Oct 24, 2017 | Bean&Boy News, Markets & Events
We’re attending the Broadway Belles Women’s Institute Shopping Event next Wednesday (1 November) from 7.30 until 9pm at the Leigh Community Centre. Entrance is free for members and children but £3 for visitors (all are welcome!) It’s our first...
Sep 25, 2017 | Bean&Boy News, Soap News
The owner of a Barking beauty salon received a three-month suspended sentence and has been ordered to pay fines and costs of over £10,000, after he was caught selling banned cosmetic products. A whopping 675 products were seized! Koloko Cosmetics Ltd T/A Supreme White...
Sep 18, 2017 | Inspiring Women in Business
It can be so difficult being a parent and working or running a start-up business (ask me how I know!) so it’s amazing to meet other parents in the same position who’ve found their calling and have decided to create an exceptional service to answer a global...
Sep 13, 2017 | Bean&Boy News, Markets & Events, Soap News
Things are getting really exciting here at Bean & Boy HQ as we prepare for the busy festive season ahead. We have already booked all of our Christmas markets (!) and we are hard at work in the soap studio making lots of lovely bars of soap to take with us. All of...
Sep 9, 2017 | Bean&Boy News, Featured
We’ve been featured in ULTIMATE WEDDING. This UK and US magazine looks at the best in wedding trends, real wedding stories, and related products. Our baby soap is an extremely popular wedding favour – especially as these mini bars can be completely...
Aug 30, 2017 | Bean&Boy News, Featured, Gifts
The amazing makers behind Craftiosity included our lavender soap in their handmade well-being gift guide on Friday: check it out here! In this guide you’ll find everything you need to create a zen-like environment to equip you for the week ahead. Hurray! Oh,...
Aug 15, 2017 | Bean&Boy News, Markets & Events
We usually attend the Leigh-on-Sea Farmer’s Market each month but unfortunately won’t be able to make it this Friday. Both the Bean and the Boy are with me for school holidays and aren’t all that impressed by the prospect of going with mama to market...
Jul 18, 2017 | Inspiring Women in Business
We absolutely fell in love with Floragraphica on instagram: do yourself a favour and go visit them right this instant. Okay okay, read on a little bit but then GO GO GO. You can thank us later. So what does Floragraphica do? Your wedding flowers are the most beautiful...
Jul 17, 2017 | Bean&Boy News, Competitions
WIN SOAP! It’s competition time on our facebook page where you can win two of your favourite Bean & Boy handmade soap bars. We’re swapping out our market display bars and thought it would only be fair to play nice and share with you, so leave us a...
Jul 17, 2017 | Bean&Boy News, Markets & Events
We had an amazing day out at Village Green, although it has taken me a whole week just to recover and catch up. There were tens of thousands of people there – the local newspaper reported 16,500 music lovers attended this year’s event – and many of...
