Hundreds of fashion addicts descended upon Europe’s leading retail destination today to watch Gok Wan host the catwalk finale shows for his body confidence series How to Look Good Naked.
The style guru hosted four catwalk shows throughout the afternoon at Bluewater, with each show featuring a makeover and the Gokette Fashion Show.
The Gokette’s are a group of [...]
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For knock down prices on designer brands like Chanel No 5, Clarins Beauty Flash Balm, Ralph Lauren and Elizabeth Arden visit www.feelsunique.com.
www.beautyrocket.co.uk is a one stop shop for make-up bargains and tanning products. The shop price for Fake Bake tanning mousse is £22 but you can it from this website for £13.85. Check out the [...]
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I’m mad for French accessories, and French jewellery label Raffia and Bossa’s latest range is full of the most incredible bangles. For maximum impact, wear a mix of colours. Choose your favourites at www.fenwick.co.uk.
And while we’re on the subject of French fancy, the people at French Connection know the power of a great dress. So it’s only [...]
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I don’t know about you and your skin, but mine is addicted to moisturiser. The cheaper and easier to get hold of the better, which is why I favour Aloe Vera products.
Aloe Vera Gel is amazingly cheap and can be picked up from any health shop. It feels refreshingly cool when applied and sinks into your skin a treat. [...]
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Dresses and boots are proving to be volcanic for autumn and winter, the shorter and higher the better.
This dress is one of my favourites. The style is elegant and edgy, and can be dressed up or down, with loose hair, flat sandals or heels, and a tiny diamond. The dress is dark grey with a bluish [...]
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These vegan Olsen Haus shoes are made from natural linen. Fun and sexy with a pair of skinny jeans, they’re perfect for stomping around the city during the day when only a pair of heels will do! Available from www.camillaboutique.com.
For simple, creative [...]
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Compelling, sophisticated, elegant – let the French inspire you.
There’s something chic about the French. With their voluminous hair and flushed cheeks, it’s hard to take your eyes off their wholesome gorgeousness. They have a distinct style, passed down through generations, that’s hard to beat.
Bardot and Chanel had it. Carla Bruni has it. There are many [...]
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A new study has revealed that most men find women more attractive when they smile than when they wear make-up.
The research, carried out by Orbit Complete for National Smile Month, tested photographs of women on over 500 men.
Each woman was photographed twice, once wearing make-up and not smiling, and again without make-up and smiling.
66% of guys surveyed believe a smile [...]
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Denise Van Outen has been announced as the face of Bionsen deodorants.
The former Big Breakfast star, who married singer Lee Mead in the Seychelles in April, stripped off to plug the deodorant, which contains no aluminium and parabens, the chemicals linked to breast cancer.
Denise, 35, is currently preparing for her show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. [...]
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Our hairstyles often say more about what is happening in our life than any diary. Helen Grant looks back over her hair highlights.
All the rage – really!
This is me, with my sister Lynsey and my pineapple cut, when I was 16. I’d pile my hair on top of my head as high as it would [...]
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Bardot and Chanel had it. French women leave their men wanting more and their continental cousins mystified. Helen Grant reveals their secrets of style, sophistication and seduction.
There’s something indefinably sexy about French women. The epitome of style, elegance and sophistication, they have a certain something that defies definition – is it the voluminous hair, sultry eyes [...]
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What does a makeover mean to you? A new hairdo, or maybe a new dress? I’m addicted to black kohl and Bourjois lipsticks, as they’re a good price and the colours are intense. But that’s nothing compared to what celebrities will do to transform themselves.
Determined to get her pre-kids body back, Kerry Katona is living [...]
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Faith Hines, star of the original Ding Dong Avon Calling TV advertising campaign is calling on the public to help track down the iconic 60s advert.
Faith is appealing for anyone who can get their hands on an original version of the ad to contact her through Facebook or Twitter.
Hines, from Suffolk and in her seventies, says, [...]
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Forget needles and scary procedures, for serious anti-ageing, work from the inside out with Dr Lewinn’s Line Smoothing Complex S8 Super Hydrator.
Like a pair of magic knickers for the face, it freezes frown lines and makes you appear 10 years younger.
You wouldn’t go into combat without a bullet-proof vest, so don’t leave home without a lashing of [...]
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Crush an aspirin and mix with a little water to make a paste. Apply to your spot and leave overnight.
The paste is salicyclic acid – the active ingredient used in spot treatments - so it works equally as well for a fraction of the cost.
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Big Brother 7 girls Sam and Amanda Marchant have scooped a modelling contract with Knickerbox.
If these pics for the lingerie company’s High Summer range are anything to go by, the girls have clevery updated their image from cute to sexy, without losing the candyfloss girl-next-door look they are best known for.
The collection features a range of pretty [...]
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Whether I’m meeting friends for dinner, a cocktail party or a bigger event, the classic of classics, the little black dress, never fails.
I’ve found some fantastic ones with amazing versatility from various shops, from Zara to Balenciaga. A well-cut and well-proportioned black dress has seen me through many a fashion crisis.
Each season, I like to have a basic uniform – a good idea [...]
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A new website is helping fashion addicts beat the recession by turning clothes into cash.
Selling your clobber online with Stuff U Sell is easy because the site does everything for you.
You arrange for your stuff to be collected and they take photos, write a description, upload a listing and get the highest price, which is forwarded to you.
Recent brands sold include Prada, [...]
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If you’re open minded and creative, you can pick up terrific second hand clothes at bargain prices.
The vogue for vintage clothes attracts stylists, models, fashion students, collectors and costume designers for stage and film.
Top designers and celebrities like Kate Moss, Amy Winehouse, Russell Brand, Kylie Minogue and Lily Allen are often spotted wearing one-off fashion finds.
Check out local [...]
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