Make every day Mother's Day...
Mother’s Day is approaching this weekend (although you would be forgiven if you’d forgotten, with all our minds very preoccupied at the moment).
Since we don’t any longer have mothers ourselves, at Beauty Bible (and indeed, AREN’T mothers ourselves), we’ve always taken a slightly different approach to this landmark in the gifting calendar, suggesting that people send a token of appreciation to a V.I.W. in their life – a godmother, carer, best friend, whoever. There are lots of ways of ‘mothering’, and they are all worthy of appreciation.
This year, we’d like to see showing some form of appreciation for wonderful women in our lives extended beyond this Sunday. So: if you can’t order these in time for this weekend, why not plan one as a surprise for someone who’s doing a great job, in difficult times. Real treats, for some self-care time at home…
NEOM Perfect Night's Sleep Intensive Skin Treatment Candle/£40.
This is like two gifts in one, a beautiful candle to flicker away whilst soaking in the tub and then when you get out you can drizzle the melted precious mix of almond, baobab and jojoba oils all over your body. Not to mention it smells divine with English lavender, jasmine and sweet basil, just perfect for sending you off for a tranquil nights sleep. Also, when you purchase on-line you can choose a decorative sleeve so there’s no need to worry about wrapping either. Easy peasy.
Fine Cell Work (from £10)
We love to buy and receive gifts from Fine Cell Work, a charity and social enterprise where prisoners are trained to create lovely, very high quality needlework of different kinds from embroidery to petit point tapestry. Products range from specs cases and lavender bags, via shoe bags and little purses to decorative cushions, starting at £10.
L’Occitane Floral Scented Soap Quatro/£16.
This couldn’t be prettier, four gorgeous bars, two cherry blossom and two rose, individually wrapped and housed in a lovely keepsake box. This is also part of the brilliant #NOTJUSTAGIFT initiative from L’Occitane, supporting producers so they can grow sustainably for the future.
Dr. Hauschka Nurturing Rose Skincare set/£30.50
Nurture sounds and feels like a very appealing word right now and this gorgeous set of Dr. Hauschka’s best-selling rose products promises to do just that. There’s a Rose Day Cream, bliss for winter skin, Hydrating Hand Cream (wonderfully soothing after an awful lot of hand-washing) and a little 30ml Rose Nurturing Bath Essence, all together in the sweetest reusable cosmetics bag that we’re sure any Mama would adore.