We Love: Be My Valentine…

Here are La Luminata's favourite eco gifts to get you in the romantic mood for Valentines!

(From top)  Ooo Herbal Bath Gift Box, £9.19, Red Roses fragrance by Jo Malone, £32.00, Sweetheart Lingerie Set, £19.00, Belle handmade shoe by Hetty Rose, from £350.00, Heart Door Pouch, £7.50, Purple Organic Cotton Maxi Dress, £178.50, NV London Calcutta Carnaby Fair Trade Canvas Coin Purse, £12.00, Rustic Copper Hearts, from £1.50, Love Card, £2.50, Chocolate Love Heart - Dark & Chilli, £3.50, Carve Your Own Valentine's Card, £4.99, Small Love Letter necklace, $22.00, Matt by Matt & Nat Muse Vegan Hand Bag, £129.00, Fair trade LOVE cushion, £22.40, Fairly Dotty Chemise, £22.00.

Carly Gordon

We Love: Bikini Weather On My Mind

Ok, it's freezing and yet all I seem to be thinking of is summer...

I am adoring this bikini/lingerie set from Amira. Just perfect for lounging around on the beach...ooh come on summer!!!

We Love: Pisces Are Dreamers

A big thankyou to Etsy store Pisces are dreamers who sent us a pair of gorgeous handmade shoes handpainted in my star sign of Cancer. Available in all 12 signs of the zodiac, there is a pair waiting just for you! Using recycled shoes and non-toxic paint, these unique shoes are created divert landfill and to save wasted shoes.

What better way to start the new year than with a pair of my own customized shoes made to highlight the month I was born? Get yours here.

We Love: Florence Welch

Florence Welch aka front-woman of Florence and The Machine shot to fame in 2009 after launching her debut album ‘Lungs’, winning the BRIT Awards Critics’ Choice and being nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. I have long been a fan of Florence’s folksy bohemian come gothic style; whimsical dresses and floaty capes, teamed with killer heels and fiery red hair. Her eccentric outfits become part of her breathtaking performances on stage and compliment her uniquely haunting voice and quirky melodies. ‘Lungs’ for me was the soundtrack of 2009, I can’t wait to see what Florence has in store for 2010!

Carly Gordon

We Love: Real Rosebud Tea

We love this tea! Made using real rosebuds, the scent takes me back to childhood, standing in the middle of my Fathers rose garden where I remember gathering petals to make homemade rose perfume. Wonderful!

The tea also has proven health and beauty benefits to improve skintone quality. Here's what they say about their Rose Tea:

Environmental stress, such as overexposure to sunlight, has been linked to skin ageing through the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS).

·  ROS can activate enzymes that breakdown vital skin proteins such as collagen and elastin. The breakdown of these proteins is the primary contributor to wrinkle formation and skin elasticity.

·  The Rose Extract found within the Whole Rose bud tea has been scientifically proven to breakdown ROS, thus preventing the breakdown your skins vital proteins and therefore promotes a youthful complexion with good tone, elasticity and an even coloured complexion.

·  As well as making you look and feel beautiful, tea’s Whole Rose Bud Tea provides the definitive ‘herbal’ experience. Light and fragrant like a delicate perfume, the tea infusion is soothing, soft and refreshing.

With many more exciting flavours to choose from, these are the tea of goddesses!

We Love: Jai Active Wear

We love this clothing label...Jai Active Wear. Combining super comfy and functional pieces, they also have the right elements of futuristic-inspired design to bring you bang up to date in 2010.

We Love: Style Icon, Natasha Khan

Here at La Luminata we admire the girl who dances to a different beat, is intelligent and has the energy and the courage to stand out and be different, unique and totally individual.

In a world of designer-clad celebrities, Natash Khan aka Bat For Lashes is not only a musical genius but she also styles herself to create a look that's copied but entirely her own. Mixing vintage clothing with cool t-shirts, quirky accessories and rainbow-bright make-up. Natasha Khan, you are one of our hero's!