christmas
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Preparing for the Party Season: What Jewellery Should you Wear with your Outfit?
December brings us the biggest party season of the year, what with work parties, winter gatherings with friends on the run up to Christmas, and of course, the biggie – New Year’s Eve. It’s a special time of year where we all look forward to to dressing up and looking fabulous, ready for plenty of good times and celebrations. Although you might have your party frock ready for the festive fiestas, do you have the right jewellery to go with it? Choosing the best jewellery to wear with your outfit can make you stand out from the crowd and have you feeling sensational, but only when the pairings are done…
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How to prepare your home and heating this winter
There’s nothing better at this time of year than curling up in front of the fire with your family. It doesn’t matter how miserable the weather is outside, you can fend off the elements and ensure you feel toasty in the comfort of your home. Similarly, this is the time of year when we want the our central heating on so that it is warm and toasty when we go to bed. No-one wants to be cold, but we can’t take it for granted after a glorious Summer that everything is going to be in perfect working order. There are things we need to do to ensure we do not…
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Getting Your Home Christmas Ready
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. And that means this is the time to make sure your home is ready, before you put all those decorations up. At Christmas, we get ready to invite friends and family into our homes, and this can sometimes mean getting those spare rooms ready for overnight visitors. Our spare rooms can often be a little neglected, especially if they are not used much. Sometimes they become little more than store rooms, a place to dump all those things we can’t really put elsewhere. But if you do have guests coming, there are a few simple things you can do to make the…
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The Nutcracker Returns To The Birmingham Hippodrome
I’ve always said that Christmas truly begins with a performance of The Nutcracker by the Birmingham Royal Ballet. This year this seems to be truer than ever, and so it is a warm return that greets a different version of the perennial favourite, with the Birmingham Hippodrome this year hosting the London version, one that combines the traditional ballet with wonderful projections, and also gives the ballet a voice in the form of narrator magician Drosselmeyer (danced to perfection by Rory Mackay, voiced by the inimitable Simon Callow.) The story is still the one we know and love, albeit with a charming Victorian opening set around Drosselmeyer’s toy shop.…
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Stylish Sleepwear from Hunkemöller
Hunkemöller is a name that I have only just become familiar with, but it is actually one of the largest lingerie specialists in Europe. A luxurious treasure trove of lingerie, leisure and sleepwear, Hunkemöller designs its products in house, and has a focus on quality and luxury when it comes to its designs and fabrics used. Currently supermodel Doutzen Kroes is a face of the brand with the range ‘Doutzen’s Stories’ which is sure to be very popular this Christmas, but the brand is so much more than sexy, sensuous undies, it also has sleepwear that is both beautiful to look at and comfortable to wear, plus it all comes boxed…
