Cheap Pashminas & Shawls

Cheap Pashminas & Shawls

Pashmina Shawls & Clutch Bags London UK

Jamavar Pashmina Shawls

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Healing Colours: Pashminas & Shawls

The Healing Qualities of the Colour Green Green is the color of healing and traveling back in time. It will balance the emotions and brings about a feeling of calmness. Green is a good general healing color because it stimulates growth therefore it is good for helping heal broken bones - regrowth of tissue of all kinds. Green is also alchemy - the alchemy of consciousness from one realm to another through the spiraling energies of DNA Green as a healing frequency can be placed around family members who are ill. Though many of you are not attuned in the palms of your hands with this frequency color - it is part of you now. View our shawl collection here

The Healing Qualities of the Colour Peach The peach frequency is used for peace, truth, and balance.

The Healing Qualities of the Colour Orange The mental body in both its logical and conceptual form. It is used to increase immunity, to increase sexual potency, to help in all digestive ailments, chest and kidney diseases. Orange will have a gentle warming effect if used lightly. Orange, like red should not be used for too long. It is not a good color for nervous people or people easily agitated. We stock a selection of Orange shawls to enhance your feeling of well-being. View our shawl collection here

The Healing Qualities of the Colour Red Red is the color of energy, vitality and power. It is used for burning out cancer, drying up weeping sores or wounds, etc., it will warm cold areas to reduce pain. Red is a powerful healing agent for healing diseases of the blood and circulation. It will help with depression. Red is not to be used on people with high blood pressure or anxiety. If you stay under the red ray too long or are exposed to red for a considerable time it will make you very agitated or even aggressive. It is associated with the male polarity. A red carpet or wall - in a place of business - will draw money. If you are a sales person - try wearing something red!! We stock a selection of red shawls to enhance your feeling of well-being. View our shawl collection here

The Healing Qualities of the Colour Yellow Yellow is the color of intellect and it is used for mental stimulation, it will help you think quicker. It is good for clearing a foggy head. To help cure dermatitis and other skin problems and again it must be used carefully because it is very stimulating and it could cause exhaustion and depression. We stock a selection of yellow shawls to enhance your feeling of well-being. View our shawl collection here.

 

Shopping for Silk Scarves and Shawls in India

In the past, Indian cloth was received in markets that were physically and culturally worlds apart. Nowadays the global society we live in means the two are edging closer together. At h4heaven we have a wide range of silk scarves and shawls, leather handbags, viscose shawls and pashmias which are both practical and cheap and jacquard shawls and pashmina products, the majority of which is sourced from India.

Silk, known as Pattu or Reshmi in southern parts of India and Resham in Hindi, has a long history in India and is widely produced today. Historically silk was used by the upper classes, while the poorer classes used cotton. Today silk is mainly used in Bhoodhan Pochampally (also known as Silk City), Kanchipuram, Dharmavaram, Mysore, etc. in South India and Banaras in the North for manufacturing garments and Sarees. ‘Murshidabad silk’, famous from historical times, is mainly produced in Malda and Murshidabad district of West Bengal and woven with hand looms in Birbhum and Murshidabad district. Another place famous for production of silk is Bhagalpur. The silk from Kanchi is particularly well-known for its classic designs and enduring quality. The silk is traditionally hand-woven and hand-dyed and usually also has silver threads woven into the cloth. Most of this silk is used to make saris. The saris usually are very expensive and vibrant in colour. Garments made from silk form an integral part of Indian weddings and other celebrations. In the north-eastern state of Assam, three different types of silk are produced, collectively called Assam silk: Muga, Eri and Pat silk. Silkworms that are native only to Assam produce Muga, the golden silk, and Eri.

The heritage of silk rearing and weaving is very old and continues today especially with the production of Muga and Pat riha and mekhela chador, the three-piece silk saris woven with traditional motifs. Mysore Silk Scarves, which are known for their soft texture, last many years if carefully maintained.

For a beautiful Indian silk scarf or pashmina, visit us today!

Colour For Autumn (Fashion) - Another Monochrome Season?

Another Monochrome Season?

Many of you will have been trying to make the most of what has been a ‘consistently inconsistent’ summer with regard to the weather in England. If last night’s thunderstorm and fork lightning experienced in London did not have you in awe, it may at least have got the fashion conscious amongst you anticipating this autumn’s trends.

Of course, the eternal black and white and all grey/monochrome shades are again fashionable. But this season, silver will be also on the crest of the fashion trends, as are all metallic/silver palettes even with hue of blue or green. Navy is, as always, as much a staple as black. Autumn and winter wardrobes are often far more expensive than your summer wardrobe and the long-term investment potential should definitely be considered- the most import

ant thing is to stick to the colours that suit you best. London fashion week, held this year on the 14^th-19^th September, should establish this autumn’s trends more clearly.

At h4heaven we have the following products in designer styles but at high street prices…

"Ce Soir" Clutch/Shoulder Bag
(satin, black crystal, diamante)
£31.99

9ct White Gold Diamond &
Black Pearl Drop Earrings

Which Tone of Colour Suits You?

Which Tone of Colour Suits You?

Trinny & Susannah's 'Colour the Nation' experiment dispersed all our colour myths and misconceptions.

Blondes can wear orange, red-heads can wear yellow, brunettes can wear silver: they just need to find the right TONE of colour to suit hair, eyes and skin. They grouped the nation into three tone categories:

Cool tones: hair: white or ash blonde, black, dark brown, mid-brown. NOT: red or auburn, no ginger or yellow at all
eyes: dark or have a dark iris edge
skin: alabaster white, olive, black. NOT: freckly, no red at all
Wear: navy blue, dark red, dark grey, dove grey, bright turquoise, blue red, cardinal purple

Best shades for cool tones: (view the full collection by clicking here)

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Mid Tones: hair: reddish tone: ginger, auburn, strawberry blonde
skin: reddish, freckly, possibly sallow. NOT: olive, dark brown
eyes: pale blue, hazel, brown or green

Wear: pure reds, pure fuschias, dark lavenders, lemon yellows, periwinkle blue, light aquas, sage greens,

Best shades for mid tones: (view the full collection by clicking here)

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Warm Tones: hair: mouse brown, dark blonde, mid brown, mid auburn
skin: blueish tint, pale, washed out or peaches and cream
eyes: green, aqua or blue

Wear: autumnal shades: rust browns, burgundy, mustard, teal, sea green,

Best shades for warm tones: (view the full collection by clicking here)

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Smack The Pony "Pashminas"

Cheap Pashmina Shawl

Cheap Pashmina Shawl

Do you need a cheap pashmina or shawl? Do you need it in a hurry? We stock hundreds. All of our shawls are good quality and cheap. Choose from our very cheap viscose range with current offers including buy 2 save £2.50! With prices already as low as £6.85 per shawl, you could grab yourself an exceptional bargain. We also sell cheap pashmina shawls in silk and wool. Click on any of the images to be taken to our products. We are confident you will find the cheap pashmina shawl you are looking for.

TURQUOISE ROCKS!

Turquoise was among the first gems to be mined...

The pastel shades of turquoise have endeared it to many great cultures of antiquity: it has adorned the rulers of Ancient Egypt, the Aztecs (and possibly other Pre-Columbian Mesoamericans), Persia, Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and to some extent in ancient China since at least the Shang Dynasty. Despite being one of the oldest gems, probably first introduced to Europe (through Turkey) with other Silk Road novelties, turquoise did not become important as an ornamental stone in the West until the 14th century, following a decline in the Roman Catholic Church's influence which allowed the use of turquoise in secular jewellery. It was apparently unknown in India until the Mughal period, and unknown in Japan until the 18th century. A common belief shared by many of these civilizations held that turquoise possessed certain prophylactic qualities; it was thought to change colour with the wearer's health and protect him or her from untoward forces.



The Aztecs inlaid turquoise, together with gold, quartz, malachite, jet, jade, coral, and shells, into provocative (and presumably ceremonial) mosaic objects such as masks (some with a human skull as their base), knives, and shields. Natural resins, bitumen and wax were used to bond the turquoise to the objects' base material; this was usually wood, but bone and shell were also used. Like the Aztecs, the Pueblo, Navajo and Apache tribes cherished turquoise for its amuletic use; the latter tribe believe the stone to afford the archer dead aim. Among these peoples turquoise was used in mosaic inlay, in sculptural works, and was fashioned into toroidal beads and freeform pendants. The Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) of the Chaco Canyon and surrounding region are believed to have prospered greatly from their production and trading of turquoise objects. The distinctive silver jewelry produced by the Navajo and other Southwestern Native American tribes today is a rather modern development, thought to date from circa 1880 as a result of European influences.

In Persia turquoise was the de facto national stone for millennia, extensively used to decorate objects (from turbans to bridles), mosques, and other important buildings both inside and out, such as the Medresseh-I Shah Husein Mosque of Isfahan. The Persian style and use of turquoise was later brought to India following the establishment of the Mughal Empire there, its influence seen in high purity gold jewellery (together with ruby and diamond) and in such buildings as the Taj Mahal. Persian turquoise was often engraved with devotional words in Arabic script which was then inlaid with gold.

The Egyptian use of turquoise stretches back as far as the First Dynasty and possibly earlier; however, probably the most well-known pieces incorporating the gem are those recovered from Tutankhamun's tomb, most notably the Pharaoh's iconic burial mask which was liberally inlaid with the stone. It also adorned rings and great sweeping necklaces called pectorals. Set in gold, the gem was fashioned into beads, used as inlay, and often carved in a scarab motif, accompanied by carnelian, lapis lazuli, and in later pieces, coloured glass. Turquoise, associated with the goddess Hathor, was so liked by the Ancient Egyptians that it became (arguably) the first gemstone to be imitated, the fair semblance created by an artificial glazed ceramic product known as faience. (A similar blue ceramic has been recovered from Bronze Age burial sites in the British Isles.)

The French conducted archaeological excavations of Egypt from the mid-19th century through the early 20th. These excavations, including that of Tutankhamun's tomb, created great public interest in the western world, subsequently influencing jewellery, architecture, and art of the time. Turquoise, already favoured for its pastel shades since c. 1810, was a staple of Egyptian Revival pieces. In contemporary Western use, turquoise is most often encountered cut en cabochon in silver rings, bracelets, often in the Native American style, or as tumbled or roughly hewn beads in chunky necklaces. Lesser material may be carved into fetishes, such as those crafted by the Zuni. While strong sky blues remain superior in value, mottled green and yellowish material is popular with artisans.

In Western culture turquoise is also the traditional birthstone for those born in the month of December.

H4Heaven: H4Heaven's Pashminas, Shawls, Wraps, Stoles & Scarves Range

H4Heaven: H4Heaven's Pashminas, Shawls, Wraps, Stoles & Scarves Range

Aromatherapy - The Origins

Aromatherapy originated in France and is incorporated into French mainstream medicine and is just as commonly used there to treat, for example, a headache, as paracetamol is used in the UK. The word 'aromatherapy' was first used in the 1920s by a French chemist Rene Maurice Gattefosse. Rene spent his life researching the healing properties of essential oils following a burning incident. He had burnt his arm and thrust it into the nearest liquid, which happened to be lavender oil, and was surprised by the imminent pain relief. He also noticed how the burn healed quickly leaving no scarring. He continued his research and during World War I used essential oils to treat gangrene in wounded soldiers.
View our range of aromatherapy products here.
Medicinal: Today, in the UK, aromatherapy does not have quite the same level of acceptance. At best, aromatherapy is thought of as a complimentary treatment and, at worst, pseudoscientific fraud!

Calming: The fragrance of lavender, when heated, has a relaxing and calming effect. One only needs to reflect on how a herbal bath (Radox, for example) destresses to see how herb and plant extracts can be helpful in a busy, stressful life.
View our range of aromatherapy products here.

Precious Metal Clay

Ever wanted to make your own jewellery but was put off by the equipment needed? Well, here's the answer, PMC (Precious Metal Clay). This wonderful metal clay consists of tiny particles of metal (silver, gold or platinum) mixed with an organic binder and water. It can be shaped by hand and by using special handtools (a second hand dentist's toolset would do the job perfectly!). You carve out the ring or pendant, etc. using the clay and then leave it to dry. When it is dry, you fire it using a kiln if you have one, but if not, you can do the same job with a hand-held butane gas torch (these cost less than £10). Once it is fired, the piece can be polished up using a wire brush. Gold can be added to the piece but due to the cost of the PMC in 24ct gold, small detailing is best. Simply add the detailing with the gold paste and then fire it again. This clay is so versatile and is excellent to work with.

If you design pieces for commercial use and would like to supply us, for first contact, please email us at info@h4heaven.co.uk.

To view our silver range, click here.

Jamavar

A jamavar is a special type of shawl made in Kashmir. Historically it was made by hand and some shawls took a couple of decades to complete. Original Jamavar shawls sell for high prices. View our range here.

The jamavar design is a special floral pattern which resembles the mango fruit.

Kanika Jamavar is a high end variety of Jamavar shawl. It is made with weaving sticks and the patterns are so finely done that front and back of the shawl are indistinguishable. Pashmina wool is used to make these shawls. Less than a dozen Kani Jamavar shawls are manufactured every year. The primary manufacturing centre for these shawls is Kashmir while some low end, machine made shawls also coming from Naziwabad, U.P. View our range here.

Scattering Autumnal Leaves Bring Inspiration to Fashion Designers

Keeping abreast of this season's colour range has been our top priority. We have a beautiful palette of autumnal browns, yellows & golds contrasted with viola. Our viscose gold shawl, priced at £9.99, obviously isn't made from real pashmina, but would you want to spend £100+ on a gold shawl which may, or may not, only be in fashion for the one season. For a truly practical, yet totally stylish shade, try our mocha brown. Almost black, this shade goes with almost anything and again offers excellent value for money! For a sunshine boost, how about a shocking yellow wrap, yummy shade and guaranteed to cheer you up during the winter down-time and brings some sunshine to all around you too! It may be worth mentioning that we have the sunshine earrings to match this gorgeous shawl. These yellow chalcedony earrings are simply stunning. All in all, we feel we have quite a few items this season that you might enjoy! Visit H4Heaven today!

H 4 Heaven: Some 'Scarf' Trivia

Some 'Scarf' Trivia

Take a look at our scarf range here


Usage

In cold climates, a thick knitted scarf, often of wool, is tied around the neck to keep warm. This is usually accompanied by a warm hat and heavy coat.

In drier, dustier climates, or in environments where there are many airborne contaminants, a thin headscarf, kerchief, or bandanna is often worn over the head to keep the hair clean. Over time, this custom has evolved into a fashionable item in many cultures, particularly among women. The cravat, an ancestor of the necktie and bow tie, evolved from scarves of this sort in Croatia.

Religions such as Islam promote modest dress among women; many Muslim women wear a headscarf often known as a hijab, and in Quranic Arabic as the khimar. Women in the Haredi Judaism community often wear a tichel to cover their hair. Several Christian denominations include a scarf known as a stole as part of their liturgical vestments.

Scarves as uniforms

Students in the United Kingdom traditionally wear academic scarves with distinctive combinations of striped colours identifying their individual university or college.

Members of the Scout Association also wear scarves as part of their uniform, with different colours and logos to represent their scout group. They are also used at camps to represent units, subcamps or the camp as a whole. Fun scarves are also used as memorabilia at Scout events and country scarves are often traded at international gatherings.

Scarves in sport

Since at least the early 1900s, when the phenomena began in Britain, colored scarves have been traditional supporter wear for fans of association football teams across the world, even those in warmer climates. These scarves come in a wide variety of sizes and are made in a club's particular colors and may contain the club crest, pictures of renowned players, and various slogans relating to the history of the club and its rivalry with others. In the United Kingdom, the most popular and traditional type is a simple design with alternating bars of color in the individual team's traditional colors. In continental Europe many Ultras groups produce their own scarf designs.

As part of pre-match build-ups, or during matches, fans will create a 'scarf wall' in which all supporters in a section of the stadium will stretch out their scarves above their heads with both hands, creating an impressive 'wall' of color, usually accompanied by the singing of a club anthem such as "You'll Never Walk Alone" at Liverpool F.C.[1] or "Grazie Roma" at A.S. Roma. This was initially solely a British phenomenon, but has since spread to Europe and South America.

Scarf wearing is also a noted feature of support for Australian rules football clubs in the Australian Football League, and are always in the form of alternating bars of color, usually with the team name or mascot written on each second bar.

Manufacture

The craft of knitting garments such as scarves is an important trade in some countries. Hand-knitted scarves are still common as gifts as well.

Respectively in fashion, the French company Hermès and Italian brand Salvatore Ferragamo are both known for their collections of silk scarves internationally.

Take a look at our scarf range here

The Truth about the Caterpillar & the Silk Scarf You Love!

How exactly was that silk scarf you love made?

View our silk scarf range here

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from cocoons made by the larvae of the silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity (sericulture). The shimmering appearance for which silk is prized comes from the fibers' triangular prism-like structure which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at different angles.

"Wild silks" or tussah silks (also spelled "tasar") are produced by caterpillars other than the mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori). They are called "wild" as the silkworms cannot be artificially cultivated like Bombyx mori. A variety of wild silks have been known and used in China, India, and Europe from early times, although the scale of production has always been far smaller than that of cultivated silks. Aside from differences in colors and textures, they all differ in one major aspect from the domesticated varieties: the cocoons that are gathered in the wild have usually already been damaged by the emerging moth before the cocoons are gathered, and thus the single thread that makes up the cocoon has been torn into shorter lengths. Commercially reared silkworm pupae are killed before the adult moths emerge by dipping them in boiling water or piercing them with a needle, thus allowing the whole cocoon to be unraveled as one continuous thread. This allows a much stronger cloth to be woven from the silk. Wild silks also tend to be more difficult to dye than silk from the cultivated silkworm.

There is some evidence that small quantities of wild silk were already being produced in the Mediterranean area and the Middle East by the time the superior, and stronger, cultivated silk from China began to be imported.

Silks are produced by several other insects, but only the silk of moth caterpillars has been used for textile manufacture. There has been some research into other silks, which have differences at the molecular level. Silks are mainly produced by the larvae of insects with complete metamorphosis, but also by some adult insects such as webspinners. Silk production is especially common in the Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants), and is sometimes used in nest construction. Other types of arthropod produce silk, most notably various arachnids such as spiders.

Would you have guessed that your lovely silk scarf originated from the cocoon of a silkworm, a caterpillar, a bee, a wasp or even an ant? Fascinating...huh?

View our silk scarf range here

What is a Pashmina?

Pashmina refers to a type of cashmere wool and textiles made from it. The name comes from Pashmineh, made from Persian pashm (= "wool"). This wool comes from a special breed of goat indigenous to high altitudes of the Himalayan mountains. The special goat's fleece has been used for thousands of years to make high-quality shawls that also bear the same name. The Himalayan Mountain goat, Capra hircus, sheds its winter coat every spring and the fleece is caught on thorn bushes. One goat sheds approximately 3-8 ounces of the fiber. Villages would scour the mountainside for the finest fleece to be used. Cashmere shawls have been manufactured in Kashmir and Nepal for thousands of years, but the Indians never called them "pashmina". They were popularly called Kashmiri wool shawls. The test for a quality pashmina has been warmth, feel and the passing of the shawl through a wedding ring.View our pashmina range here

Pashmina is an indigenous Nepali word which only became popular after the so-named shawls, woven in Nepal, started being popular in the west. What are commonly thought of as pashminas have their origin in Nepal, where the people have a cultural heritage of hand-weaving pashmina shawls with the well-known fringing and hand dyeing.View our pashmina range here

To meet the demands of cashmere lovers, the goats are now commercially reared in the Gobi Desert area in Inner and Outer Mongolia. The region has identical harsh weather conditions to those of the Himalayan region, and is thereby apt for the goats to grow this inner wool, but also has acres of grazing ground to produce cashmere economically and commercially. During spring (Molting Season), the goats shed this inner wool, which they grow all over again during the course of the winter. The inner wool is collected and spun to produce cashmere. The quality is just as high, while the costs have become more reasonable as a result.View our pashmina range here

Pashmina accessories are available in a range of sizes, from "scarf" (12" x 60") to "wrap" or "stole" (28" x 80") to fullsize shawl (36" x 80"). Pure pashmina is a rather gauzy, open weave, as the wool cannot tolerate high tension. The most popular pashmina fabric is a 70% pashmina/30% silk blend, but 50/50 is also common. The 70/30 is tightly woven, has an elegant sheen and drapes nicely, but is still quite soft and light-weight.View our pashmina range here

A pashmina shawl can range in cost from as little as about £70 for a pure pashmina scarf or up to hundreds of pounds for a super high-quality pure pashmina shawl. They are known for their softness and warmth. A craze for pashminas in the mid-1990's resulted in high demand for pashminas, so demand exceeded supply.View our pashmina range here

When pashmina shawls rose into fashion prominence during the mid 90’s, they were marketed dubiously. Cashmere used for pashmina shawls was claimed to be of a superior quality attributable to the enhanced sheen and softness that the fabric (cashmere blended with silk) encompassed. In the consuming markets, pashmina shawls were again defined as a shawl/wrap with cashmere and silk, notwithstanding the actual meaning of pashmina - which is technically an accessory of pure pashmina and not the blend. Following up, some unscrupulous companies marketed the man-made fabric viscose as "pashmina" with deceptive marketing statements as "authentic viscose pashmina". These are often sold for a very low price, leaving the buyer to decide whether it is authenticity, quality, or price that motivates their purchase.View our pashmina range here

H4Heaven's Pashminas, Shawls, Wraps, Stoles & Scarves Range

H4Heaven's Pashminas, Shawls, Wraps, Stoles & Scarves Range

Viscose Shawls:

Indian viscose shawl pashmina style wrap, suitable for evening wear or special occasions such as a wedding for the bride's mother, or prom. The perfect female accessory for your evening dress. Wraps around or drapes as a shawl stole, also use as a scarf.

Jamavar Shawls: Beautiful Woollen, Cashmere, Silk & Wool Blend, Shawls in Jamavar.
100% wool beautiful woollen shawls in jamawar, sequins, embroidered,
plain & patterned styles. Colours include red, yellow, orange,
pink, blue, purple, green, black, brown, grey, silver, gold, etc. Our
woollen shawls are of the highest quality but with bargain prices that
are the lowest on the internet (that we have found). We also stock
silk/wool blend, viscose & silk in silver, gold, red, green, blue,
pink, brown, white, cream. We also have wedding dress shawls. If you do
not see what you are looking for, please send us a request and we will
check our stockroom for you. Intricately woven designs provide a total
new look to your attire. Available in a variety of designs and made
with pure wool, pashmina silk blend, cashmere silk and wool, cotton etc.

The Jamavar Design is unique. Like the finest paisley design, very
intricate, orient designing, Indian culture woven in weaves of Jamavar
in Kashmir, India. Pashmina Jamavars have been in fashion for
centuries.Recommended by the world's leading fashion designers, a
pashmina style shawl in Jamavar is still a fashion statement amongst
the rich, bold and beautiful people of UK, Europe, USA and the rest of
the world.

Jamavars are traditional shawls, more detailed than plain pashmina
shawls - people with rich taste love the beauty and intricate design of
the Jamavar shawls now available.

Wikepedia Definition of Jamavar
A jamavar is a special type of shawl made in Kashmir. Historically it
was made by hand and some shawls took a couple of decades to complete.
Original Jamavar shawls sell for high prices. The jamavar design is a
special floral pattern which resembles the mango fruit. Kanika Jamavar
is a high end variety of Jamavar shawl. It is made with weaving sticks
and the patterns are so finely done that front and back of the shawl
are indistinguishable. Pashmina wool is used to make these shawls. Less
than a dozen Kani Jamavar shawls are manufactured every year. The
primary manufacturing centre for these shawls is Kashmir while some low
end, machine made shawls also coming from Naziwabad, U.P.

Embroidered, sequined Shawls:

Dobby Striped Shawls: These shawls offer an alternative to the plain viscose stoles and real pashmina with striped or patterned detailing. They make excellent gifts with low prices and are freepost!

Silk Scarves and Stoles: Our silk scarves range is growing daily, check back regularly for unique and beautiful designs. A silk scarf is the most useful item in an accessories draw, in our opinion, brightening any evening dress or summer outfit.

Silk Pashminas: Our silk pashmina range is extensive, we have so many wonderful designs in multi-coloured patterned and also in one colour jacquard. These shawls truly offer exceptional value for money! All are freepost and can be worn for weddings by the bride to be, bridesmaids or Mother of the Bride. Also suitable for proms and balls. In the winter, can be worn to the front of your coat, as a scarf. We import, from India, a beautiful range of sequined and embroidered shawls suitable for weddings, proms, evenings out and other special occasions. These shawls make excellent romantic gifts! Available in wool and viscose, all of these pashmina shawls are cheap in comparison to the High St. stores prices! We hope you love this range of beautiful shawls as much as we do.

Jute Not Plastic

Plastic Bags are slow to decompose and cause irrepairable harm
to wild-life. Plastic manufacturing uses valuable mineral
resources and also has a negative impact on carbon emissions.
Billions of plastic bags are used once and thrown away.
Destruction of plastic releases benzene - a known carcinogen.
However plastic bag pollution is a threat to our ecosystems that
we can do something about.

Say no to plastic bags!

In the time
it takes you to read this 3 million plastic bags will have been
produced on this planet. That equates to 500 billion plastic bags
a year consuming 60 million barrels of oil to manufacture
them.


In the UK alone we use 150 million plastic bags per week, the
majority of which end up on landfill sites or being burnt,
which releases a plethora of toxic chemicals into the air. Only
1 in every 200 bags is recycled and this requires energy and
resources to collect and process the bags. The alternative is as
simple as it is environmentally sound – Use an Eco bag..

Made of jute these bags are strong, spacious and long
lasting.
A person’s use of a plastic check-out bag can be
counted in minutes – however long it takes to get from
the shops to their homes. Plastic bags however, can take
between 15 and 1000 years to break down in the
environment.

Say NO to plastic bags!

More Jute Facts

JUTE Bags are eco-friendly.
Jute is 100%
bio-degradable.
Jute is a fast growing crop with a
much higher carbon dioxide
assimilation rate than
trees.
Jute production creates much needed
employment in poorer
regions of the world.

Jute bags are strong, trendy and reusable.
Choosing
a Jute bag (and reusing it) is an effective way
you can help our environment
- Abundant
availability – a renewable and sustainable
resource
- Durable material – has the life span of
over a thousand plastic carrier bags

- Jute is a natural bast fibre, a vegetable fibre composed of
cellulose which is the main building material of all
plants, like all natural fibres jute is totally
biodegradeable. Bast fibre grows the entire length of
the plant stalk from roots to tip. Groups of fibres are
contained in the pithy layer between the thin outer
bark and the woody core.

- When discarded, jutetotally decomposes putting valuable nutrients back
into the soil.
- Environmentally friendly – non
pollutant, produces non toxic gases or harmful gases
by product.
- Jute industry supports an estimated 5
million people in the poorest regions on earth.
- One
hectare of Jute plants consumes over 15 tonnes of
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Essential Oils & Aromatherapy Uses

Some of the oils available include:
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• Essential oils: Fragrant oils extracted from plants chiefly through distillation (e.g. eucalyptus oil) or expression (grapefruit
  oil). However, the term is also occasionally used to describe fragrant
  oils extracted from plant material by any solvent extraction.
• Absolutes: Fragrant oils extracted primarily from flowers or delicate plant tissues through solvent or supercritical fluid extraction (e.g. rose
  absolute). The term is also used to describe oils extracted from
  fragrant butters, concretes, and enfleurage pommades using ethanol.
• Phytoncides: Various volatile organic compounds from plants that kill microbes. Many terpene-based fragrant oils and sulfuric compounds from plants in the genus "Allium" are Phytoncides, though the latter are likely less commonly used in aromatherapy due to their disagreeable odors.
• Herbal distillates or hydrosols: The aqueous by-products of the distillation process (e.g. rosewater). There are many herbs that make herbal distillates and they have culinary uses, medicinal uses and skin care uses. Common herbal distillates are rose, lemon balm and chamomile.
• Infusions: Aqueous extracts of various plant material (e.g. infusion of chamomile)
• Carrier oils: Typically oily plant base triacylglycerides that dilute essential oils for use on the skin (e.g. sweet almond oil)
  

Oils and their Uses

• Basil is used in perfumery for its clear, sweet and mildly spicy aroma. In aromatherapy, it is used for sharpening concentration, for its uplifting effect on depression, and to relieve headaches and migraines. Basil oil has many chemotypes and some are known to be emmenagogues and should be avoided during pregnancy.
• Bergamot is one of the most popular oils in perfumery. It is an excellent insect
  repellent and may be helpful for both the urinary tract and for the
  digestive tract. It is useful for skin conditions linked to stress,
  such as cold sores and chicken pox, especially when combined with eucalyptus oil. Bergamot is a flavoring agent in Earl Grey tea. But cold-pressed Bergamot oil contains bergaptene, a strong photosensitizer when applied to the skin, so only distilled or 'bergaptene-free' types can be topically used.
• Black pepper
  has a sharp and spicy aroma. Common uses include stimulating the
  circulation and for muscular aches and pains. Skin application is
  useful for bruises, since it stimulates the circulation.
• Citronella oil, obtained from a relative of lemongrass, is used as an insect repellant and in perfumery.
• Tea tree oil and many other essential oils have topical (external) antimicrobial (i.e. antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, or antiparasitic) activity and are used as antiseptics and disinfectants.
• Eucalyptus oil is often used in combination with Mint to provide relief for the airways in case of cold or flu.
• Sandalwood oil
• Thyme oil
• Clove oil is a topical analgesic, especially useful in dentistry. It is also used an antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, and antiemetic.
• Lavender oil is used as an antiseptic, to soothe minor cuts and burns, to calm and relax, and to soothe headaches and migraines.
• Yarrow oil is used to reduce joint inflammation and relieve cold and influenza symptoms.
• Jasmine, Rose, Sandalwood and Ylang-ylang oil are used as aphrodisiacs.
• Lemon oil is uplifting and anti-stress/anti-depressant. In a Japanese study, lemon essential oil in vapour form has been found to reduce stress in mice.
  

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