Girl Tips: Make Like Ellie Goulding and Get Starrey Eyed|Beauty

With the weekend always to look forward to with nights in, dinner parties, or our favourite past time- painting the town a blazing red, beauty regimes can get tiring not to mention costly- so what do we do? Well what we usually do and look for and try out a range of budget beauty tips and pass them on to you, so here are the quality tips we discovered this week…
Embrace the Water of Life


Ok, so drinking water is not the biggest secret to man when it comes to taking care of your skin, however, that’s not to say it is followed. Test for dehydration by pinching the skin on the back of your hands, if it takes more than a single second for it retract- then it is time to start gulping the good stuff down…
Get ‘Glamping’

It’s festival time a time of great music, secret snogs, and unfortunately awful hair. Glam up your look with a French plait (or a make shift French plait hair band) it will disguise any dirt or grease- keep locks slick by smoothing down flyaway areas with Vaseline.
A Spot of Bother


Got a big blazing red spot on your chin? Reduce the redness by boiling apple slices and crushing them into a paste, apply and wait. The enzymes in the fruit will significantly reduce the colouring and size of your spots.
Skin Patrol


Give your skin an extra boost by lightly mixing gold glitter into your foundation. The reflective light in the glitter will perk up your skin beautifully and will help your base coat last just that little bit longer.
It’ll be all white on the night


Get those pearly white well… pearly white, after brushing with your normal toothpaste, pop some baking powder onto your toothbrush, and brush and brush as normal.
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Make Ours a Cuppa Darling

Good day ladies, we hope your start to the week is going swimmingly. This week we thought as we sat down drinking a cup of the lovely stuff that we’d take a look at one of the most defining aspects of Britishness, want a few clues as to what we are talking about?
1. It is a natural source of fluoride that can help protect against tooth decay and gum disease.
2. In British soap operas it is the first thing offered upon the receipt of bad news.
3. 80% of office workers claim they find out more about the developments of their company over a cup that they do any other way.
That’s right ladies you guessed it we’re talking about the elixir of British life a good old cup of tea- two sugars please!
So where can you find a good cuppa these days? Well we’ve read reviews and looked around and we have proudly put together our top three tea rooms…

Miller Harris Tea Room

21, Bruton Street,
London
W1S 6QD

This tea room has an interesting concept, combining the two senses; taste and smell. Pick up a gorgeous perfume and then reward yourself with a well deserved cup of cha, and at teas from £4 per person, you won’t break the bank anytime soon either!
Tea fact: Did you know that the number of recommended cups of tea to gain significant benefit is 4.
(Tea Council, 2011)
Betty’s
1, Parliament Street
Harrogate
HG1 2QU

This tea room is Yorkshire charm combined with elegance, from the beautifully wrought iron exterior, to the extensive array of cakes, breads and wonderful Yorkshire tea. It is a perfect treat for a loved one with and gift vouchers readily available, it gets our vote!
Tea fact: Did you know that tea is as effective as removing warts as any topical ointment, this is due to the acidity of the tannin present in the tea. Therefore leaving a moist teabag on a wart for 15 minutes a day will cause a wart to shrink and disappear!
(Foodeu.com, 2008)
St. James Tea Room (Fortnum & Mason)
181, Piccadilly
London
W1

Often described as the Mecca for tea lovers, it has a vast range of teas including one that was specially made for King Edward VII, it also provides a stunning assortment of hampers complete with ‘food of the season’- to put it simply, if you want a fine cup of tea they have the finest!
Tea Fact: Did you know tea was discovered in 2737 BC by Chinese Emperor Shen –Nun who was considered a divine healer when some leaves accidently blew into pot of boiling water.
(learnabouttea.com,2011)
So ladies how many sugars do you take? Have you visited any of these places? What’s your favourite brand?
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It's Discount Time Girlies!

If you didn’t know already and you are currently looking sadly at your rather lukewarm cup of coffee, then cheer up now, as we a Leila London in conjunction with the marvellous More Magazine are offering a wonderful 15% off all clothing.

Yes ladies the bank holiday may have ended but we know we can continue with the crusade to provide seriously affordable clothing.

So what do you have to do?
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So what will you purchase? Let us know below or bring the discussion over here