Natroma exfoliators and handcreams are back!

We're pleased to see the return of some old favourites to our Natroma line up. These include our lovely jojoba bead exfoliators and concentrated handcreams.

The exfoliators are now available in 3 varieties: Dry Sensitive (with rose, geranium and palmarosa), Normal Combination (with neroli, petitgrain and bergamot), and Sensitive (with German and Roman chamomiles and lavender). These are lovely light exfoliators that are packed with wonderful botanical oils - jojoba, papaya, evening primrose and comfrey, moisturising panthenol and skin calming sea buckthorn and calendula botanical extracts. They contain jojoba beads which are tiny spherical beads of jojoba which gently exfoliate the skin without any scratching or irritation. Don't be surprised by the colour of these, the cream is naturally yellow due to the presence of generous amounts of those botanical extracts. Further details on why we've selected these ingredients can be found on our Exfoliator page on the Natroma website.

We've made some changes to our hand creams and they now contain jojoba and coconut oils with organic shea butter, and are enriched with panthenol, glycerine and aloe vera. Customers will notice that this new version feels really silky, so we're really pleased with how these feel on the hands! More information on why we use these ingredients is on our Hand and Nails page on the Natroma website.

Regular customers will also notice that our hand creams have new packaging. The packaging was the reason why we temporarily withdrew our hand creams from sale. We had received feedback that the harder tube was difficult to use by customers with hand or joint problems. So we're very pleased to have found some new white tubes that are much softer than before, making the tubes much easier to squeeze.

Mothers day and Easter gift ideas

We've enjoyed some lovely weather during the last few days, and it's inspired us to create some lovely uplifting gift ideas for Mother's Day!

This year we've focussed on creating some luxurious botanical bathing hampers, designed to support the skin after a long, cold winter. Our fizzing bath melts are full of cocoa and shea butters, so will be perfect for Mums who like to enjoy long relaxing baths. These pretty hand rolled bath melts weigh a generous 40g, and have been formulated to gently fizz as they melt into the bath water releasing pretty petals and botanicals. They're naturally fragranced with essential oils blended by our Aromatherapist, and will leave the skin smelling gorgeous. It's best if you gently dry yourself after taking a bath, to allow the natural oils and butters to sink in and moisturise the skin.

We also have a sunny Springtime hamper this year, that's wrapped in a flowery gold and green organza ribbon. Our Springtime soap was a favourite from last year, so we've brought it back again as a special edition, palm-free goats milk soap. It has a gentle, but uplifting fragrance with a rich creamy lather. In this hamper we've also included 3 fizzing bath melts (a variety of fragrances are available), and an uplifting chill pill bath bomb. We hope that Mum's enjoy this sweet, but cheerful range of products and that they find the time to take a well earned rest!

These and other hampers are now available on our Mothers Day webpage, and we'll also have a wide selection of hampers available in our Ruskin shop in the coming weeks. We're accepting orders on Mother's Day hampers too, so will be happy to make specific items if you have a particular gift idea in mind. Local customers will also have the option to include Natroma Holistics treatment vouchers inside their hampers. So why not treat your Mum to a full body massage, or perhaps an Aromatherapy Facial or Foot Reflex treatment?

Dates for the diary for local customers are Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th March 2011. The Ruskin Glass Centre will be hosting a Spring Fair, with a range craft exhibitors showing handmade products that would be lovely as Mother's Day gifts.