Gift Focus - Jan/Feb 2018 (Issue 105)

160 giftfocus It’s showtime BEAUTY SCENTS Stand: 4A39 beautyscents.co.uk Beauty Scents is a trademark for hand-made scented soy wax candles. All Beauty Scents candles are made by hand in a workshop based in Peterborough, UK. The use of a variety of natural decorative elements, such as cinnamon sticks, dried oranges and rose petals, makes the candles appealing to customers with different tastes and preferences. The company was first registered in December 2014, however 2016 was its first year of offering products to a number of businesses. SHARED EARTH UK Stand: 4H71 sharedearth.co.uk Shared Earth, the UK’s popular Fair Trade and eco gift retailer, starts 2018 with a whopping selection of more than 500 new products from around the world. After 25 years of wholesaling it’s now really set to take off, with a catalogue almost twice the size of last January and a great new stand at Spring Fair which should not be missed! Its designers have come up with some great new ranges – ceramics from Thailand, basketware from Madagascar, soapstone from Kenya, dreamcatchers from Bali, jewellery from India – something for everyone in fact. Its eco-friendly salt lamps from Pakistan, introduced last July (which are also extremely well priced) have been a huge success, as have its retro/recycled candle-holders from New Delhi – and its exclusive jute bag range never stops flying off the shelves. If you haven’t seen Shared Earth, you should take a look.