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  During lockdown, Beauty Ties interviewed designer Ruth Herring via email. We are big fans of her work. Ruth designs beautiful knitwear, which has been seen at Fashion Week runway shows in London and Paris. One of her hand knitted dresses for leading British designer JW Anderson also featured in a fashion spread in American Vogue. She has also had 4 books of her work published, including “Knitting Wildlife”, which featured model Marie  Helvin  on the cover. BeautyTies: Thank you for giving this interview. How did you start knitting? Ruth : My mum taught me when I was about 4 years old and my first project was a sleeping bag for my doll. It was supposed to be a dress, but I failed to understand that I needed to add armholes, so it became more of a body bag! By the time I was 7 I was knitting Fair-Isle and I taught myself to Crochet from a book when I was 9.               We love this shot of Ruth knitting by a waterfall, being close to nature. BeautyTies: What made you turn it into a b

  1. When do your decorations go up? 🎄 Collette: December 1st  ☃️  Julia: Same as above  2. Who is the Scrooge in your family or friendship group? 🌲 Collette: My husband  ☃️  Julia: Dad for sure  3. If money were no object, how and where would you spend Christmas? 🎄  Collette: A log cabin over looking snowy hills ☃️  Julia: Gleneagles - magical  4.What Christmas film do you have to watch every festive season?  🎄 Collette: Elf!  ☃️  Julia: The Polar Express  5.Who do you find hardest to buy presents for?    🎄 Collette: All my family are easy to buy for ☃️ Julia:    No one - I enjoy buying for everyone equally  6.Would you rather buy lots of little presents for a hamper, or buy one big/main present?   🎄  Collette: Lots of little goodies. A hamper needs a good selection.  ☃️  Julia: Lots of Little presents. It’s nice to have ongoing surprises.  7..What did you leave out for Santa when you were a child?  🎄 Collette: A glass of Whisky and a mince pie. ☃️  Julia: Same as above.  8.Whe

  BeautyTies have heard about Joe & Seph's products throughout the year. Intrigued by this, we thought we would try their products by getting their Gourmet Popcorn advent calendar. Popcorn is just popcorn, isn't it? Wrong. This company are winners of 67 great taste awards! Well our family enjoyed opening the doors and tasting the unique flavours. They also have over 50 flavours so we will put the links to their social media at the end of this because we are sure you will love it!  So here at BeautyTies HQ -we give you the Joe & Seph's advent calendar for 2020.      Julia and I loved the opening of the front. We thought this was reminiscent of going into an old sweetshop. On the left is the story of Joe & Seph's journey. we thought this was a nice touch to the advent as we didn't know much about the company. Our blog shows other people's journeys in how they got started and it was lovely to read more about Joe & Seph's.    The doors on the ad

     Candy Cloud is a stunning skincare range created by Katrina who wanted to create skincare that feels beautiful to use and is kind on the skin without the chemicals. Candy cloud is the most exciting range we have come across in years. The sugar scrubs double up as lip scrubs. We did this interview on social media and via email. BeautyTies: Thank you for joining us today Katrina. What was your inspiration for starting your candy cloud ? Katrina: Thank you so much for the opportunity to share my business and future vision for candy cloud! I launched the brand because I frequently suffer from dry/sensitive skin, and most drugstore products on the market were causing irritation rather than improvement. I was keen to avoid harsh chemical formulations, so I started making natural sugar exfoliants for my own personal use. These products have been an essential part of my skincare routine for a while, so I was excited to share and create my secret to soft, even skin with other people. All m