Doesn't time fly - I feel really ashamed that so much time has passed since I've posted to the blog...
Family illness and other problems, and also the fact that my guide dog, Webster, is also just recovering from a virus that affected him badly, have meant little time to do the blog justice, let alone my business.
We have, however, been doing some market research, experimenting (sorry, Product Development), and of course as always, testing.
We have some interesting new products to offer to cheer you up as the winter hasn't yet quite turned into spring:
Two new Reed Diffusers (more coming soon) using organic essential oils, for those of you who don't want to have lit candles burning all day and who don't like using commercial spray air fresheners;
Organic Bath Oils and Organic Body Scrubs that you've been asking for; and
A really value-for-money 'Make your own Gift Basket' where you can choose products from across our organic range.
Please do let us have your feedback and also any other ideas you would like to see on our website.
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
More new products for the Spring!
Friday, 30 January 2009
Clearance Sale on our Skincare Products now back!
Friday, 23 January 2009
Firstly, may we wish you a Happy New Year and success in everything that you do.
Just a short newsletter to flag up some of our new products that you may have missed and to let you know that, for our newsletter subscribers, we are offering a 10% discount on our Valentine's Day products - simply enter Valentine in the coupon box at the checkout. Please see our website - www.e-nat.co.uk or call us free on 08000 664 916.
Idea's For Valentine's Day
This year, we're some new gift ideas for that special someone that won't cost the earth.
Make your own gift basket, for him or for her, for a touch of affordable luxury at £19.95 - choice of one bath bar, one skin care product, one candle, one bathroom accessory and a free cotton face cloth. For that special someone, we will also include a handmade Valentine's day card, made by designer/illustrator Daniela Freedman. Click here to order.
It's always worth taking the time for a massage simply for the pleasure of taking some time out. Add to this the therapeutic benefits offered by our blend of organic essential oils and you'll feel good for hours. Choose either Sensual or Relaxing at an introductory price of £5.95. Our massage oils are based on organic sweet almond oil and are suitable for all skin types. Click here to order.
Beautiful and romantic, these gift boxes (made from recycled material) contain three mini heart shaped soaps, per box, minimum combined weight 36gr. Packed with either organic rose buds or our very own organic lavender, at £3.50 per box, they make the perfect gift. At present, we offer three choices: Organic Lavender, Organic Luxury Rose & Cocoa Butter and All Natural Goats' Milk & Rose Petal. Click here to order.
Like our Organic Massage Oils, our Bath Oils are suitable for all skin types. Based on organic sweet almond oil and a blend of organic essential oils, just add up to a tablespoon (15ml) to your bath, swirl the water around and enjoy a wonderful sensual experience. Choose from Calming, Reviving or Soothing at an introductory price of £5.95. Click here to order.
Priced at £4.95, these candles make a perfect gift for a loved one who is aware of the positive advantages of soy candles over 'normal' paraffin was candles. These soy candles use only organic essential oils and come in beautiful frosted glasses, packaged using recycled materials. With a wide choice of fragrances to choose from click here to order.
Don't forget to enter Valentine at the checkout to get your 10% discount on all the above products.
Please remember to check our website www.e-nat.co.uk to see our other products.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
With best wishes
Dennis Freedman
Proprietor.
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Come and see us and grab a bargain at the Bolton Christmas Market tday!
If you live local to us, why not come and see us at Bolton Christmas market today!
As well as showcasing our latest products and new packaging, we will be selling lots
of end of line stock at bargin prices, and you can enter our free prize drawer to
win one of our luxury Christmas gift baskets.
The market, sponsered by tasteofthenothwest ltd, is situated in the Victoria Square,
in from of the town hall. There will be lots of food and drink stalls to keep the
cold out so do come and pay us a visit!
Open today (Sunday) from 10 am-4.30 pm.
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Green Day Prize Draw
I am pleased to announce the winners of our prize draw at the Green Day event held
at Samlesbury Hall in Lancashire on Sunday.
1st Prize: Ms Claire Montellier of Colne wins our ladies' basket
2nd Prize: Mr. Thomas Gillett of Nelson, wins the men's gift box
3rd Prize: Mr. Wayne Heaton of Padiham wins the car aromatherapy kit
4th Prize: Ms Andrea Wilson of Thornton Cleveleys wins our lavender & citronella
soy candle
5th Prize: Ms Lyndsey Meechan of Accrington wins a Spearmint Surprise bath bar.
The event was sponsored by Lancashire County Council and Lancashire Evening Telegraph
to raise awareness of green issues in the community.
Thanks to all those who participated in the prize draw and to Rachel MacClean of
The Little Green Shop for hosting the draw on our behalf.
Monday, 18 February 2008
Radio Reverb reviews Esssentially Natural Products!
Jaynie Ralph, presenter of The Holistic Show, reviewed some of our products on her show on Saturday.
The show, which goes out weekly, deals with all aspects of holistic lifestyle and appeals to a wide audience, not just limited to the Brighton area.
Each month Jaynie takes an in-depth look at products in the natural and organic beauty products ranges and this week it was our turn.
If you missed the show on Saturday, it is repeated today at 2 p.m. and our bit is in the first part.
I hope to record the item and will put a link up here as soon as I can.
To listen, click on the title link and then follow the links to listen on the Radio Reverb site.
Saturday, 26 January 2008
Happy Birthday to me - the support of friends and the slow rise to an educated public
I have just had the most enjoyable birthday party I can remember. Not the biggest, not the most significant in terms of my age, not the highest numbers attending.
This was an informal gathering of our friends from the village where we live, and only numbered nineteen in total, including some of our children and our two staunch helpers, Debbie and Ann.
My wife, Pia, cooked two simple main courses - a chilli with rice, and a homemade meat and potato pie for those who don't like spicy foods.
Plus a homemade cauliflower soup (spiced with caraway in acknowledgement of her Czech mother) and a tiramisu filled with a brandy cream that I can only describe as well, orgasmic.
So why, then, was tonight so special?
Firstly because of the intimacy and informality of the event, all those there being from our village, Irwell Vale, or its neighbourhood.
Secondly because of the way the evening ended.
It was our neighbour Andy's birthday today - mine is actually on Monday, the 28th.
Andy bought me a lovely bottle of 10-year-old Scotch malt, and I was pleased not only because I like whiskey, but also because we used to make a lovely peppermint soap using the container (a tubular cylinder) as the mould. I vowed to make the soap again as a wave of nostalgia for our experimental days took me. We used to call it Minty Big Boy. ok, perhaps not politically correct, but the soap was wonderful and lived up to its name.
Feeling guilty, I desperately hunted around for a reciprocal present for Andy - I couldn't give him whiskey as he's a connnoiseur - so I thought about the products we're offering on our winter sale.
A large, glowing stone candle - made of paraffin wax and filled with little phosphorescent stones that make the candle glow when lit.
A neon dream candle that glows when the candle is lit, courtesy of a little internal battery. This candle, too, made from paraffin wax.
A set of candles shaped and looking like real wine bottles, made of paraffin wax.
All these have to go in our winter sale - it's all good stuff but not the way we now try to live. It's stock we bought in to tempt customers not yet ready to go natural or organic but that doesn't really fit in with our brand image.
And Andy's remark?
'No, Dennis, I don't want that stuff. Just give me an organic, soya candle, that's all I need.'
And he meant it.
He's learned the difference between 'normal' wax candles and our new, environmentally-friendly soya ones.
So if you're still into 'normal' wax candles, made of paraffin wax, that's fine - we will be able to help you.
But if you've already realised the disadvantages of paraffin wax, industrially-produced soaps and skincare products, then there's lots on our 15% discount winter sale page that we hope will tempt you too.
The point of all this:
Education, or put another way, the road to awareness, in whatever sphere of life, is a long one and you will travel it at your own pace. So feel comfortable with your own beliefs but be open to others around you and you will travel far.
