyro Pet candle unveils its eerie interior once burned.
It’s feisty feline appearance is the both beauty and brilliance in one, Kisa was made to kindle.
Made to melt, this candle peels away the prrr’fect pink to reveal a surreal skull, sculpted out of metal.
Almost Aztec in shape, the sharp and sleek design is strikingly beautiful conveying an innocent idea of the cat. The frame inside is almost frightening and portrays a pet of two halves.
Wondering why the Ancient Egyptians worshiped the Cat? We wouldn’t want to be on Kiza’s bad side…
Cunning & curious is this creative cat… the price of this pet? £24.95 from www.prezzybox.com.
Features:
· Approximately 20hours burning time
· Each candle is slightly different and will burn in its own unique way
· Put on a plate when lighting.
We love these Bomb Cosmetics Tinned Candles. They look amazing, they smell amazing and they look great too. It even took a lot of willpower to not try and eat the chocolate orange one
These candles are hand poured and can burn for 50 hours. They are made with essential oil and even the cute shapes within the candles are cut by hand. Every candle is checked for quality and uniquely different. Super cool.
Bomb Cosmetics Tinned Candles are available here.
Don’t know what to buy for Valentine’s Day? Here is our handy guide.
Timbergram, the original wooden postcard company, are offering a whopping 25% off orders through their website in the lead up to Valentines Day and beyond through their ‘I GIVE YOU WOOD’ campaign. Discerning lovers out there can also now upload any image to be printed onto the front of the woodend cards, as well as having a personalised message etched onto the back.
What’s more, Timbergrams supports the charity TreeAid who plant trees throughout Africa’s drylands to help communities escape poverty. In 2013 Timbergram alone helped TreeAid to plant over 1000 trees, making these little products one of the most eco-considerate ways to tell someone you love them.
As well as being able to upload any of your own images onto the front of your card, you can choose from a huge range of Timbergram’s own designs. Timbergram promotes and collaborates with a wide range of UK-based artists and illustrators, so you’re bound to find something different that your partner will adore. If you can’t find a design that catches your fancy, we can etch your own message on the front – just like the old days when you engraved your initials in tree bark.
Spread the love this Valentines Day… give someone wood with the original and best wooden postcards from Timbergram.
Simply use the code: “GIVEWOOD” at the checkout for your 25% discount.
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I Love You To The Moon & Back Wooden Coaster Super cute.
Valentine’s Day Heart Shaped Balloons
Alessi Big Love Ice Cream Set from John Lewis
Name A Star Gift from John Lewis
Cowshed Knackered Cow candles from John Lewis
J-Me Shoe Rack This J-me Nest Shoe Rack
Umbra Cat Jewellery Holder This Umbra Zoola Cat Ring Holder
Spineless Classics We are obsessed with Spineless Classics in the Frost office, and this Shakespeare’s Hamlet – Complete Works on a Page
E-Auto By E-Cloth This e-cloth – Dual Action Mitt
Taylor’s Eye Witness Slate Cheese Board Set With Knives. Taylor’s Eye Witness is an impressive 175 years old. Congratulations guys. It was founded by John Taylor in the 19th Century. The knives are stainless steel. This Slate Board and Knife Set
H20X5 Steam Cleaner. I love this and was very excited when it came because anything that makes cleaning quick and easy is brilliant. This steam cleaner is a home essential. Traditionally available in green, Thane has now added a beautiful white and red edition to the range. This is one of the bestselling steam cleaners 
Rewined Candle Pinot Noir Great candles made from recycled wine bottles, natural soy wax and custom blended fragrance. They look great and are environmentally friendly. What more could you ask for?
Yankee Candle Set of 3 Artisan Christmas Large Jars from QVC
What is your favourite?
