Gower Lavender

It’s #smallbusinessaturday and I thought we’d use it to celebrate our collaboration with Oyster Gallery, by spotlighting another of the soaps I designed for them.

For this one, we wanted to evoke a walk through the woods. There are so many beautiful woodlands around Gower - I was thinking of Bishopston valley, Caswell valley, Crawley woods, Cwm Ivy, Penllergaer, Clyne and even the sliver of ancient woodland that runs down through West Cross near our workshop, the Washing Brook Woods.

I also read a lot about the health benefits of walking among trees. In Japan they call it shinrin yoku - forest bathing - and it is known that the phytoncides given off by trees to ward off pests can also be beneficial to humans. These are tree essential oils and have been shown to reduce the stress hormone cortisol while also boosting the immune system.

So for the soap I selected essential oils to try to recreate that experience: cedarwood, clary sage, eucalyptus, pine - and of course our signature lavender 🌳🌲🍁🍂🍃🪻

It’s been very popular at the gallery, and we are currently making more to keep up with demand! You can only buy direct from @oystergallerymumbles so pop in, drop them a line and support not one, but two local companies!

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So it’s 1st of December and you`ve no Christmas present ideas? Never fear, we’ve got you covered, from stocking filler soaps starting at £3.50 to deluxe hampers stuffed with lovingly made lavender goodies to really spoil someone special, so you’re sure to find something they’ll love.

And if you’re spoilt for choice and can’t decide, we offer gift vouchers too so they can choose for themselves.

Best of all, it’s a perfect gift for a zero waste Christmas - we use natural materials, no single use plastic and compostable soap boxes, and most of our range is completely vegan too!

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Will you be a winner? Three of our Christmas Tree soaps have been made different this year - they only have one Christmas Tree in the design instead of two 🎄

Winners get a lovely free gift from our shop! The ‘golden ticket’ boxes have been sprinkled among our stock and could be anywhere - on our market stall, our online shop, in a hamper or on the shelves of one our regular stockists.

Will you be one of our Lucky Christmas Tree Competition winners?🎄

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We thought we’d put the spotlight on one of our new @oystergallerymumbles soaps… Summer Rain 🌻☔️☀️🌸

When we were designing scents for the range we discovered that blending lavender with patchouli essential oil produced a wonderful, warm, earthy scent exactly like the scent of freshly fallen summer rain. Gower (and Wales tbh) is infamous for its epic and diverse types of rain (it’s what makes Gower so green and beautiful!), so of course we knew we had to make this soap.

It’s exclusive to Oyster Gallery Mumbles, and they can be posted out, so drop them a line or pop in to buy!

Meanwhile, did you know we offer a soap design
service? Get in touch if you’d like to find out more about how we can help you make a soap for you or your business!

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Our stockist of the month for November couldn’t be closer to our hearts. Say hello to Cottey’s Florist in Killay, who were actually our wedding florists back in 2006!

I was absolutely thrilled to get the call enquiring about stocking our goodies from Lisa - and it turns out our wedding was one of her very first when she started working in floristry with the lovely Maureen Cottey (now retired!). What a small world!

It feels very much like the wheel has turned full circle - and guess what I realised when I looked back at our wedding photos? My bouquet had sprigs of lavender in it!! 💜💜 As my daughter said: “Foreshadowing, mummy…” 😆

Anyway, next time you need flowers, pop in and see their beautiful shop, and you’ll get all the benefit of their experience, and you can pick up a few bits from their gift range too 💜

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New to the website! Beautiful laser cut earrings made by our talented friends at @littlewalterstonefarm. They’re ideal for adding to your hampers and gift sets to send a really thoughtful Gower gift to someone special.

From sweet little Highland cows with purple locks, dinky little lavender pots to busy honey bees. Which one will you choose?

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