Crabtree & Evelyn Meets Macmillan

 As you all know I'm a massive fan of Crabtree & Evelyn and when it comes to their hand creams I don't think anyone can beat them. Recently the lovely Jamie (Crabtree & Evelyns PR) got in touch with me about a promotion that they're currently running which is to help support Macmillan cancer. My grandad passed away from cancer so it's a charity very close to my heart and one that I'm more than happy to give a little space on my blog to help. Macmillan are an amazing charity who provide specialist support, health care, infromation and financial support to people who are affected by cancer. They don't just deal with the medical needs of people coping with cancer, they're also there for the social and emotional issues that come with dealing with cancer. They also help campaign for better care for people with cancer. One of Macmillan's massive fundraisers is that they have The Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning where they ask people across the UK to hold a coffee morning where donations are made to Macmillan. In 2013, 154,000 people signed up and raised a record breaking £20 million for charity. So lets see if we can break this record again this year!

 What Crabtree & Evelyn are doing is they're having the 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning' on the 26th of September throughout all of their stores. The stores will be providing cake, tea and biscuits to customers who donate towards the charity and they will also be offering a variety of things such as:-

• Free gift wrapping on any products that you buy
• A free Crabtree & Evelyn mug when you spend £25 (which is worth £12.50)
• A 50g hand therapy for just £3 including a 50p donation to Macmillan
• Lots of products for you to try
• The most exciting part (I think) is the free luxury hand treatments.

I have had the pleasure of having one of these hand treatments and it's such a lovely, relaxing thing to have done. It's really calming having someone massage hand creams and lotions into your hands so that's a reason to pop along to your nearest store in itself!

 Selected full price products from their Lavender & Verbana collection will be available to buy and a £1 donation will be made for every one of these products being sold throughout September in store and online.The products that will lead to the £1 donation are:-

• Cologne both 100ml (£35) and 30ml (£20)
• Body Lotion 250ml (£16)
• Bath & Shower Gel 250ml (£15)
• Hand Therapy 100g ( £15)
• Shampoo 250ml (£12)
• Conditioner 250ml (£12)
• Body Cream 250g (£22)

On the following products from the Lavender & Verbana travel products a 50p donation will be made:-

• Soap 100g (£6)
• Hand Therapy 25g (£5)
• Conditioner 50ml (£5)
• Shampoo 50ml (£5)
• Body Lotion 50ml (£5)
• Bath & Shower Gel 50ml (£5)

 I have tried both the Verbana & Lavender soap*, body wash* and the hand cream* aswell as their Pomegranate hand cream* and I can vouch for the fact that they are super moisturising and smell incredible. I've actually reviewed one of Crabtree & Evelyns hand creams (review here) if you want to read more about how delicious they are.

 A 50p donation will also be made for any of the travel sized hand creams that are purchased during September. The handcreams are really luxurious so you can now do your bit for charity whilst trying out a fantastic hand cream, who knew being good to charity could be so rewarding!

Will you be popping in to your local store?

Lots of Love,

♥

Crabtree & Evelyn || Event

Hellooo lovelies,

Recently something very exciting happened and I was invited along by the lovely people at Crabtree & Evelyn to a handy tips bloggers event at their Hanover store in Edinburgh. At the moment Crabtree & Evelyn have a handy tips campaign where you can share your beauty tips handed down by your family e.g. mother, sister, granny and stick them onto a big tree in their store where everyone can see them and learn about your tip! I think this is a fab idea and I was so excited to be invited to take part in this especially as it was my first blogging event.

 I was actually quite nervous about going because I was going alone and literally knew nobody but everyone was so super friendly, I actually arrived first so was greeted by the beautiful, friendly Jamie who is actually the PR manager for Crabtree & Evelyn and the store manager Lisa who was also very friendly. This instantly relaxed me and put me at ease and when the other bloggers arrived we all soon got chatting whilst having a pretty cupcake and some mango bellini mmmm! If any of you do get invited to events but are nervous about going alone - don't be! It is so nerve wracking to step out of your comfort zone and turn up to somewhere with a bunch of people you've never met but so many people are in the same boat and everyone is into the same things as you and are friendly and nice. So don't let yourself miss out on things because of nerves.

Crabtree & Evelyn's rebranded mens range! It looks very manly doesn't it!

One thing I absolutely adore about Crabtree & Evelyn is their gorgeous packaging, everything looks so pretty and British!

They even sell the cutest mint packets I think I have eveeer seen!

 Something I learnt from the event about Crabtree & Evelyn that I did not know before was that they actually sell food products (obviously in equally beautiful packaging). Some of these foods included jam, marmalade, biscuits, tea and hot chocolate.. yummy!

I think Crabtree definitely win when it comes to most beautiful perfume bottle! I can't think of many girls who wouldn't want a bottle that looks like this sat on their dressing table!

Ignore my shaky handwriting but this is my beauty tip inspired by my beautiful granny for soft lips, soft hands and soft feet!

Handy Tips tree

Me and the lovely Ashleigh, Maisy and Kayleigh

 One of my favourite parts of the event was getting polaroid pictures taken by Jamie and it has definitely made me want a polaroid camera so much more! They would be so fabulous for parties!

  I got a lovely hand massage off Fatimah an employee at Crabtree who actually happens to study law at my university too, what a coincidence! She used the pomegranate range on me and I now have baby soft hands so thank you very much for that, I can't get over how soft they are still!!

Me and Emily, Alexandra and Sultana

 Then we were very lucky ladies and treated to a goody bag, yayy! It included their pomegranate hand cream which made me so happy because now I can maintain my lovely soft skin and as you saw from my tip..I love my hand creams! Then we also received two gorgeous nail varnishes from their range and mines are in 'Apple' and 'Wisteria'.

 I hope you enjoyed coming on my little trip with me! Thank you so much to Crabtree & Evelyn for an amazing event and also to all the amazing bloggers who I met and made my experience so enjoyable.

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Lots of Love,

A x x x