Valentines Day Gift Guide

Here’s a beautiful and ethical way to spread love all around: love for your partner, love for the garden and love for the bees! These brilliant ‘beebomb’ pellets are handmade in Dorset from clay, soil and the seeds of delightful wild flowers native to the UK. Each packet contains many hundreds of seeds, with 18 different species of flowers represented including some delightful old English blooms such as yarrow, lady’s bedstraw, oxeye daisy, cowslip, corn marigold, yellow rattle, white campion, common poppy and corn chamomile. Simply scatter directly onto soil, add water, sunshine and time and eventually the ground will explode in a riot of colour and flowers, and the bees will be very happy!

Here are some very special and outrageously delicious chocolate truffles for the person who makes your heart skip a beat. These luxurious truffles are so creamy that you’d never guess they were vegan. No animals products whatsoever – just the deep, rich, moreish taste of wonderful bittersweet cocoa in your mouth releasing an explosion of endorphins in your brain! Not only are these dusted with premium cocoa powder, they also include crunchy cocoa nibs – roasted pieces of the actual cacao bean, which provide a super, moreish textural counterpoint to the smoothness of the truffles. It’s a perfect Valentine’s gift (as long as you don’t argue about who gets the last one!)

Pomegranates are tangy, juicy and crunchy. These delectable jelly hearts are made with real pomegranate juice, which is a polyphenol-rich fruit juice with a very high antioxidant capacity. It’s interesting these sweeties come in heart shapes – this research paper was published a few years ago concluding that because of the superb effects of pomegranate juice on blood pressure, it may be prudent to include this fruit juice in a heart-healthy diet.

Biona makes a whole magnificent range of sweets with natural ingredients, including some delicious Sour Snakes, these great Vegan Cola Bottles and some lovely traditional Organic Rainbow Lollipops.

Beauty products make fantastic gifts to give to someone special – who doesn’t love pampering themselves once in a while with a lovely hair mask like this one, or some wonderful hand cream, or some handmade soap? This restoring hair mask is made by ethical, sustainable beauty specialists Faith In Nature. They’ve been leaders in natural, cruelty-free and vegan beauty since 1974, and this product contains organic rosehip and chamomile essential oil to bring balance to hair and restore it to its full glory. It’s the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for anyone wanting to be as kind to the planet as they are to their hair.

This brilliant gift box of natural soaps is a super Valentine’s Day present for someone who loves looking after their skin and preserving its natural glow. It contains four bars, each with different ingredients for a different purpose: the Cocoa Butter bar helps unclog pores and prevent spots; the Aloe Vera bar provides moisture and protection; the Shea Butter one smoothes out wrinkles and helps to prevent damaging skin conditions. Finally, the Rosemary & Lime bar contains those wonderful ingredients, along with activated charcoal to draw out any toxins present in the skin.

Splash out on these special soaps, and you’ll be sure that the face you kiss is radiant and glowing with health!

Here’s a lovely idea for a gift to get both of you in the mood for love – this ace piece of kit works like an oil burner but without using a naked flame. Instead, it harnesses the power of ultrasonic waves to disperse the aroma of essential oils, filling your room with wonderful scents to restore your spirit and add a touch of romance!

This diffuser has very low energy consumption and an auto-shut-off safety feature. It’s easy to clean, looks stylish and emits an alluring pink glow. So add your favourite essential oils, switch it on, put on some soft music, close the curtains and cuddle up on the sofa with your beloved!

There are few better ways of scoring some brownie points with your lover than running them a hot bath – and if you can add something natural, relaxing and sweet-smelling to the water, that’s even better. And if it’s something you’ve actually taken the time and care to make yourself – well, that makes you the best, most considerate lover, and they’ll swoon in your arms! The Lavender Flowers in these easy-to-make bath salts promote rest and relaxation, while the Egyptian Geranium Oil will lend bathtimes an enchanting, enticing floral fragrance. What’s more, geranium oil has some stunning health benefits, with studies suggesting it has amazing anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer properties.

Here’s another recipe you can make for some super-luscious, luxurious, smooth and creamy choccy orange truffles – these bite-sized balls of heaven are absolutely brilliant for feeding to your loved one (just make sure you get a couple to snaffle yourself!) Made with the juice and zest of a fresh orange, they also contain organic virgin coconut oil and a hint of fine pink Himalayan salt. They’re easy to make, even if you’re not very good in the kitchen, and tied with a pretty ribbon in a little gift bag, they’ll be a delicious and lovingly cherished gift for that special person in your life.

There are few better starts to a perfect Valentine’s Day than being brought breakfast in bed! So how do you like your eggs in the morning? Or maybe you’re more of a tofu scramble person..? Either way, give it an extra-special and luxurious flourish with an opulent drizzle of this most extravagant, delicious truffle oil.

Made using the finest English Black Summer truffles, you only need a small amount to impart a delectable, deep, wondrous savoury flavour to any dish. The Truffle Hunter also offers a Black Truffle Oil made by infusing autumn truffles, as well as a White Truffle Oil for an even more heady, slightly garlicky flavour.

Cuddle up with your loved one on the sofa in front of the fire or a good film and have a lovely big mug of this blissfully velvety hot chocolate! It’s an essential store cupboard standby, and also makes a fabulous gift for anyone who enjoys a spot of indulgence every now and again.

Clipper makes this delicious hot chocolate from entirely natural ingredients, and adheres to Fairtrade principles too. Perfect for bringing the colour back to your lover’s cheeks on a frosty evening!

Are you looking for something a little spicy this Valentine’s Day? Look no further! Bring your beloved a bottle of Belvoir’s amazing spiced punch – it’ll warm up any romantic evening with its delicious mixture of orange juice and root ginger infusion. It also contains nutmeg, clove and cinnamon for a lip-smacking punchiness. It’s superb for anyone who wants to avoid alcohol but still enjoy a luxurious drink which will delight and tantalise the palate.

No Valentine’s Day celebration would be complete without a bit of chocolate! The cocoa in chocolate makes our brains release endorphins, dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. These are all pleasure hormones which make us feel wonderful, and are coincidentally largely the same chemicals that are released when we’re in love. Green & Black’s turned 30 years old last year, and since 1991 they’ve been making unutterably wonderful organic, sustainable chocolate with a high cocoa content for an outstandingly intense, delicious flavour. This super 12-bar set contains two each of milk, dark 70%, almond, butterscotch, ginger and hazelnut & currant.

Here’s a truly luscious vegan alternative to milk chocolate that’s also free from dairy, gluten, eggs and nuts – but doesn’t compromise on taste! A chunky choccy exterior with a gorgeous, oozy caramel centre makes for a truly lovely Valentine’s gift. Nomo is the UK’s number one vegan & free from chocolate brand, and biting into one of these divine treats, it’s not difficult to see why!

Sukin maintain that everything we need to nourish our bodies can be found in nature, so for this reason they only use completely natural ingredients in all their products. This fantastic hydrating skin cream contains a powerful blend of rosehip oil infused with antioxidant-rich pomegranate, and is brilliant at preventing signs of premature ageing. It does a sterling job of leaving skin feeling smooth, radiant and hugely kissable! Sukin has a carbon-neutral setup, using recyclable packaging – and this is vegan & cruelty-free, making it a fine ethical choice to pamper your lover this February 14th!

If you like your other half to be nice and smooth, get them a bar of this superlative shaving soap! Mixing hydrating aloe vera with luxuriously-scented orange and lavender essential oils, this super-creamy soap produces a gentle, soothing lather for an easy-gliding shave, whether it’s for the chin, legs or anywhere else that’s getting a bit stubbly! Friendly’s soaps are handmade and 100% natural, with no palm oil, parabens, sulphates, triclosan or phthalates – and as it’s wrapped in plastic free, recycled (and recyclable) packaging, while it looks after your skin, it’s looking after the Earth too!

When closing in on your man for snuggles, it’s better if his face is soft and glowingly healthy! And it’s best if this is helped along using entirely natural ingredients, free from anything genetically modified, or artificial fragrances, or parabens – or any of the other nasties which so commonly make it into men’s grooming products these days.

This peerless After Shave Balm contains gel from the wonderful aloe vera plant as well as jojoba oil, which moisturises and protects the skin, kills harmful bacteria and may promote the production of collagen, which reduces wrinkles and increases the skin’s moisture levels. It also has anti-inflammatory and healing properties, which can reduce flakiness and itching, and improve various skin conditions.

Here’s a very nifty, stylish and practical piece of kit, which is attractive, hard-wearing and will make a brilliant present this Valentine’s Day. The anti-bacterial bamboo lid provides an airtight seal with a silicon band on the inside keeping everything fresh. It also acts as a chopping board! With a sleek stainless steel finish, this sandwich box is 100% plastic-free and is completely dishwasher-safe. You can even use it for home freezing. There’s also a whole Black and Blum range of similarly awesome products. Gift one of these, and every time your sweetheart eats their sandwiches, they’ll think of you!

Part of being in a loving relationship is calming each other down and taking away the stress of modern life. But it doesn’t hurt to have extra help with this – and here’s where these soothing, de-stressing Bath Salts from Absolute Aromas can start to work their magic! Running a hot bath for your sweetie pie at the end of a hard day is a wonderful thing to do, and adding these grains of pure Himalayan pink salt infused with essential oils will promote deep cleansing and create a wonderful, romantic aroma to take away all your lover’s troubles. And if your bath’s big enough, why not jump in too and de-stress together?

Come and visit our brilliant 2022 Valentine’s store here to make sure you impress and delight your lover this Valentine’s Day!