beauty
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5 quirky beauty tips for tricky body spots in sun, sea & sand
If you are off to a sun soaked hot location for your summer break you need to be well prepared. It’s not just a case of a trip down to the supermarket for some cheap small air flight bottles of convenient creams etc. the day or so before you fly….oh definitely no! Nobody wants to look like a piece of al dente pasta on that beach towel. Perish the thought of your first evening out dressed to impress with red swollen patches on your skin and itchy eyes! No – there are certain things to be taken care of at least a week if not more -before you jet away.…
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On The Beach With A perfect swimming outfit
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Get the Celebrity look with Gigi Hadid, Olivia Palermo and terry terry
My latest celebrity style post has a real taste of summer about it, as it features the hottest new celebrity loved sunglasses from Quay Australia, and the Kendall +Kylie for Topshop beach collection, which was launched last month and is already seeing some pieces totally sold out. Summer is always a great time for celebrity style picks, with both on and off duty looks that we can steal for our own summer holidays, as well as designer styles that are easily copied using High Street pieces. This post has beautiful maxi dresses, as worn by Holly Willoughby and Lydia Bright. Both are high street pieces, from River Island and Miss…
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How supplements help hair, skin and nails
When we are young, looking after our hair, skin and nails can sometimes seem like an afterthought. We go to bed still wearing our make-up and bite those nails as we worry about exams, boyfriends, money and our future. As for our hair, I lost count of the times I added dye of some kind, everything from bleach to spray in colours, never worrying about any damage this might do. When we are young, these things are just par for the course, and growing older seems such a long time in the future. But ageing is something that catches up with the best of us, and suddenly we need to…
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An audience with Alessandra Steinherr
Alessandra Steinherr is a beauty legend. The beauty editor at Glamour magazine, Alessandra is an instagram phenomenon, with more than 100,000 followers who literally hold onto her every word as she gives brilliant advice about beauty and skincare. Last month Alessandra Steinherr made a visit to Selfridges in Birmingham, for a Q&A with Selfridges beauty guru Rose Gallagher about all things beauty generally, and specifically about La Mer products. Here are some of the key points from the chat. On Instagram “…I love Instagram, it is my fave thing. I love it when I get comments and I can share my knowledge and answer questions. I have met and…
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The Body Shop VIP event with the Bloggers Parlour
Last Thursday I popped along to The Body Shop on Birmingham’s New Street to attend my first event with the Bloggers Parlour. It was a fabulous night of beauty, games and cocktails in a beautiful store that has just been refurbished and looks, quite frankly, amazing. The Bloggers Parlour organise blogger events in the Midlands, trying to offer something a little different in terms of activities and opportunities. Social media plays a big part of the events, with lots of opportunities to win spot prizes through sharing photographs on Twitter and Facebook, and using the #Bloggersparlour hashtag as often as possible. There were also opportunities to be creative – choosing…
