You may have noticed Haeckels products along your Christmas shopping safaris in different cities. Here is the home and hub of the ethical enterprise in Margate, Kent with the boutique situated right on the seafront. These ocean inspired perfumes and cosmetics developed to heal, care and scent the body are derived from the local seaweed botanicals. Haeckels have a licence to harvest their own marine minerals for their "Thalassotherapy" practise which bases it's products on properties from the ocean. The range of hand-made luxury goodies are packaged in sustainable, exquisitely designed boxes and glass vials - absolutely no plastic bottles here!!!!! Each eau de parfum comes in a 100ml amber bottle which is laser etched with the GPS coordinate, the day they first went to it and the weather on that day!
Head over to their site to see more from the series of incense, candles, balms, serums, scents, bath salts and even tea!
Luckily it was a beaming beautiful sunny day for visiting Margate last week to capture Jyll Bradley's "Dutch / Light" at the Turner Contemporary Gallery. The installation is inspired by early Dutch growers pioneering glasshouse technology of leaning glass frames against a south-facing wall. The horticultural revolution 'Dutch Light' was used by a Dutch art collector to be the first person to ripen a pineapple in Europe for whom the piece is dedicated to (Agneta Block). It's like a cosmic conservatory casting geometric strips on the exterior of the seafront gallery. It's hard to tell that I took these photos at the end of October! Colour-therapy can be found anywhere, any time of the year if you search hard enough!
A weekend in Margate for Gemma Cairney's new clubnight "Gems Jams" including visits to the Turner Contemporary gallery, Dreamland arcade, Roost rotisserie and Haeckels - - "Organically Crafted Wild Fragrance & Seaweed Skincare harvested from the Margate's coastline" which is the most beautifully presented and scented place I have ever been!
