Gift Focus - Mar/Apr 2018 (Issue 106)

26 giftfocus inviting tranquility The new product line-up from Village Candle sees the introduction of the Shimmering Metallic candle collection. This includes a range of 14 colours and fragrances and features a purple that ties in with Ultra Violet, Pantone Colour of the Year in a Berry Cardamom fragrance and Rose Gold, offering a juicy and sweet Guava Tangerine experience. The new fragranced home care collection, Happi Home™, is also available. Village Candle – distributed by Xystos – also highlights the company’s 25th anniversary celebration with the launch of a luxury, limited edition candle. True Brilliance is presented in custom-made glass embellished with a silvertone top. Look out too for the candle with the crackling wick, WoodWick, and its beautiful Artisan and Trilogy ranges. T: +44 (0)191 499 1570 xystostrade.co.uk Gift retailers nationwide have had great success since the launch of the Just Because… range by Best Kept Secrets . A fun collection of occasion candles celebrating family, friends and special moments. This great success demonstrates a gap in the market for a fun but seriously scented candle with an important message for those we care about. The range includes: Prosecco Princess, Love you to the Moon & Back, I Love You, You Light Up My World, Precious Baby, Special Friend, Top Daughter, Gin Queen, Sister & BFF, Happy Birthday, Wedding Day, Precious Memories, Happy New Home, Thank You So Much, Yippee! and Well Done. The Fragrance used is seriously scented classic cotton and of course there are always plenty of sparkly toppings and glitter. T: +44 (0)1670 512 222 bestkeptsecrets.co.uk Ashleigh & Burwood embrace the happy feeling of bright days and new beginnings with its spring/summer 2018 collection. There’s nothing better than home fragrance, with its power to influence our mood and transform our spaces, to enrich the happy, comforting space of the home. Inspired by the fragrance memories of A&B teammembers, the new season scents are each designed to evoke joy, nostalgia and happiness in their own way. Ashleigh & Burwood presents two new ceramic fragrance lamps created using a new reactive glaze technique to produce speckled lamps in grey and blue. Paired with the mosaic Apricot Shimmer Lamp, the colours of these fragrance lamps reflect the season’s strong colour story and complement new fragrances Mango & Nectarine, Summer Rain and White Velvet. Colourful new editions of the gift set packaging in coral, cornflower blue and soft grey, provide a happily co-ordinated look. T: +44 (0)1923 267 060 ashleigh-burwood-trade.co.uk Busy Bee Candles offers a huge range of scented candles, wax tarts and home fragrance products. In fact, more than 250 fragrances! This together with a range of electric wax warmers and beautiful gift sets, makes Busy Bee Candles a must view for any retailer serious about growing its home fragrance offering. Add to this incredible range of scents, the green credentials offered by Busy Bee Candles. The company only use natural soy wax. Simply the finest, cleanest burning wax available. Busy Bee Candles also use the finest essential and fragrance oils at very high concentrations. Take a look at the innovative and exciting products offered by Busy Bee Candles and you’ll be amazed by the variety and quality on offer. T: +44 (0)1550 750 419 busybeecandles.co.uk