Our body products are produced by Tanya du Bois from Naturals Beauty and her team - a small, family run enterprise that has been running for around 7 years. Tanya is so inspirational as her business grows day by day. Her business is the type of business we like to support - Cape Town entrepreneurs taking their financial situation into their own hands by starting and running small enterprises. #Naturalsbeauty #lavenderproducts #lavenderproductscapetown #lavenderbodyproduct
Veronica from the Lavender Hill community produces our lavender candles. Not only is she a master at making beautiful candles, she also teaches the ladies form the community around her to make candles and to sew beautiful products to produce their own income. Veronica's heart is so big, she also runs a small creche from her garage where she looks after and feeds around 20 children daily from the Lavender Hill community. #lavendercandles #lavendercandlescapetown #lavenderprodu
Janap from the Lavender Hill community does catering. She produces all the lavender biscuits from her kitchen. #lavenderbiscuits #lavenderbiscuitscapetown #bakingwithlavender #lavenderinlavenderhill #culinarylavender #cookingwithlavender #Lavenderinlavenderhill #lavenderproducts #lavenderproductscapetown
After studying and graduating from BAS (Bachelor in Architectural Science) at UCT I decided to change my route and move to entrepreneurship. I have always wanted to own my own company. I am an extremely creative person and doing business is an extremely creative process. I completed a post graduate degree in Management in Entrepreneurship at UCT. This, combined with my compassionate heart and creativity, launched me into starting up an NPO called the Lavender Upliftment Trust
On the 7th of July we hosted our 8th lavender education session at Hillwood Primary in Lavender Hill. Around 50 children learnt all about the healing benefits of lavender and how they can use it in their own homes for medicinal purposes, relaxation and to make products. After getting all the theory out of the way, the kids were taught how to make lavender cuttings (the baby from which a lavender plant will grow). The next half hour was spent getting their hands dirty as they
That’s right, you can use lavender in your cooking and baking too! It’s also a delicious addition to cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks. Here are a few classic ways to utilize lavender in the kitchen: Cocktails Lavender is one of the trendiest cocktail ingredients – particularly as it lends a fragrant complexity to all manner of tipples. Whether you are a fan of gin, vodka or Cognac, one of these lavender inspired drinks is sure to please your palate. Lilac Lemonade This pret
With such beautiful purple flowers and strong aroma, there are endless possibilities for using fresh and dried lavender to decorate and enhance the home. Here are just a few: Potpourri Preserve your garden flowers by making a batch of potpourri to fragrance your home through the winter. Using rose petals, orange peel and lavender buds, you can easily whip this up in minutes. DIY Scented Soy Candles Homemade soy candles are a safer alternative to store-bought scented ones, whi
Lavender has a long history as both a beauty product and a cleansing tonic. Romans used it to scent and purify their baths centuries ago, ancient Egyptians turned its oil into a perfume for the mummification process, and bundles of lavender were burned during the Great Plague of 1665 to try to ward off infectious diseases. More modern day applications include: DIY Massage Cream If you don’t have time to wait for your lavender oil to infuse, whip up this soothing massage cream
Get your hands on this lovely special from Faithful to Nature. Buy any of the selected Lavender in Lavender Hill products marked Special Offer and get a lavender lip balm for FREE. This offer is limited to one per order and valid while stocks lasts. #lavendercapetown #faithfultonature #lavenderproductscapetown #lavenderinlanvenderhill #lavenderproducts