Category: My Diary

1. HOOK Camden

   Posted on 4:38pm Friday 3rd Jul 2015

   We have started to combine our weekly team meetings with our love of good food so we are now exploring the best places to eat in London and report back to you!

   

   We have discovered that we all LOVE fish & chips but are disappointed by the lack of good sustainable and non-greasy fish & chips in town... well that is now changed as we discovered HOOK in Camden.

   They use fresh sustainable fish delivered daily from Cornwall. The menu is short but everything on it is just delicious and non greasy. For research reasons we ordered ALL of the sauces and enjoyed every single one of them, even the most adventures ones such as wasabi sauce. This is a non frills place with good friendly service in a cool setting and great comfort food.

2. From Portugal

   Posted on 8:01pm Thursday 18th Jun 2015

   Don’t cause further damage to the sea in order to enjoy a good swim whenever you fancy it! The ecosystem is suffering for our luxuries. Unfortunately the cosmetic industry hasn’t yet come up with an SPF ingredient that both protects us from the sun’s damaging rays and is kind on sea’s ecosystem. SPF lotions based on synthetic chemicals are not good for us as those chemicals accumulate in our bodies as well as causing damage to the sea life. What about the so called natural SPFs? There are only two alternatives, one is zinc that has a devastating effect on coral and the other is Titanium Dioxide, which washes out into the sea not offering you a prolonged efficient protection and when mixed with sea water creates hydrogen peroxide. This harsh substance has been killing the nutrients that feed the small fish, this then travels up the food chain having a devastating effect of all the oceans of the planet

   My suggestion is that we all take responsibility and plan our holidays accordingly. I LOVE swimming in the sea but I do it either first thing in the morning or at sunset. This a photo of the sea after a good swim on my last holiday in Portugal, there’s actually something very spiritual about swimming at these times, you feel energised in the morning and purified in the evening. Another suggestion is swimming with protecting clothing. I know is taking some of the fun out of the holidays we are all used to but to me there’s no fun at all in the damage we are causing.

   

3. Happy 10th Birthday Soveral

   Posted on 11:07am Monday 8th Jun 2015

   

   Today marks the 10th Birthday of the Soveral brand.

   Starting with a London based Skin Aromatherapy practice alongside my independent research, Jorj and I have worked together to make my childhood dream a reality. We have continued to grow in the organic way in which the brand was born. With the loyal support of our clients and key editors from The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and Harpers to mention but a few, we have established ourselves as a trusted skincare brand of the highest quality.

   A HUGE thank you to all of you that helped us along the journey!

   We are proud to say that after years of developing our Treatments, products and bespoke offerings SOVERAL can now be found among the most prestigious places. Our products are now sold world-wide by Net-A-Porter, in London at Liberty and both products & Treatments at Daniel Hersheson at Harvey Nichols and at The Mondrian Sea Containers.

   We have lots of exciting plans to share with you in the 10th year of Soveral so watch this space...

   Thank you for all your support and enjoy our present to you of 50% off all our products today, plus more giveaways throughout the week. Enter the code 'soveral10' at checkout to receive 50% off.

   Jorj & Alexandra