Flower Power with Yardley London

Amongst the madness of London Fashion Week, this weekend saw S&M’s Katie and Asha offer a therapeutic respite to the hectic schedule of shows for a select group of beauty bloggers at Yardley London’s Bath & Body Blogger Event. 

The girls, along with Karen Cullen of Yardley London, descended upon the Jane Packer Flower School with Fei Zhang of Peonies & Lilies, Sheenie Shaikh from Just-Nice-Things, Rachel Phipps of The Glossy Guide and Bettina from Beauty Swot to learn the art of flower making.

Teacher Akira, took the group through the process of creating a simple but effective ‘hatbox’ of pink English roses, white Gerberas and lavender with the optional addition of foliage, making it look like a piece of cake and creating a work of art in about 5 minutes flat. 

Though understandably not quite matching Akira’s standard and speed, the resulting hatboxes created by the amateur florists were each their own little piece of art and interestingly reflected and revealed the personalities of the group.

Feeling a sense of pride in achievement and exchanging compliments on each other’s blossoming talent in floristry, the bloggers got to learn about the new Bath & Body collection, comprising of luxury body washes, moisturising body lotions and nourishing hand & nail creams, all infused with one of five different floral fragrances – English Rose, English Lavender, Royal English Daisy, Peony and Lily of the Valley.

Also learning about Yardley London’s first advertising campaign in 16 years set to launch this Spring and inspired by its brand essence – flowers and its fashion heritage – Fei, Sheenie, Rachel and Bettina all got to take home their own floral creations and a bag of Yardley London Bath & Body goodies to lather and moisturise themselves in an array of delicate floral scents.