Scent - sational March - 4160 Tuesdays
21st March is International Fragrance Day and by a very happy coincidence our guest speaker was the fabulous Sarah McCartney (no relation to the other famous McCartneys), founder of 4160 Tuesdays, London based independent perfumery.
Sarah shared the story of her journey from writer of the Lush Times, novelist to award winning perfume creator. She brought an array of scents to try and it was fun trying to work out what each smell was. Sarah's passion for chemistry and creativity made the subject absolutely fascinating.
She explain the chemistry behind the scents, the costs (who knew vanilla was so expensive!) and unraveled some of the myths about the perfume industry.
We love the names of the fragrances including "Mother Nature's Naughty Daughters", "The Sexist Scent on the Planet Ever (IMHO) and "Tart's Knicker Drawer"! Thank you for our samples of the delicious "Lemon Sherbet Mrs Gloss" which smells like sherbet lemons and Dibdabs.
More information about 4160 Tuesdays, including details about perfume making workshops for those of you who have been inspired by Sarah can be found at their website: http://www.4160tuesdays.com
New Year! New Resolution - don't forget the blog!
Finding time to update the blog hasn't always been easy - work, children and life in general just get in the way. We tend to update our social media, particularly Facebook pages far more frequently (give us a "Like" if you haven't already😉), but I've made a promise that I will at least try not to neglect the blog this year so here goes.
2018 has got off to a fabulous start!
January - Medau Movement
January saw the Belles kick start their year with an alternative exercise class in the form of Medau Movement.
Medau Movement is an exercise class suitable for all ages and abilities based around natural body movements, fluidity and stretching. Using a variety of different apparatus including balls, hoops, scarves and even bats, everyone was able to have a go and work off some of our Christmas over-indulgences. Our instructor, Rosemary, stepped in at last minute as her colleague was poorly, and did a fantastic job. A great evening with lots of new faces and lots of laughter.
February - Bullet Journalling and a Happy Birthday
Herts Belles embraced the latest planning trend and had a go at bullet journalling. Lovely Liz from The Fickle Craftroom came down and ran a taster workshop explaining the ideas behind the bujo and showing an array of different planning styles and trackers. Whether you wanted every day to-do lists, habit trackers to keep you focus or a way to set short and long term goals, there was a suitable planning style. Lost of coloured pens, washi tape, stickers and stencils allowed people to be creative as well as organised. Sales of notebooks certainly went up in St Albans following this session!
We also celebrated our 5th birthday with a fabulous cake made by Treasurer, Dawn
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Happy Birthday Herts Belles! Here's to many more!
