Spring Fayre - Ruskin Glass Centre - Saturday 12th March 2022

A date for the diary - why not pop in to see us on Saturday 12th March to choose your perfect gifts for Mother's Day and Easter!

For Mother's Day gift ideas visit our Mother's Day Gifts page on the Natroma website

 

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

We have some lovely new hampers and gift ideas, that would be perfect as pampering Mother's Day gifts!

Natroma - handmade natural soaps, bathing and luxurious home fragrancing

We have some pretty Springtime natural skincare hampers containing handmade goat's milk soaps and organic bathing products. 

Have you spotted that we now have a range of beautiful natural rattan reed diffusers?  Our reed diffusers are made from a vegetable derived oil that's alcohol free, VOC free and non-flammable.  With over 30 positive reviews, customers seem to be loving our pure essential oil and enhanced fragrances, to naturally fragrance the home.  These are available in smaller kits and we also package them into gift hampers.

We're also a stockist of Amelia Art Glass - beautiful and unique blown glass diffuser bottles and Friendship Balls.  Many customers buy these as stylish additions to their homes, but they are also make  wonderful gifts.  Remember that if you're unable to visit your Mum this year, there is an option on the website to order a gift and we'll include a personalised gift message.  

So for Mother's Day gift inspiration, remember to call into our shop at the Ruskin Glass Centre or place your order on the Natroma website! 

Natroma - Summer Shop Opening Hours 2021

 We haven't posted on this blog for years (it's best to visit our website blog or Facebook page) , but thought it would help customers to mention our new shop arrangements for 2021.

After much thought, we have decided to change our shop opening hours for the summer. After the release of the 2021 lock-down our shop has been quiet.  The last 12 months have been very challenging for Natroma and we are very grateful for the support of our customers - locally and further afield.  The pandemic has turned the business on its head so we now have many customers from all around the UK regularly ordering our products via the website.  So for now we are opening our shop on a part-time basis.  We can then give website customers our full attention at the beginning of each week (the website is busiest at the weekend) so we can promptly manufacture our aromatherapy products and process your orders.   Later in the week we'll then have more time to look after local customers giving them time to browse, ask questions and have a chat (rather than seeing us dashing around in the background looking too busy to be interrupted).  We want our shop to be as welcoming as before the pandemic so hopefully local customers will see that we're trying to balance their needs, with the many customers who are also supporting us from all around the country.

So we'll be working full time as normal each week, but our revised shop opening hours will be:

      Sunday - Wednesday      CLOSED

      Thursday - Saturday       10.30am - 4pm

As before, we're asking shop visitors to enter our shop to enter via our outside door - you walk up the slope to the right of the main Ruskin Glass Centre steps and our door is just around the corner.  We'll require everyone to wear a face mask whilst in our shop and will continue to ask customers to wash their hands when they arrive.  There's no need to book a shopping appointment, but we'll be restricting access into the shop to around 2-3 people at a time.    

We also offer Click & Collect on the website so you can pre-order items and we'll have them ready for when you call in.

Thanks everyone, and we hope to see you soon!

Natroma wins 2017 Natural Beauty Award for Q10 Facial Oil Serum!

Natroma Award Winning Skincare - Q10 Facial Oil Serum and Carrot & Calendula organic goat's milk soap

Today we’re delighted to announce that The Green Parent magazine has awarded Natroma another Best Buy award, for our organic Q10 Facial Oil Serum in their 2017 Natural Beauty Awards!

Each year The Green Parent Magazine Natural Beauty Awards search for the safest, cleanest, greenest and most effective natural products in a range of categories.  Each of the winning skincare products in the 2017 awards has been carefully chosen and tested by an independent review panel.  The Award winners will appear in the 2017 Natural Beauty Bible which will be published later in July.

Natroma is a tiny company so we're thrilled to have won an award 2 years running and that our hugely popular Q10 Facial Oil Serum has been recognised!  All of our gentle facial products were developed especially for eczema, psoriasis and sensitive skin types, and they have many fans.  So it's lovely that our Q10 Facial Oil Serum, which is such a favourite with customers, has won this award.

So during 2017 we'll be celebrating with some Q10 Special Offers - on the Natroma website and on purchases made in our Stourbridge shop at the Ruskin Glass Centre. 

Ruskin Glass Centre Spring Fayre

Not long to go now....

Opening Hours for 2017

During 2016, we monitored the times when customers tended to visit our shop at the Ruskin Glass Centre.  We used to open at 10am, but have found that many customers came into the shop later in the morning and around lunchtime. 

So for 2017, we've decided to change our Stourbridge shop opening hours.  This change has no impact on holistic therapy treatments, since we'll be happy to offer earlier and later appointments as usual.

Our weekly shop opening hours will now be published on our Natroma website, and we'll also post changes (if we take a holiday or are out at external events) on our Facebook page.

Our usual weekly hours during 2017 will be:

Monday - CLOSED
Tuesday - 1.30pm to 4pm
Wednesday - 10.30am to 4pm
Thursday - 10.30am to 4pm
Friday - 10.30am to 4pm
Saturday - 10.30am to 4pm
Sunday CLOSED (or by appointment)

Merry Christmas from Natroma!

Our Stourbridge shop will be open this week until Friday 23rd December 2016.  We're still receiving lots on website orders and these will be posted out right up until we close for the year (but we can't guarantee parcels will arrive before Christmas, unless orders are received within the next day and postage is upgraded).

Our Stourbridge shop will be closed from Christmas Eve until 14th January 2017 - so we can re-charge the batteries!  But our Natroma website will continue to accept orders and we'll be calling in, to process these as normal from 4th January 2017.  So if local customers need anything urgent, please drop us an e-mail and we'll try to organise a mutually convenient collection date!

In the meantime, thanks to everyone for their custom and support during 2016.  We greatly valued everyone's kindness and goodwill as we celebrated our 10th Birthday this year.  We hope you have a peaceful and restful Christmas break, and a Happy New Year in 2017!

Christmas Dates 2016

Thanks for the Christmas orders!  We're still managing to dispatch orders within 24-48 hours, but it will soon be too late to receive your items in time for Christmas.  Please send in your orders asap, since we'd hate to cause any disappointment.

Natroma Christmas Shopping events!

Natroma and The Natural Soapworks will be out and about again this week. 

Our Ruskin Glass Centre shop will be closed from 1pm on Friday 18th November while we go to set up our stands at Himley Hall and Emfield's Advent Fayre.

We'll be at Elmfield on Saturday 19th November and at Himley Hall all weekend.

So why not join us for a lovely day out, and find some lovely fragrant Christmas gifts too!

Christmas Events!

Just wanted to remind everyone who visits our Stourbridge shop that November is going to be a busy month, because we're out and about at Christmas events.

The first one is this weekend at Tatton Park:

Natroma & The Natural Soapworks - natural skincare Christmas gifts at Tatton Park!

We love attending this lovely event but it means that our workshop will be closed at the weekend.  

We'd advise that customers continue to check our Natroma website opening hours page for up to date information of when the workshop will be closed, and hope this saves any unnecessary journeys while we are away. 

Natroma & The Natural Soapworks 10th Birthday!

Our 10th birthday celebration will be held in our Stourbridge shop at the Ruskin Glass Centre on Saturday 1st October 2016 (10am - 4pm).

We'll have special offers during the day, we've created a special edition Celebration soap (we'll be giving away these as free gifts with purchases), we're running a prize draw for 10 birthday goodie bags and we'll be launching our Christmas catalogue.

Please call in to see us if you can!

 ENTER OUR BIRTHDAY PRIZE DRAW!
To enter our prize draw, you simply need to post a product review on the Natroma website, add a review on our Natroma Facebook page or fill out an entry form in our shop. 

Simply nominate your favourite Natural Soapworks or Natroma product, give it a star rating out of 5 and say why you like it. (We'll be adding the feedback we receive to our Natroma website, since we know that the product reviews help new customers to select the right products for their skin). 
  

We'll draw out the 10 lucky winners after our birthday weekend. Good luck!

Summer Break

Just wanted to let everyone know that our Stourbridge shop at the Ruskin Glass Centre will be closed for the next couple of weeks, while we take a summer break. 

While we're away website orders will be processed as normal. 

We expect to be calling into the workshop a few times each week so if local customers have any urgent needs, then please drop us an e-mail and we'll see if we can arrange a mutually convenient collection time. 

We'll be back to normal again on Tuesday 23rd August, when our shop re-opens at 1pm.  Take care!

Natroma Handmade Goat's Milk Soap Wins Best Buy Award!

Natroma - handmade aromatherapy organic goat's milk soap 

We’re delighted to announce that The Green Parent magazine has awarded a Best Buy award to our Natroma Carrot & Calendula organic goat’s milk soap in their 2016 Natural Beauty Awards!

Handmade with organic cruelty-free certified botanical oils and aromatherapy grade essential oils, our Carrot & Calendula has been a popular soap variety for a while.  So we were thrilled to hear that one of our handmade natural soaps beat off competition from much larger companies, to achieve the Best Buy award!

Our goat's milk soaps were developed especially for eczema, psoriasis and sensitive skin types, so we hope this award encourages more people to try using natural soaps as a more gentle and natural way of cleansing their skin.  We think the addition of the goat's milk really adds something to the way our aromatherapy soaps feel on the skin, helping sufferers of eczema and psoriasis who often struggle to find cosmetic products that don't cause skin irritation. 

Each year The Green Parent Magazine Beauty Awards search for the safest, cleanest, greenest and most effective natural products in a range of categories.  Each of the winning items in the 2016 awards has been carefully chosen and tested by an independent review panel.  The Award winners will appear in the 2016 Natural Beauty Bible which will be published later in July.

We decided to enter this year’s awards because of The Green Parent’s approach, they say:  “We insist on products free from petroleum-based chemicals, propylene glycol, parabens or sulphates and NO animal testing so you can be assured of their safety. We believe that beauty is more than skin deep. So we seek out those products that are made by passionate people; companies that we can trust; those who put care and love into their work”.

Thanks Green Parent - we're delighted with this win!

Natroma & The Natural Soapworks Opening Hours

Just wanted to mention that we're going to try extending our opening hours for our Ruskin Glass Centre shop.  The Centre has been very quiet during the long period of building work, but the good news is that it's nearly completed now and the car park has been finished! 

Our new opening hours are:

Monday - Closed
Tuesday - 1pm to 4pm
Wednesday - 10am to 4pm
Thursday - 10am to 4pm
Friday - 10am to 4pm
Saturday - 10am to 4pm
Sunday - by arrangement*

* we are usually closed on Sundays, but we will open if there is sufficient demand.  Please contact us to make arrangements.

We'll continue to update this blog on a regular basis, with any changes to these hours.  Regular customers will also know that we regularly work past 4pm, so if you'd like to call in a little later then please give us a call and we'll be able to advise if we can stay open later to accommodate your visit. 

Hope this helps!

Easter break at The Natural Soapworks

We have been told that the Ruskin Glass Centre's café will be closed over Easter.  The closure of the cafe always has an impact on the numbers of visitors to our workshop, so we've decided to take an Easter break.

Our Ruskin Glass Centre shop will be closed until next Wednesday 30th March 2016, and then we'll re-open again at 12.30pm.  We realise that some local customers will probably want to call in for soaps and gifts at the weekend, so we'll open our shop between 10.30am - 3.30pm on Saturday 26th March 2016. 

Orders placed on our websites will be processed in the date order they arrive, and will be dispatched from next Wednesday onwards.

So in the meantime, have a great Easter break!

Spring Fayre at the Ruskin Glass Centre!

 

 

A date for the diary!

Winter shop opening hours 2016

We're back after our Christmas break!  Our Ruskin Glass Centre shop will be operating reduced winter opening hours, with our typical weekly hours as:

Monday - CLOSED
Tuesday - 11am to 4.30pm
Wednesday - 1pm to 4.30pm
Thursday - CLOSED
Friday - 11am to 4.30pm
Saturday - 11am to 4.30pm
Sunday - by arrangement

But...we often work longer hours than these, so if you'd like to visit the shop at other times please contact us by phone or e-mail to make arrangements.  We'll try to stay open longer if we can.

This week we'll have reduced opening hours on Saturday 16th January 2016, and will be open from 1pm until 4.30pm.  This weekend, we'll be unable to open on Sunday.

See you soon!

Merry Christmas everyone!

From everyone at Natroma and The Natural Soapworks

Christmas Post Deadlines 2015

Thanks for all the orders!  Somehow, we're keeping up to date on website orders and everything is being dispatched within 24-48 hours.  So there's still time to place some last minute orders, but the Royal Mail Christmas posting deadlines are rapidly approaching. 

So our last posting dates for 2015 are:

2nd Class - our Standard Service (this covers orders with free postage included)
The Royal Mail deadline is 19th December, so your order must be placed by 12.00pm on Friday 18th December 2015.

1st Class - our Priority Service
The Royal Mail deadline is 21st December so your order must be placed by 12.00pm on Sunday 20th December 2015.

After this, we will continue to send out parcels until we close for Christmas, but Royal Mail deliveries cannot be guaranteed to arrive once the final postal dates have passed. 

Our Ruskin Glass Centre shop will be open until 4.00pm on Wednesday 23rd December 2015, and then we'll be taking our extended Christmas break. 

Website orders will begin to be processed (in date order) from Tuesday 5th January 2016.

Our Ruskin Glass Centre shop will re-open again on Tuesday 12th January 2016 at 11am.

Join us at the Ruskin's Candlelit Shopping Evening!

Phew, it's been a busy few weeks!  We've loved being out and about so much and it's been great to see so many customers old and new at Tatton Park, Himley Hall, Elmfield Advent Event, Halfords Christmas Market and the Ruskin Christmas Craft Fayre. 

But now it's time for perhaps the prettiest event of the year....the Ruskin's Candlelit Shopping Evening!  We turn out the main centre lights and transform the Ruskin Glass Centre by lighting it with candles and fairy lights. 

It's a lovely way to do some last minute Christmas shopping with our Centre Artists and Makers.  The café will be open selling mulled wine and mince pies.....so if previous years are anything to go by, we're sure to be enjoying some of these!  This year it will also be great to welcome the Stourbridge Rock Choir who will be singing live!

We're sure it's going to be a great evening, so remember come down to the Ruskin Glass Centre on Thursday 10th December between 6pm and 9pm!