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Don't end up looking just like your Nan
With grey hitting the catwalk and being sported by style icons such as Kate Moss and Pixie Geldof, Schwarzkopf Professional Ambassador Aaron Blondell, Art Director at John Carne Hairdressing advises what to ask for if you want to take the plunge with this daring but on-trend shade so you don’t end up looking just like your Nan. "This particular look has been talked about heavily recently! To get it right, you ideally need fair or pale olive skin and naturally light hair to start with as it just won’t suit darker complexions. The process will most likely involve bleaching to lift the colour ... [more]
Get your beauty sleep with The Beauty Pillow
The Beauty Pillow Ltd. have come up with a simple and effective way of looking fresher and brighter when you wake, keeping wrinkles that would otherwise stay, at bay. The Beauty Pillow was first designed 5 years ago in order to combat sleep lines (lines caused be sleeping night after night on the side of your face, the same as if you folded a piece of paper time and time again - it would become a deep crease). Initially they were targeting the 30-50 age group, as this is the age range when we first notice that sleep wrinkle lines are not springing back, as they in our younger years. They th... [more]
Stay hydrated to beat the winter blues
According to the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF), you can help shake off winter's cobwebs and bounce back out of the gloom simply by drinking more fluid. Compiled with the help of an expert panel, a new guide to healthy hydration, published by the BNF, shows you the best ways to stay hydrated to beat headaches, fatigue and feeling physically and mentally sluggish - the common symptoms of the winter blues. Bridget Benelam, Senior Nutrition Scientist at the BNF says: “It’s not just hot weather that puts people at risk of dehydration. When it’s cold, people may drink less. This may be due t... [more]
Treat your firends with Lush's new bath products instead of chocolate eggs this Easter
This Easter instead of giving family and friends over-packaged, calorific chocolate eggs this year, treat them to a tasty selection of Lush’s new bath products. It is much kinder to the waistline and the environment, as Lush ballistics and bubble bars are solid which means they are preservative free and packaging free. And to top it all off, Lush don’t test on animals either, preferring instead to create products in homage to the Easter Bunny instead of testing on him. Honey Bun bath ballistic (£1.90) - a cute little character scented with Lush’s best-selling Honey I Washed the Kids fragran... [more]
Vanessa Peters opens V Salon in the City
Vanessa Peters is a couture hairdresser and one of the few five-star accredited stylists in the North of England. But perhaps just as important as this is the warmth and welcome that you receive when you arrive at Vanessa’s ultra glam brand new salon, V Salon in the City. Her latest and most glamorous salon in the V Salon group. The group includes : V Salon in the City on Grainger Street, Newcastle, V Salon in Whitley Bay and Diamond Cutz in Monkseaton, Tyne & Wear. Vanessa had a difficult start in life and despite everyone trying to talk her out of buying her first salon in her early 20s,... [more]
