Patience Bath Oil Wins Platinum award in the Janey Lee Grace Platinum Awards

PATIENCE BATH OIL WINNER IN NATIONAL AWARDS

 Janey Lee Grace Loves Platinum Awards 2014

Good things come to those who wait and we are thrilled to announce that our warming, fortifying Patience Bath Oil has WON the Janey Loves Platinum Award for the Best Bath Oil 2014.

These national awards acknowledge the best of the best and signifies the highest of credentials for those seeking the best in the natural, organic, and eco products.

Janey Lee Grace at ww.imperfectlynatural.com is recognised as the UK’s leading expert on natural products and all entries are highly scrutinised before being accepted to enter these highly prestigious awards.

The much coveted PLATINUM AWARD is recognition and acknowledgement by Janey and her team of testers for products that are of outstanding quality and excellence.

Founder of Beatitude, Rebecca O’Connor who has more than 25 years of experience as a beauty therapist and aromatherapist expresses her complete joy at winning this prestigious accolade, “ I am thrilled that the Beatitude Patience Bath Oil has received this award and it is very encouraging to get such high praise from Janey Lee Grace and her team of experts”.

The Beatitude Bath oils are presented in beautiful French glass decanter bottles. RRP 50ml £24 and 100ml £39.

Click Here for the Link to Buy http://www.beatitudeproducts.co.uk/patience-aromatherapy-bath-oil-27-c.asp

MyShowcase CEO Nancy Cruickshank

MEET OUR INSPIRATIONAL MOTHERS

Nancy Cruickshank CEO MyShowcase.com

Can you tell us a bit about your business and family?

I am married to Jim, who I met aged 19 at University in Leeds! We have two amazing daughters (aged 10 and 9) together and we're also the proud parents of Holly (miniature schnauzer) and Lola (Jack Russell)! We live in London and occasionally, escape to Devon where we have a small idyllic cottage by the sea. My business is called MyShowcase, think Avon meets Space NK! It's a new beauty retail business that I launched with my business partner, Kate Shapland (Telegraph Beauty Editor) in June 2012. We sell 25 gorgeous independent beauty brands (including the gorgeous Beatitude) via a network of incredibly talented female entrepreneurs - who we call MyShowcase Stylists.

2. What do you do to relax?

I walk on the beach whenever I can. That might be in Devon or an early morning Sunday escape form London to West Wittering. Walking & larking about with our daughters and dogs on the beach liberates the mind & makes you feel amazing. Likewise, I practise Yoga once a week and I attend a 1-hour Mindfulness class with my lovely friend, Ellie. This is a fairly new thing for me - it's an extraordinary guided meditation experience, without judgement, and somehow incredibly regenerating & life-affirming. I feared it might all feel a bit mad & alternative before trying a class out, expecting to spend my hour instead thinking about all of the emails that I had to send back at the office. I couldn't have been more wrong. It was mind clearing, energising and clarifying. At the office, my team regularly tell me that I am at my best on a Friday after a session with Ellie!

3. What is your favourite Beatitude product and why do you like this ?

I love Joy & Patience bath oils. Joy is an all-round thing for me (I'm a fan of the body oil also) and Patience is my Winter bath oil supplement. I regularly drop oil into the bath and sink into the blissful relaxation that this creates. My daughters are fans too - they love the smell and want to steal my lovely little bottles!

 4. How will you be spending Mother's Day on 30th March?

With my family, no question! Hopefully we'll be enjoying a wonderful lunch together in Devon after a long dog-walk along the beach at Weston or tramping around on Dartmoor! 

Meet Beatitude's Inspirational Mothers

On the run up to Mothers Day this Sunday we are speaking to 3 Inspirational Mothers and finding out a bit more about them and asking which is their favourite Beatitude Product and why they like this so much.

                   

Carol Smilie, co-founder www.diarydoll.com

 

 1. Can you tell us a bit about your business and family?

My Company is called 'DIARY DOLL ' www.diarydoll.com

 We make a completely innovative product - the most amazing knickers for girls, with a secret, breathable, waterproof panel to help with problems with heavy periods, pelvic floor and post-maternity. They're washable, super soft and look and feel exactly like your favourite pants but nobody would know the difference!.

I'm married to Alex and am mum to three teenagers, Christie (19)  Robbie (16) and Jodie (14)

2.     What do you do to relax?

I walk my two black labradors (Jess & Ruby) and love pottering about the house, cooking and taking extra long baths!

3. What is your favourite Beatitude product and why do you like this?

My favourite is definitely the Patience Bath oil. It smells like a spa treatment and was wonderfully relaxing. I suppose as a mum of three, Patience was the most apt of all the names!

4.How will you be spending Mother’s Day on 30^th March ?

I'm a bit funny about things like Mother's Day, Valentine's Day etc. I'd far prefer treats when I don't expect them. On the day though, this sounds really bad, but I'll probably be either on my own (Alex is away motor racing that weekend) or chaperoning Jodie while she's busking!!  I really don't mind Alex not being around on the day, because he often does far more spontaneous gestures, like bringing me flowers for no  reason at all, cooking for me, taking me to the movies, or arranging a spa day out of the blue!  and I love watching Jodie busking, we have a laugh afterwards about some of the characters she meets!

Beatitude Supreme Happiness Treatment Review

We have been delighted this year to have developed a professional treatment that complements our aromatherapy retail line. We were asked by Fletcher's Cottage Spa in East Lothian to create a treatment that would be different to their existing treatment menu and offer their client's a new and different aromatherapy massage.

This was both an exciting and challenging proposal and so I went through all the professional manuals from many training courses (spanning 25 years) and I started by making notes and putting together different massage movements to create a new treatment, and changing the typical aromatherapy sequence. This combined with our luxurious serum like plant oils (Daikon Radish, Oat Oil, Camellia Oil) with the pure essential oil blends plus the introduction of the Hot Stones results in a fabulous, flowing treatment where you feel relaxed yet uplifted after the massage. After lots of trials on family and friends I presented the Beatitude Supreme Happiness treatment and manual to Fletcher's Spa in the Spring and I am happy to say that this treatment has been really well received and we have had lots of great feedback from clients and this rather fabulous review of the Supreme Happiness treatment from Ruth Walker at the Scotsman - See Below.
To book this treatment call 01620897580 or visit www.archerfieldhouse.com/spa for further details.

Beatitude - Blog of Beatitude Products

So at last I am making a start on a blog. I am a wee bit overdue on doing this partly due to a bit of techno fear about what a blog is and how you do it. I remember very clearly my mother getting in the most dreadful panic when our Betamex video arrived, and I vowed at the age of 8 not too get scared of new technology and developments but if I am honest this is easier said than done..

This will be a diary of my journey in building the Beatitude brand, creating awareness about the benefits about aromatherapy and hopefully this will be an interesting read for anyone thinking about setting up and starting their own business.

I launched Beatitude at the Country Living Fair Glasgow in November 2011. I think I had possibly the smallest size stand you could possibly get - a bit bigger than a phone box (if you remember these), but the best thing for me was actually meeting customers and getting their feedback on the products. It was wonderful to get such positive feedback from folk (and my first sales) and from here on in I felt I was on the right track.

The First Beatitude Stand at the Country Living Fair Glasgow 2011 

The first Beatitude products were the bath oils. Having been in the beauty industry for more than 20 years I felt there was a gap in the market for high strength therapeutic bath oils that would disperse in the water and that were also blended with some of the more beneficial plant oils rather than just using the cheaper grapeseed or almond oils. The Beatitude bath oils are in a base of Oat Oil, Camellia Oil and Peach Kernel Oil - the feel and texture of these oils is really quite different and they also ensure that your skin is left feeling silky smooth afterwards, not to mention the fact that you are not left with the awful greasy rim around your bath!

I have developed 3 quite different blends (in 2 sizes) and these really reflect (very generally) the main reasons why my clients were having aromatherapy:

Peace Bath Oil is for relaxation - This has a delicate floral aroma which comes from Ylang Ylang and is balanced with the woody notes of petitgrain and cedarwood and this blend also contains lavender. This is a brilliant blend if you are feeling stressed, are having problems switching off or generally want to improve well-being and feel soothed.

Patience Bath Oil is for general aches and strains. This has a spicy aroma with Ginger (fantastic warming properties), Rosemary, Lavender and Juniperberry. This blend has a much more herbal, tonic feel to it and is highly recommended after exercise or as a general tonic. All essential oils are antiseptic but this blend really packs a powerful punch if you are feeling run down. I had pneumonia 2 years ago and for weeks I could not get rid of the shivers. The Beatitude bath oils were still in development at this stage but this blend stood out for me at this time and this was the first formula to be confirmed as I was really pleased at how effective these essential oils worked together.

Joy Bath Oil is for cheering and uplifting. Bergamot is one of my favourite essential oils. I have used this many times over the years with brilliant effects. I have found it one of the most effective anti-depressant oils. This blend combines the very best citrus essential oils - sweet orange, grapefruit and mandarin and we have had some wonderful feedback about this blend. The purpose of this formula is to give you a 'lift' - and this has been nicknamed our Sunshine in bottle. It is worth noting though that this oil will not over stimulate and therefore you can use before bedtime -  It is more mentally uplifting than physically stimulating.