SOi:Natural Soy Candle & Skin Moisturizer

Walk into our boutique today and you will be greeted with the inviting fragrance of Crimson Apples. This is just one of an array of luscious scents made by The SOi Company. These one of a kind candles are the eco-friendly way to create a healthy environment through beautiful fragrance.

Whether its the fresh smell of pear infused with a splash of pomegranate during the springtime or the seducing scent of amber combined with sandalwood for a romantic evening , there is an approriate fragrance for every occasion.

SOi candles are made out of 100% all natural soy oil so the burn soot-free and do not emit any harmeful toxins (like Benezene) into your home. Unlike wax SOi candles burn at a cool 41degrees C so they won't burn your skin and will last 40% longer than normal candles. They are custom crafted with top-grade fragrance oils, not only are they the safest but they are the most fragrant eco-candles you will find!

Did we forget to mention that the soy melts into a wonderful skin moisturizer?! Its super rich and can be used to help heal dry skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis not to mention the cooling effect it has to sooth a sunburn!

Relax with a SOi candle as you take a bubble bath. Then pour the warm wax on your skin and let it be absorbed for a luxurious soft to the touch feel, and a lingering scent that will remain on you(and clothes) till the next day. Pure Bliss!

We are donating 30% of profits from SOi candle sales to Al Noor Charity Welfare, so buy guilt free and indulge! Share this post to help Al Noor Charity , a local charity that helps Bahraini families and orphans in a multitude of ways!

Prices start at BD3.5 for the Votives,

BD12 for Boxed Luxe High Ball Candles

and BD14 for the Classic Jars.

Introducing: Distraction by Haya

  Shaikha Haya Al Khalifa presents "Distraction by Haya" at Avenue Collection.  For Spring Summer '12 the collection is inspired by the serenity and simplicity of the bedouin lifestyle of poetry and earth colors that reflect daytime sand-dune gold & beige to the deep blue night skies and the scarceness of ivory in the Sahara which translated into wonderous fabrics designed by Haya herself.

We had the pleasure of interviewing Distraction's designer Shaikha Haya Al Khalifa to take a further look behind the emerging label:

Q-How Did you become a designer?

Haya: It started with fine art, and developed to fashion design, as I have had a life long and vey enthusiastic passion for both!

Q- What was the first thing you designed personally or professionally?

Haya: Personally, a bag when I was ten! Professionally, it was an evolution of a collection called 'Principessa' a few years back.

Q- What/who inspires you/ your work? Haya: I'm inspired by elegance, beauty in nature and people! Luxury and femininity play a large role in my designs and my artistic approach.

Q-What area of your work do you enjoy the most?

Haya: Working with my hands, being around people.  I like to work with people directly, and therefore its a plus in fashion ! I also enjoy history and heritage with both play a large role in my inspirations and designs.

Q- How would you describe your own personal style?

Haya: Elegance with an edge! I enjoy wearing fairly quirky styles, always different from the crowd but in a feminine way.

Q-How do you intend for women to feel when wearing your collection?

Haya: I want them to feel happy, fashionable, classy and comfortable!

Q-What is your favourite piece from this collection?

Haya: They are so dear to me, but if I had to pick one, or two they are the "Meem" Dress in Indigo and the cream "Calligraphy Birds" dress.

Q-What is the one item that every woman should have in her closet?

Haya: A dress! Any type of dress, maxi or short dresses; they are essential to every woman's wordrobe, are always feminine and can be worn in so many ways, you just have to think outside the box.

Q- What is next for "Distraction"?

Haya: Creating more fashion!

AVR Van Reimersdhal Berlin

Slotted Dress by AVR

AVR by Berlin based designer Andrea Van Reimersdahl is one of the latest designers that has been launched in our boutique this season.  Her avante-guarde designs are very urban chic and flexible.  Her clothing is influenced by her background as an artist which contributes a very contemporary elegant charachter to her designs.  Furthermore the city of Berlin provides a major source of creativity in the challenges and inspiration it provides in creating her line of clothing.

Multi Piece Wrap

 In the works of AVR the borders between art and fashion blur. In London and Berlin the artist and designer developed her characteristic concept of colour and shapes as well as her pictorial way of using screen printing. Moreover, the enthusiasm for experiments – a playful way of applying the techniques of screen printing, the misappropriation as well as the manipulation of different surfaces and fabrics. All this leads to the creation of collages, that give the designs an expressive uniqueness and that have a high recognition value. The special feature of her designs is divergence. No certain style is predicted. Back to front, upside down, inside out or subtle details create individual possible definitions. With the foundation of her own label AVR :: van reimersdahl :: in 2002, the artist created the space to bring together her passion for drawing, her individual way of implementing compositions of colours and shapes by surface manipulations as well as her affinity for fashion. The collections originate from a very conceptual and profound approach. In her drawings AVR creates distinctive worlds. Her collages tell urban and futuristic stories that are transferred into reality through the collections, unique print.

A selection of AVR is available to purchase at the boutique