HEAVEN SCENT Zephorium is a range of crystal infused aromatherapy skincare, bath and body, and fragrance collection, based on energy attraction and positive thinking, containing only the finest natural and organic ingredients. Best of all it’s all lovingly made locally. Couples are going beyond simply scenting a wedding with fragrance and are using aromatherapy to energise their wedding party, and the new Love & Surrender range is the perfect tool. Containing a powerful combination of pure rose oil and potentised rose quartz crystal it’s perfect to scent a wedding reception or ceremony. The candle in particular is designed to enhance the heart energy and the ability to receive unconditional love. Likewise, the Love & Surrender Chakra Aura Spray is beautiful when spritzed throughout your venue. Infused with rose quartz crystal and blended with rose oil and sweet orange oil, it smells divine and gives an instant lift. We also adore the Love & Surrender Heart Shaped Pampering Candle Melts made from natural beeswax, pure aromatherapy and completely toxin free. If you’ve scented the rest of your wedding these will make lovely little favours for guests to take home and forever remember your day fondly whenever they smell the fragrance. Also, new to the collection is the Rose Quartz Gua Sha Facial Set. Gua Sha is trending all over social media at the moment, so if you’re working hard to get your skin wedding ready, there are many who would recommend the technique. Said to move energy and lift wrinkles, which in turn improves circulation and increases lymphatic drainage, it also reduces puffiness. Plus, rosehip is the oil for skin repair, helping to heal and smooth out damaged, scarred or irritated skin, it’s combined here with apricot and hemp oil to further promote repair. You can shop the collection at https://zephorium.com TALES FROM A SUSSEX WEDDING VENUE We love nothing more than hearing all about your big days, but you’re not the only ones with a story to tell as sometimes we get to hear about things from the perspective of the venue. With the Cottesmore Hotel, Spa & Golf Club having suffered a fire a few years back, its team has seen its fair share of adversity. So, when partner Louisa Porter and Julie Foote from the weddings and events team told me some heart-warming tales (or should I say tails) from their recent weddings, I knew I had to share... The bride of a recent wedding at the venue was desperate to say her “I dos” al fresco. The weather had been looking very uncertain all morning, but despite this the team set up the ceremony on the lawn. Twenty minutes before it was due to start, the heavens opened. So, out into the elements the team rushed gathering flowers, lanterns and more, transferring it all into the Barn Room. Everything was beautifully in place indoors, with 60 guests comfortably seated when the sun came out! The bride text from her room that she wanted to go back outside, so the team dutifully leaped into action to reverse everything they’d just done, which included drying off all the chairs. The wedding was only 10 minutes late and with perfect weather for the vows. Julie remembers, “Many of the guests were Scottish and some were farmers, they’d all insisted that the weather would be fine for the ceremony. I should have listened to them!” It just goes to show though that the team at Cottesmore will go to any length to make sure their couples are happy. At another wedding, resident furry friend, cat Oscar, decided he’d make a guest appearance and walked across the aisle on the lawn during the couple’s vows, later joining them on the dancefloor. Louisa says, “He ends up in a lot of our reviews. I think he genuinely believes he’s human!” Find out more about tying the knot at Cottesmore Hotel Golf & Country Club at www.cottesmoregolf.co.uk www.thewardettestudio.com Editor loves 10
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