Love to b

Love to b: handmade natural skincare from Dorset

Love to b is a British brand founded by a mother and daughter that produces natural skincare, hand and body care and home fragrance in small batches. The company describes its products as handmade by the family in Dorset, England, and builds its range around plant-based ingredients. Its catalogue is sold through its own online shop and through two physical stores in the historic market towns of Ringwood and Sherborne.

The brand presents itself as ethical and cruelty-free: it states that it does not test on animals and never will, that it rejects palm oil, that it relies on plant-based ingredients and that it makes plastic-free packaging choices where possible. It also indicates that every product is tested rigorously by its own team before reaching the market.

Face, hand and body skincare

The skincare line is organised into face care and hand and body care. The face range includes a cleanser, a moisturiser, a face serum, a lip balm, a large face skincare gift set and a face skincare starter kit. The hand and body selection covers hand and body cream, lotion and balm, body and foot butter, massage oil, natural soap, hand and body wash, shaving soap and shampoo soap.

Among the highlighted products are a Face Cleanser with jojoba and oat, a Face Serum with rosehip and argan oil and a Face Moisturiser with rosehip and argan oil. The company lists rosehip oil, argan oil, jojoba oil, aloe vera, shea butter and sea buckthorn among the ingredients it selects for their hydrating, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, and states that these help support natural sebum balance, strengthen the skin barrier, retain moisture and encourage collagen production.

Bath, soak and hair products

A separate bath and soak section brings together bath bombs and melts, massage oil, mineral bath soak and mineral foot soak. Hair care appears through a rosemary shampoo presented for scalp care and hair growth. The range is completed by accessories divided into face skincare accessories, bathroom accessories, shaving accessories and hair accessories.

Home fragrance and essential oils

Under its natural home line, Love to b makes natural soy candles with cotton wicks, soy wax melts and essential oil blends, alongside burners and diffusers. The home scents are grouped by signature scent: 'Meditate' with cedarwood and lemongrass, 'Relax' with lavender and geranium, 'Balance' with neroli and rose geranium, 'Energise' with orange and bergamot, 'By the Fire' with frankincense and mandarin, 'In the Forest' with juniper and cedarwood, and 'By the Sea' with lime and eucalyptus.

The skincare side uses a parallel scent system, with 'Calm' rose, 'Relax' lavender, 'Energise' orange and bergamot, 'Invigorate' mint and rosemary, and 'Meditate' cedarwood and lemongrass. The company frames fragrance as a personal sensory choice and invites customers to browse by scent as well as by product type.

Gifting, subscriptions and rewards

Gifting is treated as its own category, comprising luxury gift boxes, gift sets, letterbox gifts, natural home gifts and gift cards. The site also promotes flexible subscriptions designed by the customer, allowing recurring deliveries of skincare, grooming essentials, soy candles and home fragrance on a schedule the buyer sets.

A loyalty programme, Love to b Rewards, lets shoppers earn points as they buy, unlock rewards and access additional perks. The company also publishes a journal with articles on topics such as natural candles, choosing a home fragrance by mood and transitioning a skincare routine between seasons.

Prices and customer ratings shown in the catalogue

At the time of writing this profile, the catalogue listed the jojoba and oat face cleanser at £18.50, the rosehip and argan face serum at £39.50, the rosehip and argan face moisturiser at £36.50 and the face skincare starter kit at £18.00. The 'Energise' orange and bergamot essential oil blend appeared at £19.50 and the 'Beehive' diffuser at £75.00.

The same listings carried customer ratings of 5.0 out of 5 from 16 reviews for the cleanser, 19 for the serum, 24 for the moisturiser and 9 for the starter kit. The site also displayed an aggregate figure of 4.99 out of 5 based on 408 reviews. These figures reflect the information available on the site when the profile was drafted.

Two stores in Hampshire and Dorset

Beyond its online shop, Love to b operates a store in Ringwood, Hampshire, and a second store in Sherborne, Dorset, the latter marked as new in the site navigation. The company describes both locations as sitting in historic market towns where the scent of its products spills onto the street, and offers in-store click and collect alongside standard UK delivery, free on orders above a stated threshold.