Why Colour Friday Matters

Colour Friday - Bring Joy Shop Small

This week marks one of the best small business celebrations of the year, Colour Friday! It's a joyful, creative movement encouraging us all to support independent makers, it is everything Black Friday is not.

While big brands gear up for another Black Friday frenzy, Colour Friday celebrates something smaller, brighter, kinder and infinitely more meaningful, thoughtfully made gifts, beautifully crafted products and purchases that support real people running small businesses, not multinationals. 🌈

As a handmade botanical soap maker, the ethos of Colour Friday really resonates with me. Every bar I create begins with plants, slow processes and the hope that it will bring a moment of calm or joy into someone’s daily rituals. In fact my mission statement is to Elevate Your Everyday Self-care. My kind of craft simply isn’t built for big discounts, it’s built for connection, calm & common sense.

What Is Colour Friday?

Colour Friday was created by Holly Tucker MBE as a joyful alternative to Black Friday. Instead of promoting mass-produced products and deep discounts, it invites people to shop small, support independent businesses, visit your local high street & choose gifts that truly matter.

Every purchase from a small business directly supports the human being who dreamt it up, designed it and poured care into making it. Colour Friday is a reminder that shopping can have heart and that thoughtful choices keep communities colourful, creative, and alive.

Why It Resonates With Me as a Handmade Maker

Creating botanical soaps is a slow, thoughtful process. Colour Friday aligns beautifully with this way of working. I make soap bars that actively encourage low impact living & mindful self-care.

Handmade Takes Time, Care and Intention

Each bar begins with carefully selected plant oils, botanicals and essential oils. Nothing is rushed. From infusing plants - roots, petals & leaves into oil, to waiting a minimum of 4 weeks for my soap bars to cure, it truly is a slow craft.

Customers Become Part of the Story

From the ingredients to the way I cut and cure each bar, every soap carries meaning. So when someone chooses Bohemia & Flower soap, they’re choosing a maker, not a machine. That connection is at the heart of everything I do.

Sustainability Matters

Colour Friday encourages thoughtful buying & counters the impulsive spending & the over consumption that comes with Black Friday sales. The ethics & values which Bohemia & Flower is built around aren’t seasonal & they guide every part of my small business, all year round.

How I’m Celebrating Colour Friday This Year

So to celebrate Colour Friday my way, I’m not running a sale…
But I do have something lovely for you;

🌿 Free UK delivery when you spend over £25
🎁 A free sisal soap saver bag filled with soap offcuts with every order

It’s a simple, sustainable way to bring a little extra joy & is in tune with my zero waste ethics. If you’re planning to treat yourself or stock up on thoughtful botanical gifts this season, Colour Friday is the moment to do so. Offer runs 28-30th November 2025.

How You Can Join the Colourful Celebration

By choosing to shop small, we help keep communities colourful, vibrant and alive, while supporting makers who pour care, skill and heart into every product they create.

✨ Buy one gift from a small business
✨ Visit your local high street
✨ Leave a kind review
✨ Share the brilliant independents you love
✨ Tell someone why you’re backing Colour Friday

Because when we shop small, we keep our communities colourful, creative & living!

DID YOU KNOW?

If you spend £10 at a local independent shop, it can result in up to £50 more being recirculated in the local economy than if £10 was spent at a chain (because business owners are more likely to spend their money locally)?¹
Small businesses play a crucial role in increasing UK employment rates (employing around 16.9 million people)?²
They contribute £2.18 trillion to the UK economy (around a quarter of our GDP)?³
And yet the UK is expected to spend £3.9 billion on Black Friday this year,⁴ while a million small businesses fear closure?⁵
By opting to shop at small local businesses, you can contribute towards building a more vibrant and diverse economy that better reflects the needs and values of the whole community?⁶
Over a third of people asked said they love independent businesses for their remarkable creativity — especially their originality, imagination and care?⁷
We know 81% of UK consumers said they would consider shopping small this Christmas.⁸