The Bite Magazine - Autumn/Winter 2021 - Issue 30

bitebeauty T he story behind spiritually charged beauty brand LLIO is not just heart-warming but also birthed an incredible strength in founder and creative director Nia Thomas who established the brand in 2016 after her mother suddenly passed away. Born from a three-year journey of self-heal- ing and love, LLIO is a story of creating light in a time of darkness that honours the name of her beautician mother and was launched in style with a gold LLIO glitter board in London’s Marylebone. Nia’s memories of Llio Gwenllian Thomas, who was crowned Miss Anglesey in Wales, is the ba- sis of LLIO’s passion to help women spoil, pam- per and love themselves. “Having a glam mother, with a ‘beauty’ room at home, I grew up seeing her pamper clients. We’d even blend essential oils together for her to sell.” The founder describes her mother as her best friend, cheerleader and confi- dant who was a kind soul and her rock. “My mother certainly had a presence in a room and was the life of the party.” To get her through her loss, Nia focused on beau- ty and played with essential oils that “felt like spending time with my mother”. Before her moth- er passed away, Nia had studied Aromatherapy and Beauty Product Creating at Regents College, London. “I’ve always had a firm interest in beauty growing up around my mother.” She also studied to be a beautician thanks to her mother’s influ- ence. “Losing my mother was the catalyst which encouraged me to follow my passion in beauty.” Llio used to tell her daughter, “If you don’t love yourself, then nothing good will ever come to you” so Nia swapped her ultra-busy lifestyle for self- care treatments including massages, crystal heal- ing, reiki and energy healing. The founder has al- ways had a fascination with the spiritual world and wanted to luxuriate crystals in some way. “Fusing together essential oil blends and crystals seemed classy, just like my mother. I chose the Welsh sym- bol to represent our family ancestry, and our HQ is in Wales.” The brand designs bath and body essential oil blends infused with gemstone crystals to create Crystoil elixirs that carry energy and vibrations to power at a higher vibrational frequency. The crys- tals remove negative blockages around the body and restore a natural flow of energy while raising vibrations in love (Rose Quartz), abundance (Cit- rine), calm (Amethyst) and grounding (Obsidian). The oils can be used as a body oil or for ritual baths and are the perfect way to relax, reconnect and crystal charge yourself. Rose Quartz is the ultimate love magnet and stone of unconditional love which has been used in love ritual ceremonies for centuries. Citrine is a stone of abundance and wealth that transcends to your highest and best self. Amethyst is a meditative and calming stone that works in tune with you emo- tionally and spiritually to promote calm, balance and peace. Obsidian is grounding and a protec- tive stone that allows you to look deep into your soul and have good inner physic cleanse including clearing out emotional debris. LLIO crystoils fuse the finest ethically sourced crystals from Brazil with the highest grade essen- tial and base oils. All the packaging is created in the UK, with the boxes hand-cut by UK artisans and the tie-dye inspired ribbon designed by il- lustrator and artist Poppy Waddilove. The brand describes itself as the haute couture of crystal healing whose goal is to encourage crystal loving in the 21st century, more self-love in the world and the hope that people will love themselves first with plenty of self-care. Available in 50 ml or 100 ml, Crystal Clear Citrine, Rose Quartz, Amethyst or Lapis Lazuli Hand San- itisers stylishly sanitise, cleanse and refresh your hands. They are formulated and lab tested to kill 99.99% of bacteria while spritzing away impurities and restoring peace of mind. All four sanitisers are complemented with geranium and sweet orange essential oils with a smell that is truly addictive and has the relevant crystal sitting beautifully at the bottom of the bottle. For the body, indulge yourself with the Higher Self Citrine Bath & Body Crystoil that can be used as a lush bath, body or massage oil for skin so soft. LLIO Cristina Lloyd discovers the essence of self-love and strength with LLIO crystal charged beauty products. Images courtesy of LLIO SELF-LOVE WITH CRYSTALS

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