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Bumble and Bumble DeFrizz

Every fashionistas worst nightmare is a frizz full mane, especially when on holiday enjoying an evening out on the tiles! Thankfully there are a few hair helping remedies that will assist you in taming that unruly mane, one such remedy is the Bumble and Bumble spray!

This clever little product not only come in a mini size, pertfwct for your holiday, it also goes on damp locks an dry hair an will avoid humidity encouraged frizz!

Other mini handbag sized products include the likes of the Kevin Murphy’s mini luxury wash and the Kevin Murphy’s mini luxury hair friendly conditioner!

Priced at just £4.95 each, these are the perfect products to back in your suitcase and are also great for shorter trips or over night fmget aways!

As well as the hair styling care and tools, there are also a range if mini heat hair tool on the shop shelves, such as the many travel hair dryers, travel mini curling tongs and most importantly travel straighteners!

These are great essentials for those party holidays! Getting dressed up on an evening out is now as simple as choosing which cocktail to have next!

The beauty must-haves of this year!

When it comes to summer, especially of you are going away, fashionistas will want to invest in a few new beauty buys in order to get them through the humid days!

Sweet lips are a must-have buy for 2011 and many of the models on this seasons runways have recently been seen sporting peachy perfect shades on their pouts, think candy colours! Choose from pastel pale pink shades, sheer lip balls and candy coloured lip glosses such as the baby Rose colours and nude lipstick!

Where ever you may be you will always want to carry a little scent around with you, after a day sightseeing or a walk on te beach, a spritz of perfume will instantly freshen you up! Try one of the all new ‘purse-fumes’, these are handbag versions of your favourite scent an will save you carrying around a huge bottle!

Opt for either Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh or any one of the other summery scents on offer! Almost all brands have a selection of sizes and some beauty counters even supply testers of your favorote scents, which are great for popping in your purse! Other scents to look at include John Paul Gaultier the Summer edition. This sweet smelling spray is perfect for the summer months.

Summer beauty buys

With summer here it’s certainly time to invest in a few beauty essentials, especially if you are planning a trip away! The airport regulations now state that only limits of 100ml are permitted on board when it comes to ant hair and any make up products. This means you have to be organised if you want to look your best!

Investing in a few small sized bottles and containers is the way forward as this way you can take all your favourite products on board! There are an assortment of beauty counters that house all your must-have products in a smaller size, such as mini hairsprays, toothpaste, shampoo, and hair care! These means you font have to go to the trouble of transferring any of your essential products from one bottle to the next!

A few good holiday must-haves include a great hair care program as both the sun, sea and humid weather are likely to mess up your hair slightly an make it appear very uncontrolled and unruly. This is the last thing you want on holiday as you will want to look your best in all those new holiday clothes you have just treats yourself too! Other items to look into include a mini shower gel, sun cream and a cooling after sun as well as a few of your favourite make up items! Opt for make up that isn’t going to stream off your fc as soon as you step into the intense heat.

A few good health tips

Many of us drink tea, coffee and red wine, and due to this a lot of us suffer from staining of the teeth.  Serious dullness of the teeth certainly doesn’t indicate a bright and happy smile, which is something we all desire.

However there are a few tools on the market that guarantee a whiter and brighter smile, with teeth that glow to perfection and health, for example the likes of toothpaste such as Glo Professional Choice is a great way to whiten your teeth if you are on a budget as it won’t break the bank at all!!  The Glo Professional Choice toothpaste costs just £4.09 and will gently and safely removes stains and discolouration from the teeth.

However if you want to spend a little more money on your nashers there are other options, such as professional teeth whitening.  This is a customised home kit from Pearly’s and combines an in spa power laser bleaching device with a customised home kit.  However this option will set you back a little more and comes in at £295, not so friendly on the pocket but definitely worth it!

Another way to make us glow from the inside out is vitamins, vitamin D especially.  If you are a vegetarian you will most definitely lack in this much needed vitamin.  Try opting to invest in a series of products such as Viabiotics Ultra D3.  This will boost your immune levels and also help with weight loss.  The clever little vitamins are available online or in store. Viabiotics Ultra D3 will set you back just £5.10, most definitely worth the pennies

Hair and make-up

Hair and make-up is important to every girl, we may not wear it all the time but there are something’s we just can’t live without.  This may be a lip stick for some, a concealer for others, hair spray, a blush or simply a scent, all of the above make us look or feel different in a certain way and all are firm favourites in many ladies make-up bags.

If you wish to wake up your senses this season then why don’t you invest in a few hot nail shades?  Such as The Rimmel Lycra Pro Memory Nail Polish in Peppermint, which is said to be the perfect colour for summer.  The Rimmel Lycra Pro Memory Nail Polish is priced at a total of £4.59, which certainly won’t be breaking the bank!

Next up why not add a spritz of perfume to your attire, perfume can lift the senses and in turn put you and others around you in a better mood.  Try Lancome O de L-Orangerie, which offers a perfect summery blend of jasmine petals and orange blossom, which is certainly enough to make your mouth water.  Priced at just £29 for an ample sized bottle, this little number is certainly worth purchasing for your handbag.

If you need to awaken your senses in the morning however you will need to invest in something that will invigorate the senses even further!  This comes in the shape of a tropical scented shower gel.  A great one to look to is Korres Mango shower Gel, which is priced at £7.50

Superskin

An assortment of big name celebrities such as the likes of David Beckham, Madonna and Justin Timberlake are all hot on one particular new craze, which comes in oxygen skin therapy.

All that abide by such a treatment will now that oxygen skin therapy is the way to reveal an A-list red carpet complexion.

The oxygen skin therapy process involves both oxygen infusions and oxygen facials, which in turn reveals the appearance of healthy and beautiful skin that is both youthful and glowing in look.

The renowned oxygen skin therapy in fact first started in hospitals over ten years ago and has since been transformed into a salon and spa procedure and such a procedure is as popular as the likes of botox, lasers and the glycolic peel processes.

Madonna in fact swears by the technique and states it to produce immediate results, which is great for a red carpet event after a long journey or a good way to wake your skin up after a night on the tiles.

Oxygen is essential for life; it is however also essential for the skin and boasts to speed up heeling processes and reduce bacteria build up.  This has especially been documented with those with skin disorders and injuries.

Oxygen skin therapy takes pure oxygen and combines it with a range of antioxidants, minerals, anti-ageing ingredients and minerals in order to create a unique product that boasts instant results.

This is possibly one of the main reasons why it is so popular with the A-list as many of them have a high flying schedule and require an instant skin boost for the many parties they are required to attend

Two major fashion groups to join forces

Rumours hitting the fashion scene have recently stated that two major fashion teams are about to join forces, with each already producing a range of impressive clobber and all-new fragrances, this can only mean a range of something even better than what already exists!

The partnership agreement has in fact already been made, with the design deal signed and the production about to begin.

The names behind these rumours are in fact Zegna and Sowind.  Both know that commitment is extremely important if you wish to produce quality products, there are even said to be talks of high-end Swiss watch making to come into the mix, Zegna in fact intends to develop and release a range of exclusive and unique timepieces that are guaranteed to be on every fashionista’s wish list.

This partnership is certainly an interesting tale of two families, with Zegna’s newly released fragrance already a hit with many in the fashion and beauty world.  The high quality style of Zegna will be met with the traditional and timeless style of Sowind.  The results can only be good, especially with two major brands such as the above being thrown into the mix.

The immense quality values of Italian know-how are about to go global as a team and we can’t wait to see the results!

With watches in the pipeline, fragrances already at the forefront of fashion and an impeccable range of clothes, we can only imagine what’s next!

Chiefs in Shine

When it comes to manicures, there is one major brand that has every happening shade down to a t.  OPI Nail Lacquer’s are adored by many, not only because of the range of colours available is everything you could ever dream of but also the vibrancy of the colours and the perfect silk-like shine.

The Coty team have certainly added another impressive name to their CV by acquiring the nail care giant to their already impressive list.

Other brands to be acquired this season include the likes of make-up experts Philosophy, a collaboration with the extravagant singer and performer Lady Gaga as well as the renowned designer Calvin Klein.

The Coty brand in fact intend to release a make-up colour collection with the infamous Calvin Klein label, which will only add a few more notches to the companies already expanding beauty belt.

Coty is in fact recognised as a world leader amongst the celebrities, especially when it comes to any one of them creating a fragrance.  Many celebrities have already taken the advice of Coty prior to releasing their scent.

The CEO is said to be pleased with the labels recent expansion and believes it to only further expand in the very near future, in fact there are more unsaid big name brands to being joining force in the very near future

Zegnas all-new zest

Zegna suits are renowned for their powerful and elegant structure and the brands’ scent most certainly matches this exact status.

If you want to smell like success then you will most certainly be game to try this number, with its strong and masculine notes and ultimate sophistication, the Zegna aftershave offers a timeless classic and one in which is the perfect gift for the man in your life.

The scent itself is entitle Forte and has been released for a very special occasion.  This occasion is the brands 100th anniversary and offers a cologne that has been inspired the quintessence of masculinity.

The model chosen to the represent the face of the new fragrance captures the scents status perfectly, Anna Zegina describes him has having both a deep and real charisma and a definite power that draws you towards him and of course the product being promoted for 2011.

The understated style and elegance of this perfume is legendary and touts the brands image perfectly.

The brands itself has been kept in the family for generations, finally being handed down to Anna’s hands.  She has kept the dedication of all her family in tow and has in turn only used the finest fabrics, an assortment of natural silks, pure creativity and of course the elegance that makes the brand.

The actual scent offers notes of tangy lemon, zesty grapefruit, ginger and tonka bean with softer notes including the likes of tobacco, honey, ambery wood, lavender and vanilla.

Are Coloured Lenses safe?

Not only can you now correct your eyesight with contact lenses instead of glasses, you can now change the colour of your eyes and give yourself dramatic blue, green and hazel coloured eyes, among other more ‘out there’ shades.

There is no evidence to suggest that coloured lenses are any more dangerous than regular contact lenses so they are worth a try if you are the sort of person who likes to change their look.
This is a striking way of giving yourself a new look without doing much else to your image. The lenses work in the same way as regular contact lenses and you are at no more risk of infection than you are with regular lenses. They require the same safe practice and care as regular lenses and should be treated the same way.

If you are interested in colour lenses simply for their colour and not for sight correction purposes, these are also available but you should be sure to apply them safely and correctly if you are not used to doing so.

Coloured lenses can often be reused so it is important to look after them and store them as well as you would other lenses. Ensure you have lens cases and a proper lens solution so as to clean them properly. Do not be tempted to wash them with water or any other fluid and always take them out before going to sleep.

The best thing about coloured lenses is that they do make wearing lenses a little more fun and every once a while there is no harm in seeing how you might look with dazzling emerald eyes. Get Lenses (www.getlenses.co.uk) has a wide range of fashion lenses that allow you to change the colour of your eyes. They are a reputable online seller of such products and are one to trust when looking in to products like these.