Crabtree & Evelyn is renowned around the world for beautiful gifts and everyday luxuries that capture the essence of English style. Distinctive and unique, this company has earned an outstanding reputation for its creative excellence and personal customer service.

Many people are curious about the name. Crabtree & Evelyn’s founder, Cyrus Harvey, was inspired by the Englishman, John Evelyn, whose love of nature and inventiveness is the basis of the brand's philosophy today. During the 17th Century, Evelyn was famous as a landscape designer, conservationist and food writer. Evelyn is most famous for Sylva, the first important work on conservation, published at a time when England’s forests were being stripped of timber to build ships for the expanding British Navy.

His great estate, Sayes Court, was planted with large expanses of elm trees, and the magnificent gardens Evelyn created were a wonder of the age. The Diary of John Evelyn is a remarkable picture of 17th Century life, both in England and on the continent. He is also known for his writings on food - including a book on salads, in which he invented the first salad dressing made with olive oil.

John Evelyn’s inspiration enabled Crabtree & Evelyn to become one of the first lifestyle beauty companies to embrace the natural ingredient movement. Delicate flowers - lilies, roses, freesias and gardenias - create soft, sensual fragrances while time-tested extracts of herbs, fruits and plants - rosemary, comfrey, lavender, goatmilk, jojoba, aloe vera - care for the skin with their healing properties.

The Crabtree or Wild Apple symbol is native to Britain and the ancestor of all cultivated apple trees. It was highly prized for its beauty as well as its usefulness in home apothecary. Bartholomeus Anglicus whose encyclopaedia was one of the earliest printed books containing botanical information says, "Malus the Appyll tree is a grete tree in itself... gracious in syght and in taste and vertuous in medecyne." (c.1470)

The Crabtree & Evelyn inspirational model is the early home apothecary, or ‘still room’ as it was called in England. Still rooms existed at a time when the garden played an integral role in daily life – a time when fresh flowers, herbs and fruits from the gardens and orchards were distilled to make fragrant waters for the bath and soothing essences for the skin. Fruit preserves were also created to brighten the winter larder. From the magic of the still room came the little luxuries and necessities that enhanced the quality of everyday life. This innovative spirit, built on the foundation of Crabtree & Evelyn’s rich heritage and relationship to the garden, inspires them today.

They believe that each age has its own wisdom to contribute to that body of knowledge they call 'our heritage', and continue to add to it. This unique relationship with and synergy between garden and nature’s bounty of benefits is something that they are diligent in preserving, at the same time.

Crabtree & Evelyn is available in more than 40 countries, with over 6,000 locations and 350 concept stores worldwide. Crabtree & Evelyn has eight stores in South Africa: Sandton City, Hyde Park, Design Quarter, Menlyn Park, Cavendish Square, La Lucia Mall, V&A Waterfront and Canal Walk.

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Coverderm Camouflage is a maker of products that help you cover up dark marks and other imperfections on your body. Their products not only help to hide imperfections, they also help you to deal with and solve common skin care problems.

The Coverderm product range includes:

• Camouflage, which was the first foundation to help hide imperfections on the face and on the body caused by skin conditions such as acne and age spots.
• Luminious is the skin whitening range that is suitable for all skin colours. It fights hyperpigmentation and gives bright and even toned skin.
• Peptumax was developed to fight wrinkles. This Anti-aging product helps to smooth out wrinkles caused by aging or expression lines.
• Vanish helps get rid of redness and dark circles under eyes.
• Maxydrat helps to re-hydrate dry skin and keep it moisturised.
• Filteray is the sun protection product from Coverderm. It is hypo-allergic and provides all day protection.

Coverderm products can be found at Dischem stores around South Africa.

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Compagnie de Provence is a cosmetics brand that was established in 1990 by two French men, Pascal Bourelly and Philippe Boigeol. It started with the legendary cube soap that was popular in Marseille and they wanted to revive the love for it. They made the cube shaped soap and wrapped it in luxurious brown paper that was tied with hemp string and stamped with a wax seal. This gave it a modern but classical look and feel.

From there, further modification of the Marseille cube soap happened in 1999 when Compagnie de Provence decided to release a liquid soap version. It was made with vegetable oils and came in a glass bottle to stay in line with the sleek and modern lifestyle of today’s consumers.

This brand has grown to include products such as body washes, fragrances, hair care products and body lotions. Each of these has the unique touch of Compagnie de Provence that is loved by so many people in the world. It is a brand that speaks of the olden days elegant beauty products that Marseille is known for while also making the products appealing to modern up market customers.

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Cosmic Options is a South African hair accessories brand that has been growing since 1983. They have a product range of hair accessories and grooming products to suit different styles and fashion statements. Cosmic Options started off with 5 employees and now have over 150 employees situated around the country. They also now supply hair accessory products to over 2000 retail stores in and around South Africa.

Cosmic Options aims to give their customers the latest in hair accessory trends from around the world. They aim to always ensure that you get to have affordable hair accessories that are fashionable.

Despite the low prices, Cosmic Options products are of a very high quality that can help you style your hair as you wish. There are various ranges that cater for different types of women or the look they are going for. These include a school range, cool range, kids range and a basics range among others. Each of these will help you achieve the look you are going for whether you are 12 years old or 30 years old.

Cosmic Options products can be found in major retail stores around the country.

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Clicks is a South African pharmacy, health, home and beauty store. It has a number of cosmetic products under the Clicks brand that they have been expanding over the years. The products are made using environmentally friendly ingredients, and are of a high quality.

It is also an affordable brand that allows you to enjoy high quality products at a reasonable price. There are numerous products that are available exclusively from Clicks stores and under the Clicks label.

These include Clicks Tissue Oil which can help to reduce the appearance of stretch marks and scars, Clicks Skin Care Collection which consists of Aqueous Cream and body lotion among other products and the Clicks Health Basics which is a range of mineral supplements such as Vitamins, Essential Fatty Acids and Vitamin Oils to help keep you in peak condition every day.

There is also a baby care range that is loved by mothers all over the country. It includes products such as nappies and other baby toiletries.

Clicks stores are situated all over South Africa and you will be able to explore and find the various products they have under their brand.

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Chopard is a Swiss brand that is mainly known for its upmarket watches, jewellery and accessories. It is a brand that was found by a 24 year old Louis-Ulysse Chopard in 1860. Since then, they have established themselves as a luxury brand for those wishing to spoil themselves or their loved ones.

Now, the brand has expanded to include 7 women’s fragrances and 1 men’s fragrance. All the fragrances have been created with the wearer in mind. They are meant to send a message of luxury and opulence that is representative of the other Chopard products.

The Chopard fragrances are:

• Casmir
• Wish
• Happy Spirit
• Cascade
• Brilliant Wish
• Elixir D’Amour
• Enchanted

These can be found at selected retail stores and online.

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Chloé is a French fashion house that also has a fragrance range. It was founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. They represent the warm feminine female who also enjoys life. Their products are meant to be accessible, but exclusive at the same time. This is why Chloé is loved by many young people.

The Chloé fragrance range includes Love, Chloé, Chloé Eau de Fleurs, Chloé, See by Chloé. In addition, they also have a Skin Care range.

Love, Chloé is described as being spontaneous, fun and feminine. It is great for wearing anytime of the day and suitable for women who can bring a smile to others with just a glance. It is available in an elegant bottle with a delicate chain on the neck. The collection also includes a shower gel, deodorant spray and body milk.

Eau de Fleurs celebrates the basics of perfume fragrances which are lavender, nasturtium and neroli. The simple bottles represent the simplicity of the fragrances with few lines and a basic metal cube top to allow the fragrance to shine.

The Chloé eau de per perfume is the signature scent that captures the individuality and confidence of the Chloé woman. The bottle’s designed with a loosely tied ribbon around the neck to represent the elegance of the scent. The collection includes a deodorant spray, shower gel and body lotion.

See by See by Chloé fragrance is a fun and floral fragrance that comes in a bright pink box and has a silver ring on the lid. The range consists of a deodorant, lotion and shower gel.

The Chloé skin care range is called Cremé de la Rose. It is made using the Rosa Centifolia flower to beautify your skin by protecting it against daily environmental exposure. This is done by the formation of an antioxidant shield on your skin. This collection includes centifolia rose water lotion, centifolia rose oil, centifolia rose emulsion and centifolia rose cream.

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