News, odds and bits
HOT again ALEX MONROE JEWELLERY it is time-less and breath-taking. web details on our MUST HAVE section.
Another HOT the Mulberry HAYDON TOTE...soft as butter leather and on my wish list is the Peony pink... yummy
The sad news of Lee Alexander McQueen who died yesterday has hit us all hard...it was such shocking news, what an amazing designer... both marigold and I were huge fans and our sympathies go to his close friends and family. May he rest in peace.
Hot or Not:
FIRST NOT Victoria B's feet.. I looked back in our archives and found the piece we did on her shoes... oh ages back, how does she even walk... let alone walk in those daft very high shoes.... they should be for red carpet do's only....
FIRST HOT:JOSEPH JOSEPH range, I have several bits now and I love them..so easy and stylish but affordable, doesn't hurt that these thirty something twins are pretty devine in the looks dept!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HANGUPS AND HANDBAGS, we have been going a year this week Jan 2010 xx
WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED A SUNSHINE AWARD.
HAPPY BLOGGERS XXX
America’s Next Top Model Challenge News
New ANTM challenge
In the next upcoming episode the girls are flown to Hawaii for their shoot on location. And although you might not be able to get to Hawaii yourself, ANTM would like you to think about your location for the next online challenge.
For this week they want to see your model poses in an interesting location. Think about the surroundings, the light and how you interact with the background.
Check out the video below for some more tips from Jane Ko, a freelance creative director scouting locations for an upcoming shoot in London:
http://www.antmchallenge.com for people to watch the video
America's Next Top Model Challenge 7: The Makeover – tips from an ASOS makeup artist
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Bd12r8muk
Fierceness. It's a look. But it’s also an attitude. Tyra talks a lot about personality, having the right attitude and being fierce.
For this week’s challenge ANTM are looking for someone who stands out from the crowd for all the right reasons. All you need to do is send in a three quarter length shot of you showing off your fiercest look.
www.antmchallenge.com
The next online challenge for America’s Next Top Model has been announced and this week it’s all about posing with a friend! Rochelle Kent-Ellis from Bristol was chosen as the lucky winner. You can check out her winning image at www.antmchallenge.com
This week’s challenge closes at midnight on Weds 17th Feb – and you can enter your best photo of the pair of you working it over at www.antmchallenge.com now!
ANTM 13 –this week’s online challenge is all about ‘Statement Accessories’
So pick one of the accessories mentioned – from kitten heels, handbags, silver cuffs, bows or golden jewellery - and then get ready to show us what you’ve got.
This week’s challenge closes at midnight on Weds 10th Feb – and you can enter over at www.antmchallenge.com now!
Must haves….
ALEX MONROE Jewellery.
A wonderful collection, with exclusive pieces hand-crafted in silver and gold by one of Britain's top designers.
I am lucky enough to have three pieces of her work and it is simply amazing, the tiny detail is inspired by the beauty of nature.
www.alexmonroe.com
Check out this web site... you can hire a stunning 'designer bag' how cool is that... show off and then swap it... we love the idea :0)
http://www.kennedypurple.com
The new Mulberry Alexa ... oh yeah xx
a blackberry phone.. they bounce
tin foil baking trays/dish... my christmas turkey and I loved the fact we could throw away the big baking dish... a must for all roast's from now on.
GOOD TEETH XX
OUR VERY BEST FRIENDS BY OUR SIDES,
POSTMEN I love our local postie
wet wipes in the car !!
Xocai healthy chocolate: www.chocolatefalls.co.uk
Comfy knicks and a decent bra
PROPOLIS, a nature's defender, I have the lozenges, collected by honey bees, its a must for all ill's!
CLEAN WHITE COTTON SHEETS, getting in to clean crisp white bedding is the most wonderful thing in the world, even more so if your feeling poorly.
Green and Black organic hot chocolate
AMBER it has healing quailities, should be worn next to skin, is very helpful to the immune system and teething babies.
SHOPPING LISTS
ever look into peoples shopping baskets or their trolley??
we find its fasinating, so for fun we are adding a shopping list section:
SEND US YOURS.....
Weird and wacky shopping list left in trolley!
eggs (large) bacon (lean) cucumber (hard) bread (fresh) Glamour mag (new) cheese (cream) advocado (firm) ice cream (choc) coffee (strongest) sugar (brown) mayo (large) milk (semi).... and it went on, was it written by male or female ? answers please
this one was sent by sarra... we are so impressed, YOU GO GIRL
B&Q Shopping list
Self-tapping screws
Rawl plugs
Electric screwdriver
Junior hacksaw
Hammer
Pliers (little diddy ones)
Stanley knife
Safety goggles
Plastic crate to stash it all in
here is one I saw earlier!
2 Bardsley The Breadmaker Multigrain Rolls
2 Butterkist Organic Sea Salt Popcorn
1 Colgate Sensitive Enamel Tooth Paste
1 Cooks' Ingredients Toasted Pine Nuts Waitrose
2 Duracell Ultra AA 1.5V
2 Finish 30 Quantum Lemon Tablets
1 Glamour Magazine
1 Granular Dishwasher Salt essential Waitrose
1 Grape-Nuts
4 Green & Black's Organic Chocolate 85% Dark
2 Marmite Rice Cake Multipack
1 Mr Muscle Shower Shine
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Pet hates
CALL CENTERS; when the person can't help you in ANY way and then says " I hope you have a good day, thank you for calling" my response is unprintable!!
company telephones, always an 0845 or worse 0844 press 1 or 2 or 5 or 99 and then you are put on hold! I really do hope they are recording MY CALL, hate the music loop and then I swear at them all.
selling your home, people walking around your home that you love, put your heart and soul into creating and they CRITIC IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!
a supermarket trolley... it/they have minds and wills of their own. hate them.
mascara that does not do anything like the ads say it will!!!
Folk who think their time is more precious than yours, they make an appointment and then DO NOT SHOW.... and NO phone call to let you know they are going to be a NO SHOW....arrrrgggg it makes me so cross. cupcake xx
Baggage Allowances! The real down side to a holiday, creating the supreme look with clothes weighing no more than a cupcake and a pair of marigolds...
packaging, the dreadfully sealed,hard, rip your skin off packaging, ten mins or more with scissors or knife to get your purchase (smoke alarm in my case) out of the UN-biodegradeable stuff, cupcake x
Supermarket shopping before a bank holiday - what is wrong with everyone?
the world of MP's and the driffel (think I made that word up!) that comes out of their mouths
oh lord I have on white trs and black pants! they are comfy pants, I hang my head in shame and can only tell you that you can't see them as also wearing long top cupcake x
DIY petrol pumps - no, I'm not lazy, just hate the smell of diesel on my hands and having to squeeze past greasy pumps and pipes.
The wrong underwear under white trousers. Colours - and white - are out. It's flesh coloured only.
Very young girls in top to toe designer wear, with large statement handbags. All swank, no style.
Shop assistants who look you up and down to see if you are worthy of their store. In my book, a sackable offence.
Butter in cafe's which comes in a horrid little foil packet, is golden yellow and tastes rancid. Bring on the creamy white unsalted please.
one of my pet hates is when you go into a shoe shop and ask for a shoe in a size 7 and get told they only have a size 5, " would you like that to try "
