Delightfully scented and carefully manufactured, this body lotion contains shea and cocoa butters, as well as soybean, jojoba and olive oils, that soften and moisturise the skin. Perfect to be used together with the matching hand & body wash.

300ml

Made in Portugal

Created to inspire an ambient backdrop for any occasion, Castelbel diffusers have been carefully made to fragrance and personalise any room. Used at home or in the office, each different fragrance will stamp your personality on your environment.
By placing the rattan sticks into the liquid infusion the fragrance is drawn up and gently released throughout the room.  

Size: 250ml

 Made in Portugal

Created to inspire an ambient backdrop for any occasion, Castelbel diffusers have been carefully made to fragrance and personalize any room. Used at home or in the office, each different fragrance will stamp your personality on your environment.
By placing the rattan sticks into the liquid infusion the fragrance is drawn up and gently released throughout the room.  

Size: 250ml

Made in Portugal

Beautiful hand poured aromatic candle that will delicate fragrance any space with the same perfume that characterises this collection, allowing you to create a cosy and welcoming atmosphere. In addition to being an elegant decorative element that perfectly matched any decoration, it is also a fine gift that will be much appreciated.

Size: 210g

Made in Portugal

Portus Cale soaps are the result of a careful ingredient selection that includes a 100% vegetable base and high-quality fragrances made in Europe, which last throughout the entire product life. Carefully hand stamped and hand wrapped, and with a careful design, Portus Cale soaps truly are an affordable luxury.

Weight: 150g

Made in Portugal

Presented in a beautiful ceramic soap container that can also be used as a jewel box, the Portus Cale Gold & Blue soap will gently clean and luxuriously fragrance the skin with a soft Pink Pepper & Jasmine scent. 

Size: 150g

Made in Portugal

This set includes two sphere-shaped soaps (110g each), nestled inside elegant tin balls and beautifully presented in a gift box with azulejo motifs in gold & alabaster, finished with a rich red satin ribbon. Both the tin balls and the box are designed to be hung on the Christmas tree or displayed as festive decorative accents throughout your home, adding charm and fragrance to the season.

A truly charming and fragrant way to celebrate the holiday spirit, whether as a gift or a special treat for your Xmas tree

Please note, since these are handmade items we think of them as 'perfectly imperfect' and any mark in the glaze only adds to the charm of the piece.

Care: Hand wash recommended. 

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: Width 16cm, Length 50cm

Handmade in Portugal

Paperback Children's Book:  "Néveda in Azores" is a bilingual (PT/ENG) illustrated book about a flower girl that travels all nine islands of Azores. A story for the child in all of us.

Text and characters: Terry Costa
Illustrations: Vera Bettencourt
Edition: Miratecarts, 2019

Cicatrizes written by Dino D’Santiago (language Portuguese) autorretrato/ autobiography 

Metade de um século passou sobre a independência da sua terra ancestral, altura em que o seu pai já emigrara da ilha cabo-verdiana de Santiago para Portugal. Meia centena é também o número de textos que compõem a estreia literária de Dino D’Santiago.

Esta estreia não resulta de uma produção linear, nem nasceu da intenção de se tornar livro, mas germinou de forma orgânica, num processo de escrita e de autoconhecimento que se foi alimentando mutuamente. Escrever foi pedir licença à ancestralidade, voltar às memórias do passado, olhar para o presente e esperançar o futuro.

Ao ser desafiado a publicar o que escreveu, o autor acreditou que a partilha da sua experiência, das suas reflexões sobre o quotidiano, do seu sentir, e também dos seus conflitos e vulnerabilidades, revela aquilo que ele em nenhum momento deixa de ser: o homem comum que, apesar da carreira artística, não abre mão dos papéis de pai, filho, irmão e marido.

Se a pena é a língua da alma, Cicatrizes exprime sem precedentes a natureza íntima do seu criador.

Autor

Dino D’Santiago nasceu Claudino de Jesus Borges Pereira em 1982, em Faro. Filho de pais cabo-verdianos, cedo se envolveu nos movimentos de música urbana globalizada, fundindo os universos do soul e do hip-hop com o batuku e o funaná.
Em nome próprio lançou os álbuns Eu e os Meus (2008), Eva (2013), Mundu Nôbu(2018), Kriola (2020) e BADIU (2021), além de ter colaborado em trabalhos com diversos artistas.
Entre os muitos prémios e distinções que recebeu, destacam-se diversos Play – Prémios da Música Portuguesa, um Globo de Ouro e a nomeação para os Grammy Latinos com a canção «Esperança» (conjuntamente com Criolo e Amaro Freitas).
Fundou os projetos Lisboa Criola e Sou Quarteira, foi considerado uma das cem pessoas afrodescendentes mais influentes do mundo pela MIPAD (Most Influential People of African Descent), é embaixador do Projeto VOAR da UNICEF e presidente da ONGD Mundu Nôbu

Language  Portuguese

This hand cream’s silky formula drenches skin with moisture and a delicate scent to reinvigorate both hands and spirit. Its indulgent texture soothes hands upon contact creating an emollient barrier that treats them to a lasting hydration.

Deco

Pine and cypress needle with green galbanum surround a sensual base of Elemi, cedar wood, eucalyptus and a hint of smoky cade to capture the true beauty of the gardens in Porto.

Favorito
Vibrant notes of red berries centered around a heart of green leaf and red roses with pepper and patchouli heighten the abstract illusion of the red poppy flower.

Banho

A citrus feast of lemons, oranges and mandarin fused with verbena and basil leaves on a base of musk and a hint of vanilla add intensity to the scent.

• Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker's Book Award, 2023 (Short-listed)

This fascinating book uncovers the little-known, surprisingly radical history of the Portuguese immigrant women who worked as night-time office cleaners and daytime “cleaning ladies” in postwar Toronto.

Drawing on union records, newspapers, and interviews, feminist labour historians Susana P. Miranda and Franca Iacovetta piece together the lives of immigrant women who bucked convention by reshaping domestic labour and by leading union drives, striking for workers’ rights, and taking on corporate capital in the heart of Toronto’s financial district. Despite being sidelined within the labour movement and subjected to harsh working conditions in the commercial cleaning industry, the women forged critical alliances with local activists to shape picket-line culture and make an indelible mark on their communities.

Richly detailed and engagingly written, Cleaning Up is an archival treasure about an undersung piece of working-class history in urban North America.

Planeta Tangerina  Henririque Conser Moreira