tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62700231047243643442024-03-05T07:03:38.222+00:00Aisle Be ThereEver wondered how you create your dream wedding from scratch in six months? Me too.
This is a public diary to spur me on. It's for you too. Everything will be covered until the Big Day - from hens to honeymoons. Enjoy and please get involved. Look out for great guest bloggers too. (My big day may now have passed - I loved every minute - but if your wedding is still to come, read on and enjoy. I'm still adding to the site all the time.)Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-694563845345570872012-04-07T10:34:00.002+01:002012-04-07T10:47:10.199+01:00Guest Blog: Skin Wonder Woman, Marie Reynolds<div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i>Marie Reynolds is fast becoming the go-to beauty expert for celebrities and editors. She has written three books drawing on her twenty years as a beauty and holistic therapist and frankly, if you've ever tried her Fifth Concept treatment at London's Four Salon, you'll think she's semi-Goddess.</i></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beauty guru Marie Reynolds</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i>In fact, I had the Marie Treatment the day after returning from my hen in Dublin. Needless to say, she had her work cut out for her...and I was blown away by the results.</i></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i>So who better to tell us how to look dewy on the big day - or any day, getting married or not, for that matter - than the woman herself? Welcome to aisle-be-there.co.uk Marie Reynolds to answer your questions.</i></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">Q. I've left it late with only a few weeks to go. Are there any last-minute tricks and treats I can use to make my skin look healthy and glowing on my big day? Natalie, 32, Windsor.</span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><br />
</div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">A. Exfoliation is key! However, you must make sure you don’t overdo it.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Mechanical exfoliants (scrubs) can be too harsh, especially if they contain kernels, they can cause sensitivity, broken capillaries or even ... SPOTS!</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Look for an exfoliant with bamboo beads in or even better a cream exfoliant with AHA (alpha hydroxy acids).</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">This will dissolve the superficial dead skin cells and allow the skin to glow and look healthier. </span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheaper than La Prarie..a cucumber fix</td></tr>
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</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Another little trick is to use cucumber… not for the eyes but rubbing onto the skin.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"> Cucumber contains phytochemicals. This encourages collagen to tighten and firm your skin. </span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Also look for moisturisers with ingredients which reflect light and give a dewy glow for your big day!</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://reviews.lauramercier.com/2787/prod210063/lauramercier-illuminating-tinted-moisturizer-spf-20-reviews/reviews.htm">Laura Mercier Tinted Illuminating Moisturiser</a> is worth investing in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-left: 15.35pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 15.35pt; text-indent: -15.35pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">Q.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">I look a bit tired with slight dark circles under my eyes. Is there anything I can do to look more rested on the day? I use By Terry concealer for under the eyes which is really good but always feel my eyes just look a bit puffy and sleepy. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">I do smoke a little and drink a lot at weekends - I think that doesn't help. My wedding is in two months. Carmine, 35, Glasgow.</span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-left: 15.35pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 15.35pt; text-indent: -15.35pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here, Angelina, it's time you starting taking Marie's advice.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">A. This question always makes me smile because EVERYONE looks for topical applications for the puffy or dark offending conditions of the eyes.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">It is quite simple when you understand why this is happening. Part of the reason is in your question - drinking and smoking, so yes cutting down on that is a start.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">The area under the eyes links directly with the kidney meridian so this is where we have to negotiate.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Drinking Spring Water is great but also increase foods which are high in water. The body eliminates fluid a lot faster than foods.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water relief</td></tr>
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</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">The body will absorb more water through digestion and your colon will be thankful also.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: magenta;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Eating foods that strengthen the kidney meridian will reflect in skin, especially under the eyes. </span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh sugar..</td></tr>
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</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: magenta;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">So look at going organic where you can, cut down on sugar - that includes your pastas, cakes, biscuits, breads … and alcohol. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">Remember alcohol and carbs convert to sugar. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">Increase in fresh steamed veg and eat plenty of fish.</span></b></span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">It is ideal to use an Eye Gel rather than a Cream. The gel can be placed in the fridge before application.</span></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jade Roller</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">You could also invest in <a href="http://www.serenitysprings.co.uk/Serenitysprings.co.uk/Therapist_Crystals.html">Jade Rollers</a> for your home care routine. Jade is excellent to reduce inflammation especially where excess lymph (puffy eyes) is collected.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">The Jade Rollers calm the skin and are exceptionally cooling. I use my mine every night and incorporate in my facial routines. </span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-left: 15.35pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 15.35pt; text-indent: -15.35pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">Q.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">I'd love to draw out impurities - blocked pores in my nose and a couple of under-the-skin spots on my forehead for my wedding in six weeks. Should I book in for a facial? If so, what should I ask for? Helen, 27, Nottingham.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-left: 15.35pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 15.35pt; text-indent: -15.35pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">A. I would highly recommend a professional treatment, especially with your big day looming.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Your therapist should advise you on appropriate skin care and also give you the correct treatment by preparing the skin before any extractions.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">The last thing you should do is squeeze them yourself as you will risk re-infecting another follicle, bruising or permanently marking your skin.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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</div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">Q. What's the benefit of a professional facial compared to buying a treatment and doing it at home? What facials would you recommend? Candy, 29, Aberdeen.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">There is nothing wrong with pampering the skin at home but it is worth investing in a professional treatment, especially for your wedding day.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">The benefits are first and foremost getting the correct advise on skin conditions you may not even be aware you have and which can be easily remedied by educating the client.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">For example, topical skin care or make-up ingredients that are clogging can cause blackheads and dehydration.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Many think pigmentation is a result of too much sun exposure but again hormonal influences or photosensitive ingredients may be the cause.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">I tend to look at the client as a whole. I analyze as soon as I lay eyes on my client and observe how they sit, talk and lie on the treatment couch.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">I then look at the ears, toes and face and gather information that will tell me what I need to know enabling me to advise on diet, lifestyle and skin care.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">24 gold carat leaf</td></tr>
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</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">I also use pulverized crystals and 24 Carat Gold Leaf that illuminate, rejuvenate and hydrate the skin.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">When you have a consultation with a therapist you will only tell her what you want her to know but I can see beyond that. </span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">The human body is a walking, talking book, every line, every mark tells a story. We are what we are by what we eat, experience and inherit.</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">This marks the body in all sorts of manifestations including skin conditions - you just have to know how to read the human novel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">I am a Guest Therapist at FOUR LONDON (<a href="http://www.fourlondon.com/">www.fourlondon.com</a>) every Monday where I carry out the FIFTH CONCEPT TREATMENT which I have created myself<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Botox bonanza: Kylie? Is that you?</td></tr>
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</b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Botox and fillers are a personal choice. I truly believe if you do things that make you feel better then go for it!</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">You must do your research and go to a reputable practitioner – check out the ‘Treatments You Can Trust’ register <a href="http://www.treatmentsyoucantrust.org.uk/">www.treatmentsyoucantrust.org.uk</a> </span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Remember you are restricted from certain facial treatments if you do have fillers and botox and you have to be aware of certain ingredients that may stimulate cell activity and cause reactions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Facial massage is natural and can increase blood flow</td></tr>
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</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">I am a huge fan of Chinese Cosmetic Facial Cupping. </span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">This is a technique that increases blood flow and muscle tone, it will stimulate collagen and elastin in the skin and plump fine lines and wrinkles. </span></span></b></div><div class="FreeForm"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Q. What products do you like to use? I've heard Dermologica is good. I have pretty normal skin with some congestion. I want to look five years younger!! Caroline, 34, Cardiff.</span></b><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Natural ingredients..Dermologica</td></tr>
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</div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">Dermalogica is a good product to use, as they are free from artificial colours, fragrances, they are non comodegenic (not blackhead forming).</span></b></span></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">It is important to look at ingredients that will not cause dehydration, pigmentation or topical acne.</span></b></span></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">It is so easy to be drawn into the misconception that a highly priced product is luxurious or effective.</span></b></span></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
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</span></b></span></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;">You may find that certain products claim they have a wonder ingredient ranging from caviar to gold to crushed pearls that do wonders to the skin, which to be fair do benefit ( I use pure gold in my treatments - it is a super anti oxidant, extremely hydrating and illuminating)..</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">BUT! When you look at the ingredients you will more than likely find the ‘wonder ingredient’ is minimal and the rest is full of artificial colours and fragrances, </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">SD alcohols and many other nasties.</span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">The best advise I have given to therapists and consumers is to invest in a book by Ruth Winter ‘A Consumers Guide to Cosmetic Ingredients’ or download an app ‘Cosmetic Ingredients’.</span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Simply search for an ingredient you are not aware of and you will see for yourself the effect this has on the skin.</span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i>Marie..THANK YOU for giving us a wealth of information on how to look our dewy best in a one-stop-shop of expertise.</i></span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">For more info on the Fifth Concept Treatment and to book an appointment, Marie's website is <a href="http://www.mariereynoldslondon.com/">www.mariereynoldslondon.com</a></span></span></b></div><div class="Body" style="tab-stops: 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 5.0cm 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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</div>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-28092151549999740152012-02-27T20:39:00.002+00:002012-02-27T21:01:18.309+00:00Guest Blog: Beauty Expert Julie Coates<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Julie Coates runs <a href="http://www.thelaneshealthandbeauty.com/">The Lanes</a> health and beauty salon in Brighton, pampering locals and celebs. Her advice is highly sought-after and often appears in the national press and mags. So we are super lucky to have her on on aisle-be-there.co.uk <br />
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Here, Julie answers your questions about your big day..oh and move over Amy Childs, she's one of the country's leading authority on Vajazzles..in case you were wondering. Over to you Julie.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie Coates of The Lanes Health and Beauty</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">1. I don't have great nails but don't want to have false ones on the day - I want to look as natural as possible. But how can I have a French manicure or clear or light colour with such awful nails that break and are weak? Help! Carrie, Bradford</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"></span></span><br />
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<div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">Why don’t you try a gel manicure? This would both encourage growth and help to strengthen your nails. I would suggest you have one a month before you wedding to kick-start the growth slightly. </span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">Then, when you come to have your wedding gel manicure, there is a bit of length to achieve a French finish. Although, I would also recommend a light pink/natural shade for a pretty, groomed bridal look. Lastly, apply oil over the top of your gel manicure every day to keep the nails hydrated.</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">2. This is a bit embarrassing but I've got a few stray hairs on my upper lip. As I get older they get darker and more numerous! I don't want to wax in case I get a reaction - that happened to a friend who went red and blotchy. Laser treatment is a bit expensive and my wedding is only in a month. I've tried tweezing but I don't seem to get them all. Help! (Anonymous, London)</span></span></b></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">Ideally I would usually recommend waxing. I always advise clients to undergo a patch test beforehand to make sure their skin is not going to react adversely to the treatment.</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">But if your skin is really sensitive perhaps you could try threading. This would still have the desired effect, though it may take a little longer.</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Don't try this at home - wax or thread instead</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">3. I hear you do hen do's. Do tell me more! How much is a package? There are ten of us and it sounds perfect. (Mandy, Hove)</span></span></b></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">Our Hen package is priced at £30 per person. You can choose 1 from the following treatments:</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">* Hot stone back, neck and shoulder massage.</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">* Hot stone aromatherapy facial.</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">* Manicure.</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">* Pedicure.</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">All the treatments last for a relaxing 30 minutes and the price includes a glass of non-alcoholic blush.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hen pampering..because you're worth it</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">4. I want my feet to look nice for my honeymoon. What can I do to make them look pretty? (Jasmine, Glasgow)</span></span></b></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 19px;">Have a gel Pedicure. This would last you three to four weeks without chipping or marking. It will remain shiny, even in the sun and sea and does not fade. You can choose from an amazing range of colours, or keep it simple and stylish and just go for a French.</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Remember your tootsies</span></td></tr>
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<div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">5. I want my skin to glow. Should I have facials? I have normal skin but it's a bit dull especially in the Winter. My Wedding is at the start of May. (Claire, Newcastle)</span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Becoming the dewy bride takes work!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 19px;">The oxygen then pumps hydration into the skin, leaving it completely glowing and refreshed. I would recommend you book this in for a few days before your big day. </span></span></td></tr>
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<div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: large; line-height: 17px;"><u>More Top Tips</u>:</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: large; line-height: 17px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: large; line-height: 17px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: large; line-height: 17px;">Have an eyebrow shape and tint – Eyebrows frame the eyes and with the right shape and colour they can make your eyes look brighter.</span></span></li>
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</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 17px;">Use a nail top coat to refresh the shine of your polish whilst on honeymoon – the sun and sand can dull the finish</span></span></span></li>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"> </span></span></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><br />
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 17px;">If you like a scent but you don’t like wearing perfume try the body lotion for a lighter fragrance and hydrated silky skin</span></li>
</ul><br />
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 17px;">Spritz your skin with a skin tonic to keep refreshed in the heat and your set<span style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 17px;"> </span></span>make up in place</span></li>
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<div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 17px;">Before you polish your nails always squeak the nail plate with nail varnish remover, this removes excess oils which can affect the durability of your polish.</span></li>
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 20px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 17px;">For strong nails file once a week in one direction, keeping the nails short and square with corners slightly rounded. Massage cuticles with oil to stimulate growth and hydrate.</span></li>
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><ul style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;">Your first aid wedding kit should include Lavender Oil – not only will this relax you but it’s also antibacterial and has amazing healing properties, witch-hazel to dry out any spots, a good antibacterial concealer, a nail file and Nail glue for breakages.</span></li>
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;"><u>VAJAZZLES</u></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;"><u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Design time</td></tr>
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</u></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;">Add a lovely touch of sparkle and glamour to the area you are applying the gems to.</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;">Not only can they be playful but they can be tasteful as well, with some of these designs taking the place of the traditional garter for the bride on her wedding day. </span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;">As its Oscar month I have launched my own Vajazzle in salon called Starlet priced at £11.95</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Starlet</td></tr>
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</div></span>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-50156771021782993862012-02-03T22:43:00.002+00:002012-02-04T21:27:37.177+00:00Guest Blog: Celebrity Hairstylist Charley McEwenWhen it comes to famous client books, they don't get more impressive than hairstylist to the stars Charley McEwen.<br />
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<div>As personal stylist to X Factor judge Kelly Rowland, Charley has also teased the locks of her Destiny's Child bandmate Michelle Williams, Sienna Miller, Adele and many more. You name it, he's made them look fabulous.</div><div><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3olSlS0W0HW_f6lbeeC7ixZWd-Mt8Pg62-iCcTZtlUBSIHxjWcR0SiDmc0QshtCMiXi-6YWtz2nIKjBUGhg7rKOjE2tsCgMWAUAG9vJZtuNmrZA7LED2PyhlX4lWFGmOJCQKjCZWuT9A/s1600/images-21.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3olSlS0W0HW_f6lbeeC7ixZWd-Mt8Pg62-iCcTZtlUBSIHxjWcR0SiDmc0QshtCMiXi-6YWtz2nIKjBUGhg7rKOjE2tsCgMWAUAG9vJZtuNmrZA7LED2PyhlX4lWFGmOJCQKjCZWuT9A/s1600/images-21.jpeg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Celebrity Hairstylist Charley McEwen</span></td></tr>
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</div><div>I met Charley at Channel Five and trust me..two minutes in his hands turns you into a new woman.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So it's with great excitement I introduce Charley to aisle-be-there.co.uk with the brief of making you ooze glamour on your wedding day.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Thanks for sending all your questions. Over to you Charley.</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Meet in the middle - a half-up-half-down</span></td></tr>
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b>Q. How does the style of my dress affect what I should do with my hair? (Jemma, Bath)</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">A. If it's a high necked dress or with lots of detail across the chest you should consider having your hair up </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">so as not to cover it up. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">Strapless dresses can work well with long hair falling over your shoulders. If you want to put your hair up but are worried there's too much flesh showing, you could break up the look with jewellery - perhaps a necklace of pearls.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-O1v368xleHnVDfmqxrk8aB4ZgknfoCDyX3w5fCxYDXKOEkw5XJBJVvjY7qhvDgzW7DxhVBn_BSJ-cM7tgr4tO4Txrf9s3izoWaDmpl4dxKegiHCQKeRuKa6VObkv-BmbSnlEWCpENzM/s1600/images-46.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-O1v368xleHnVDfmqxrk8aB4ZgknfoCDyX3w5fCxYDXKOEkw5XJBJVvjY7qhvDgzW7DxhVBn_BSJ-cM7tgr4tO4Txrf9s3izoWaDmpl4dxKegiHCQKeRuKa6VObkv-BmbSnlEWCpENzM/s1600/images-46.jpeg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Break up flesh with a necklace</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b>Q. Is my wedding day the time to try something different? I'd like to surprise my guests (Amy, Chester)</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">A. No. The groom expects to see the woman he knows. It's not the time to shock him and you want to feel like you too. Go for a hair rehearsal and bring your mum or friends along for advice. A second opinion is really valuable but ultimately you have to be happy. They might be able to have a rehearsal too.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtungoD09AyLFsrupfZFX7PRdgbfWnqx9XXJFSbpq0GlSb1w4v18efYbo2wJ_r_9EftcRDcsagz2rY3WRQQ_MMyUZ21AxNL_NzhQIM71jL6hB8_mX8vnp_WUItUzxPJdVRcbMWfUWT-hk/s1600/images-47.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtungoD09AyLFsrupfZFX7PRdgbfWnqx9XXJFSbpq0GlSb1w4v18efYbo2wJ_r_9EftcRDcsagz2rY3WRQQ_MMyUZ21AxNL_NzhQIM71jL6hB8_mX8vnp_WUItUzxPJdVRcbMWfUWT-hk/s1600/images-47.jpeg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Don't go changing too much on your big day</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b>Q. What would you recommend for a timeless style I can look back on in thirty years and not feel it looks dated? (Ali, Edinburgh)</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">A. Remember to K.I.S. - Keep it simple. Be natural too for a timeless look. All down and tumbling can look effortless and will never date.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A timeless look for Kate Middleton last year</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jennifer Aniston let it all hang loose for her 2000 wedding to Brad Pitt</span></td></tr>
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</div><div style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">A. You can colour short hair to make it look really shiny and healthy. Do your homework and find somewhere with a good reputation. Salons like <a href="http://www.fourlondon.com/">www.fourlondon.com</a> in Mayfair, London where I sometimes see clients specialises in colour.</div><div style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Posh went for a short Beck and sides back in 1999</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b>Q. I have short hair and my big day is nine months away. Should I let it grow? I fancy looking romantic and feminine on the day you see. (Jasmine, Glasgow) </b></div><div style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">A. You could grow your hair. Alternatively, you could add a hair piece like a side bun with flowers around it. Remember to have a trial beforehand though so you're sure you like the look and it's not too different for you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Add glamour with a side bun like Adele</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b>Q. I've just spotted a few grey hairs but don't want to die my hair for the day. Should I just pull them out? (Claire in Clapham, London)</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">A. Don't pull them out - the old saying goes that three grown in their place. Instead, if you don't want to use colour, you can cover individual strands if there are not too many with a mascara wand.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grey: sexy on George Clooney. Not the bride </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b>Q. My hair's very thin. Is my only option to make it thicker using extensions? If so, how can I make the extensions look natural? (Michelle, Virginia, USA)</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">A. You can go into a specialist shop and buy a hair weft. You can style these to suit you by using a razor to cut them. Or you could think about wearing a wig that looks like your own hair but is thicker.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">I have worked a lot with wigs and know it's important to style it. You don't just buy it and wear it - you have to get it cut well to suit your face and style.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">Otherwise you can use colour cleverly to make your hair look thicker. A few highlights or create depth by going darker.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Turn to the weft</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b>Q. If Kelly Rowland was getting married, what would you recommend for her big day? (Alison, Bromley in Kent)</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">I'd suggest nice big, flowing waves. Kelly loves styles with her hair to one side so we might do that too. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">She likes and suits Hollywood glam.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">To get the look with heavy waves there are plenty of products on the market you can buy to help. Try a <a href="http://www.cloudninehair.com/">Cloud 9</a> curling wand which gives beautiful results or <a href="http://www.babyliss.co.uk/">Babyliss</a> rollers.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Charley styles Kelly Rowland with glamour in mind</span></td></tr>
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<div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b>Q. I'm exercising to get rid of my tummy but is there anything I can do to my hair to get it into shape for the big day which is three months away? (Shona, Manchester)</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">Absolutely. You could treat yourself to a weekly mask until your wedding or visit a salon for a rich treatment. Make sure you have a trim to take dead ends off and condition well.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><b>Q. Any other tips?</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">Look out for styles you love and cut a picture out of a magazine or even take a photo of the television - so you can show the hairdresser exactly what you want.</span></li>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"> </span></ul></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">Many stylists will do a one-off fee for you and your bridesmaids, maybe the mother of the bride too so you make a bit of a saving. I think around £30 a head is reasonable.</span></li>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">Don't turn up looking like a different person.</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Show off your hair</span></td></tr>
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</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;">Think about an alternative style in case it rains - so rather than have your hair all down and looking like a drowned rat if it's soaked, you could pin it up loosely.</span></li>
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">Thanks Charley!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">You can follow Charley on Twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/charleymcewen">@charleymcewen</a> and take a look at his work at <a href="http://www.charleymcewen.com/">www.charleymcewen.com</a> and check out the Four London salon here <a href="http://www.fourlondon.com/">www.fourlondon.com</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17px;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma;">Products Charley recommends: <a href="http://www.cloudninehair.com/">Cloud Nine</a>, <a href="http://www.bumbleandbumble.co.uk/">Bumble and Bumble</a>, <a href="http://www.babyliss.co.uk/">Babyliss</a> and <a href="http://www.sallybeauty.com/">sallybeauty.com </a></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-64958240239286579012012-01-27T15:33:00.003+00:002012-01-29T17:11:42.641+00:00Guest Blog: Wedding Dress Designer Christine Kendall<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">It's only my humble opinion, but I think I found the best wedding dress designer in London. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I'll blog fully soon on why I chose <a href="http://www.christinekendall.com/">Christine Kendall</a>, who is based in London, to make my gown. But in short she was head and graceful shoulders above the rest.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">As important as her beautiful creations, is her approach to you. There's no sending the order to Hong Kong, sticking rigidly to a pre-made pattern or eye-watering hidden costs.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The concept - that a top designer makes the dress for <i>you</i> - might sound simple enough but as I found, is all too rare.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Over to you Christine.</span></div><div style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christine Kendall</td></tr>
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</div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><i>Finding your dream dress is going to reflect your personal style and is one of the reasons why the choice is so important.</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><i>Not only do you have to choose the right silhouette and style for your figure type, fabric and detail too. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><i>This is the time when you will look at yourself in a mirror and analyse every inch of your body, every seam, neckline, hemline and detail on a dress as you have never done before. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Christine Kendall creation</td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><b>Be discerning</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">There is so much choice that you may feel overwhelmed. Be discerning and only go to five bridal designers. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">Choose them according to your budget, your styling and the location.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">Have a red herring too perhaps a designer out of your location or styling that is not so generic, keeping an open mind. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">By choosing just five designers it will help you to focus on the styles that each designer creates, the quality of make, the quality of the fabrics used, the general feel of the establishment and if you would receive value for money.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0Ba9uaVszfCnw2SZJHfX4mdIFnTqzgJpyYZ3Ynl66lDMfkoG3FOh0PVNmM3H-L5n454D3iPTjlbDOrJzXRW2AcjYVHnGKzpEX22SvVx8c8vdKCKNGqvmHUP686dbCUA310FIT5lKrXA/s1600/images-40.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0Ba9uaVszfCnw2SZJHfX4mdIFnTqzgJpyYZ3Ynl66lDMfkoG3FOh0PVNmM3H-L5n454D3iPTjlbDOrJzXRW2AcjYVHnGKzpEX22SvVx8c8vdKCKNGqvmHUP686dbCUA310FIT5lKrXA/s1600/images-40.jpeg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The personal touch</td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><b>Know your body shape</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">When it comes to your first bridal gown selection it can be difficult to know what to choose and knowing your body shape and areas you want to disguise or accentuate will help you.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">To give you an example, if you are well proportioned and petite a column dress will give the appearance of lengthening you. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">If you have a waist that you would like to disguise and have slim hips and thighs then this silhouette of dress should be in your selection. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">A column dress drops straight to the floor in a narrow skirt often falling from a line under the bust. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">A fuller curvy figure often looks fantastic in fitted boned bodices with an A line skirt as this shows off an hour glass figure really well, hiding larger thighs under the skirt and controlling the upper body shape.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGqujzoMtfk0k0r-TRszEvs_ATRls7P0du6fmWpKsuafJUHs4QVopCTV_cbFOOpDV7OjsR69Ug250nJpL_hCuPER-PO5dGOX-TXj1bTYH_J2f1b6i24c5Y3InGLLKltnFpJKvZe7iEJ0/s1600/or_dde63dbf12404980208935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGqujzoMtfk0k0r-TRszEvs_ATRls7P0du6fmWpKsuafJUHs4QVopCTV_cbFOOpDV7OjsR69Ug250nJpL_hCuPER-PO5dGOX-TXj1bTYH_J2f1b6i24c5Y3InGLLKltnFpJKvZe7iEJ0/s320/or_dde63dbf12404980208935.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Kendall touch</td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><b>Spoil yourself</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">Wear nice underwear that makes you feel good as most wedding dresses need assistance with the buttons or nets and you will may be embarrassed in greying knickers or an old ill fitting bra. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">You will want to feel as groomed as you can in the wedding dresses so it is a good idea to prep up with bikini wax and remove underarm hair as it will help you to feel confident and relaxed. Wearing the perfume you plan to on the day will make you feel special too and the scent will linger on the dress.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">If you think your hair will be worn off your face try to arrive at the shop/salon with your hair emulating how you plan to wear it on the day. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">It doesn't have to be special but the hair, up or down can completely change the look of the dress and help to reflect your style of wedding.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ooooh, fancy pants</td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><b>Know the right question</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">You may be surprised/confused by the language of fabrics and different terminology for silhouettes and face a fast learning curve. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">The main question to ask about the fabric used to create the dress is if it is 100% silk.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">This will help you to gauge the value of the dress as some dresses that are made in polyester are exuberant in price. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">You need to hear the words 100% silk as some fabrics are identified by weave only such as Duchess, because it is a weave only term it can be made in either polyester or silk. </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">Many sales assistants will tell you that the fabric is Duchess and those not aware assume it is silk. Don't assume and ask if the Duchess is silk and don't let them tell you that the Duchess is the fabric name - you now know better.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most importantly..enjoy!</td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><i>It truly is a wonderful time in your life, I wish you joy in your search for your dream dress and remember that the dress is not just for one day. You will see the dress in photographs. A</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><i>nd remember how you loved wearing it and you will treasure those memories for a lifetime.</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Thank you Christine. When I see you next week, I'll be sure to have defuzzed and will be wearing my finest French knickers!</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">For more information, do have a look at a selection of Christine's dresses at <a href="http://www.christinekendall.com/">www.christinekendall.com</a> or say hello on Facebook.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><br />
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</span></div>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-1708674202283323112012-01-23T11:54:00.003+00:002012-01-23T20:51:28.768+00:00GUEST BLOG: PERSONAL TRAINER NICK RYDEN<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Trust me ladies, Nick Ryden is the man to whip you into shape for the big day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I enlisted his help just two weeks ago when I started an hour session three times a week at the famous Matt Roberts (<a href="http://www.mattroberts.co.uk/">www.mattroberts.co.uk</a>) gym where Nick is senior personal trainer.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Already, I see the benefits on my body and have lost a couple of kilos as well as a centimetre round my waist. I feel myself toning up and most importantly, feel better.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We're all used to seeing articles on how to shape up but this Q&A is pretty special - because, should you choose to follow it, it will work.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you for your questions. Over to you Nick.</span><br />
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<pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Q. I've only got three months to my wedding. Have I left it too late to
make a difference? Realistically, what can I achieve? I want to lose half
a stone at least and go down a dress size. (Tanya, 31, Bournemouth)</span></i></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>
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<b>A. It usually takes at least 5-7 days in my experience to notice a shift in
tone and weight loss so there is plenty of time in order to get in shape
for the wedding.</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
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</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Now depending on how much effort you put in to training,
nutrition, quality sleep, hydration the results can vary from ok to very
good. Half a stone weight loss and losing a dress size is very doable in
that time frame.</b>
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</i></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Q. My problem areas are tummy and thighs. I don't want to bulk up, just
lose the flab. What exercises can I do? (Jen, 28, Brighton)</i></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After</td></tr>
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</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>A. In general it is very difficult for anyone to bulk up. For women in
particular since they are low in testosterone (which is the main anabolic
hormone responsible for increasing muscle mass) so should not worry about
bulking up. </b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The best exercises for tummy and thighs are squats, lunges, step-ups,</b></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>glute bridges, planks (front and side variations).</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Protein in peanuts </td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Q. If I exercise regularly, can I get away with eating more (or at least</i></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>the same as I normally do) without putting on weight? (Anne, 34, Glasgow)</i></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
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<b>A. Yes you can eat the same and possibly a little more without putting on
weight.
Combining resistance and cardio training is the best way to get in shape
as the resistance training will increase lean body mass thereby increasing
metabolism so you will burn more calories on a daily bases which means you</b></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>can eat the same and still lose weight.</b></span></pre><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5h9ldRwyzGMZ9WPS5mIhYrm-1zsexqSLQIpdWpa6UAxy59z20MdkWZjtBb67y6t7sMu9yEQcUn2OAHCfLr60AK3r3Z-FiNRX1E0yyOTlinBZOyVBolPkEoPPMxM2F1yZa_78AjVOhTs/s1600/images-32.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5h9ldRwyzGMZ9WPS5mIhYrm-1zsexqSLQIpdWpa6UAxy59z20MdkWZjtBb67y6t7sMu9yEQcUn2OAHCfLr60AK3r3Z-FiNRX1E0yyOTlinBZOyVBolPkEoPPMxM2F1yZa_78AjVOhTs/s1600/images-32.jpeg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snack on tuna</td></tr>
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</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Of course if you then try to eat 200-300 calories less each day in conjunction with the training </b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>that will be the best option.</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>In general excess protein won't be converted to fat as a lot of the calories will get burned off in the process, but extra carbohydrates get converted easier so the
recommendation is that if you are hungry try to snack on protein rich
foods such as yoghurts (natural, not flavored), tuna (in spring water), a
spoon of peanut butter or a handful of nuts.</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bingo wings + tats = wrong</td></tr>
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</i></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Q. My dress is strapless and I have slightly soft upper arms. What can I
do to tone up for my wedding in six months time? (Susan, 36, Sidcup, Kent)</i></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>
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A. The best arm exercises in my opinion are press-ups, close grip press-ups,
trx inverted rows, barbell biceps curl, and triceps dumbbell extensions.</b>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying without (bingo) wings</td></tr>
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<i>Q. What's the benefit of a personal trainer as opposed to going to the
gym?</i></span>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: monospace; line-height: 17px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: monospace; line-height: 17px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: monospace; line-height: 17px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: monospace; line-height: 17px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: monospace; line-height: 17px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: monospace; line-height: 17px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">A. A personal trainer can make all the difference when it comes to getting in</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"></span><br />
<pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">shape in a short period of time.</span></b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Your trainer will be able to push you harder than you would yourself in the gym, and he/she will be able to progress you when needed and scale it down the days when you are not 100% in form so that you prevent getting injured by over training or performing exercises with poor form.</b></span></span></pre><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Booze Culture</td></tr>
</tbody></table><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>It is a fact most people don't push themselves as hard when they train by alone than with a trainer.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"></span>
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<i>Q. I am happy with my weight but don't feel very healthy (long hours,
drinking culture at work) How can exercise help? (Paul, 27, not-a-bride-to-be, London)</i></span>
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</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></pre><b>A. Exercise will make you feel energetic even though you physically exert
yourself during a session mentally you will feel refreshed and clear
headed afterwords.</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Also once you get into the habit of training regularly
you will notice that will start to eat healthier, drink less and sleep
better. It is a win win in my opinion.</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>
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</i></b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i></i></b></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt Roberts in action</td></tr>
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</i></b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Q. I jog for half an hour every day on the treadmill at the same speed
going quite fast and watch what I eat but never lose weight. What cardio
would work? (Ali, 45, Fife)</i></b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span></span></pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLx4zCMJxHCw1VbMqN8HHiwBG0M7j8RqGc2SwB-m6imuDUPkYe89nALMXgKdU0GWz5MQZpvo9u6bIGEivvvB09XkZCP5lQVYqXPZZ4PDmGjJLlLrs3ya4n_UKGQK6B4hkWJobxaSem-I/s1600/images-30.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLx4zCMJxHCw1VbMqN8HHiwBG0M7j8RqGc2SwB-m6imuDUPkYe89nALMXgKdU0GWz5MQZpvo9u6bIGEivvvB09XkZCP5lQVYqXPZZ4PDmGjJLlLrs3ya4n_UKGQK6B4hkWJobxaSem-I/s1600/images-30.jpeg" /></a></div><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span></span></pre></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">A. It is very common that people are stuck in an exercise routine that they
have been doing for years.</span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">So after a while once the body has adapted to the stress of the exercise the body stops adapting and you are staying in maintenance stage.</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
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</span></span></pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNO2gLbukX89nhA5cfshfzEDwn3afk2WFoOpwljfsqwthblini0nrPSx5_p0Mu0N-OleoNY_n-bCq9TyGDQGzZzVwiDRV_qPdJoN6AAaxCV5eNJRNLPT7Bs-j784R3MDepj44jAsIYbwE/s1600/images-34.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNO2gLbukX89nhA5cfshfzEDwn3afk2WFoOpwljfsqwthblini0nrPSx5_p0Mu0N-OleoNY_n-bCq9TyGDQGzZzVwiDRV_qPdJoN6AAaxCV5eNJRNLPT7Bs-j784R3MDepj44jAsIYbwE/s1600/images-34.jpeg" /></a></div><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
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</span></pre>My recommendation is to get out of your comfort zone and try something new like a spin class, body combat or try interval training.</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Challenge your body by working hard in 30 seconds with 1 min
rest.</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Repeat that four times. This can be performed on the spin bike,
x-trainer, rower, and treadmill.
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</i></span></span></pre>Q. I feel too scrawny and thin and want to put on a bit of muscle,
especially on my arms which are boney. My big day's in six months. Is this
possible? (Emma, 31, </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Manchester)</i></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">
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A. Yes with six months you can make a big change in how you look and feel. Of
course in addition to training; nutrition, hydration (plenty of water),
sleep, and a positive mental attitude will help you reach your goals much
sooner.
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A. My favorite stories are with 2 of my fat loss clients.</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>A women I trained lost 20kg in about 4 months just from stopping drinking and training very seriously, about 5 sessions week including 3 with me.</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
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</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>And a man I trained last year lost 4.5 stone in 4 months which was amazing as it changed both his body and mindset.
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A. With food don't follow any crazy diets, because in the end you will put
that weight back on again.</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Try to eat healthy proper food like meat, fish, vegetables, rice, some fruit, and nuts.</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
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</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>If you want to be serious about hitting your goals cut out all baked goods like cakes, biscuits, crisps and so on.</b></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Only wedding cake allowed</b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Limiting bread and fruit intake seems to help as well.</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Have a limit of two fruits a day if you want to lose fat. </b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
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With exercise make sure you know what you are doing as far as technique is concerned. </b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>If you are not sure seek a trainer who can help you with the basics and
set up a program for you.</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>You want to mix your resistance training with cardio training and preferably also some stretching routines or a yoga class.</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>A Swedish eye for grammar</b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Thanks Nick. Not only is your advice first class, it's hard to believe your native tongue is Swedish as your English is better than many a Brit.</i></span></pre><pre style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"></pre><pre style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"></pre><pre style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"></pre><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And to read more about Nick's background - which spans <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">slalom, football, athletics and martial arts..in Sweden, America, Australia and London </span>click</span> <a href="http://www.mattroberts.co.uk/thecity/profiles/">here</a>.Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-29897698010172316662012-01-14T10:44:00.003+00:002012-01-23T17:07:36.551+00:00COMING UP..<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Guest bloggers who will be joining aisle-be-there.co.uk very soon are fabulous, even if I do say so myself.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Personal trainer Nick who works at Matt Roberts (</span><a href="http://www.mattroberts.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">www.mattroberts.co.uk</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)..Matt's never off the telly and only employs the best. </span></li>
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</div></div></div></div></div>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-58183479530741342552012-01-11T18:32:00.002+00:002012-01-11T18:34:19.643+00:00GUEST BLOG: WEATHER EXPERT, SIAN WELBY<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.6667px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm delighted to introduce Channel 5's gorgeous weather girl Sian Welby to aisle-be-there-co.uk</span></i></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That's Sian on the right.</span></i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here, she shares her advice on all things weather and wedding, offers a personalised forecast and my favourite - invaluable advice on umbrellas.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Over to you Sian.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Right ladies, you can plan every last detail of your wedding, down to the colour of your Bridesmaid's knickers, but the one thing that is out of your hands is the weather.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoZeIGUXD5IGmyXcro5IuwKjM0h8-ALdnVVwKAZbwODDQE7VptaC_5sd81i10UUgWwiH0adkGMAy96p_exlupz2TCTlRP9NLfbVrb0B08V2IRH4wLXkSZyGfbQS7adXOaOROHMWszYhA/s1600/kate-miller-events.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoZeIGUXD5IGmyXcro5IuwKjM0h8-ALdnVVwKAZbwODDQE7VptaC_5sd81i10UUgWwiH0adkGMAy96p_exlupz2TCTlRP9NLfbVrb0B08V2IRH4wLXkSZyGfbQS7adXOaOROHMWszYhA/s320/kate-miller-events.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The weather is a key part of your wedding day and something you need to think about. I can't give you an exact weather forecast for the time, date and year of your big day.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If I could I'd be a millionaire, but I can try and give you some tips!!</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszWGe5BQznO1nBO1JDB-7_X69rhdyDeiiQ-US_4l3Mf7UXFlJG8y7Bq0tFs1dvJd7R9A5Ps74aNncS_MWrkBKNnPPKZcgr_dPk6RKbGuvacTlCzq5t4_C15SQGK4XPoiFCFDLoya1psw/s1600/wedding-day-rain2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszWGe5BQznO1nBO1JDB-7_X69rhdyDeiiQ-US_4l3Mf7UXFlJG8y7Bq0tFs1dvJd7R9A5Ps74aNncS_MWrkBKNnPPKZcgr_dPk6RKbGuvacTlCzq5t4_C15SQGK4XPoiFCFDLoya1psw/s320/wedding-day-rain2.jpg" width="227" /></a><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Firstly, take any forecast more than five days ahead with a pinch of salt. It may give you an inkling as to what </span><i style="font-style: italic; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">might</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> happen, but </span><i style="font-style: italic; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">might</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> is the key word here and the best detail is always in a two-three day forecast.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Secondly, expect the unexpected. If you got married in December 2010 you'd have had a winter wonderland, but as you know, if you got married December last year, it was probably warm enough to stay out all night without a coat. </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So don't presume that you'll get rained on in April or that you'll get baking sunshine in July as you might get an unwanted surprise.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Remember, it's Great Britain we're talking about so if anything plan for rain. Don't let the weather ruin your day. Give yourself options. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JSFKkpQbVRBoKTIo2b19xhrEsF1aKCz7uVWiTrKYlCcFQy2z_JJTuRS6Jty9gzze7OehkjySBvglqmux96ZhlN4o0g89CtTYNzpXeePVoIVq7I37UtHHv4-JOZrcwGkexLgdlKYUiyE/s1600/Unknown-5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JSFKkpQbVRBoKTIo2b19xhrEsF1aKCz7uVWiTrKYlCcFQy2z_JJTuRS6Jty9gzze7OehkjySBvglqmux96ZhlN4o0g89CtTYNzpXeePVoIVq7I37UtHHv4-JOZrcwGkexLgdlKYUiyE/s320/Unknown-5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">THINK HAIR! You don't want your lovely updo becoming a soggy mess, so if rain is looking inevitable, happy thoughts are useless at this point and you need to be practical.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Make sure you have a few umbrellas ready. If you want to make a feature of your umbrella you could get it customised, 'Mr and Mrs' or colour matching your theme. Make it fun so you can look back and laugh, instead of cry.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">However it can be just as important to look back at weather. If you're an outdoorsey couple getting married in a field with a marquee, it may be glorious sunshine on your big day, but in the run up it could have been raining non stop, meaning cars will be stuck in the mud if they park on the field and heels will be sinking into the grass.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4zn9oWswVKkP5BXxVNZSUd7p0Zf4w5XXYR_w_rayKddEpPqDb2K1G9s3yTjP9z4eVtki-jU8JQIWMpKwjDH7A_Ma6j2bHnJvQ24-TfaHISw9SNksD-WkFJelJHthibxaZHxLQxqZckg/s1600/images-18.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4zn9oWswVKkP5BXxVNZSUd7p0Zf4w5XXYR_w_rayKddEpPqDb2K1G9s3yTjP9z4eVtki-jU8JQIWMpKwjDH7A_Ma6j2bHnJvQ24-TfaHISw9SNksD-WkFJelJHthibxaZHxLQxqZckg/s320/images-18.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To avoid a mud related rescue mission for your Maid of honour, get your route to the venue planned, even if it means putting cardboard or wooden planks down on the grass so people can walk in easily, or if you really want a laugh and have the budget you</span></span><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> could even get your bridal party matching rain macs or pink wellies. A great idea if it's a intimate wedding!</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you plan for the worst, nothing will spoil your day and remember girls, I'm here to help, Monday to Friday 3 times a day on channel 5 giving you your weekly forecast. My Facebook and Twitter links are below and I'll be happy to give you a personal weather report for your area and if you want a funny personalised report doing for your big day, I'm sure something can be arranged.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">GOOD LUCK GIRLS!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Facebook: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sian.presenter" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">http://www.facebook.com/sian.presenter</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/Sianwelby" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">https://twitter.com/#!/Sianwelby</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.sianwelby.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">www.sianwelby.com</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-35881994935424430352012-01-10T12:55:00.003+00:002012-01-12T13:12:23.176+00:00GUEST POST: THE DIAMOND EXPERT<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 17px;"><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;"><b>Welcome to aisle-be-there.co.uk diamond expert Vashi Nanwani Dominguez.</b></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">My fiance admitted the other day he knew nothing about diamonds, gems or engagement rings before he proposed, so the experience of getting one was rather daunting.</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Getting started can be downright intimidating, so I thought it would be helpful to get some pointers, especially with Valentine's round the corner. Hint, hint.</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Q. How much do men spend on engagement rings?</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;">A. The average has gone down from £2,000 to £1,500 nationwide, but not in our site. Our average order value on engagement rings has gone up from £1,000 in 2008 to £1,800 in 2011.</span></b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aS7kFMuML0Q-BgydczmQbusMUYwn9h8M7eLWUqi7Rhr6bpWmC8EGwoYDbwRR4rL5pM231yGTAvMQS-RLTYK4nIp2YLQFRSKz-2bN1Z5Aia9fIQ5iwpkpgULflA435YhcBPwwff776Ls/s1600/Unknown-3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aS7kFMuML0Q-BgydczmQbusMUYwn9h8M7eLWUqi7Rhr6bpWmC8EGwoYDbwRR4rL5pM231yGTAvMQS-RLTYK4nIp2YLQFRSKz-2bN1Z5Aia9fIQ5iwpkpgULflA435YhcBPwwff776Ls/s1600/Unknown-3.jpeg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Q. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">What should we know to get the best-looking result? Bamboozle us with talk of size and clarity and cuts.</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">A. </span>It really comes down to personal taste and budget. From an expert’s perspective, I recommend a diamond with the maximum brilliance and sparkle possible. This is achieved by choosing a diamond with an ideal cut and wide transparency.</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;">The transparency of a diamond is one of the most important aspects affecting the diamond’s brilliance.</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;">This characteristic is not included in diamond certificates, so it’s essential to view the diamond in person.</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;">We only select diamonds with wide transparency and to achieve this, we reject over 90% of the diamonds that we assort.</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;">Q. When is your busiest time?</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;">A. Christmas, as there is a large number of Christmas and New Year proposals, followed by Valentine’s. Summer is a key season too with a good number of people looking to propose abroad. Holiday proposals are becoming more popular.</span></b><br />
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</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 17px;"><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;">Q. What else can he get (other than a ring) to show he cares for Valentines or a birthday?</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;"></span><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;">A. Stud earrings and solitaire pendants are the most popular gifts that show appreciation. A big stone is generally perceived better than a number of small stones.</span></b><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17px;">Ladies or gents, the website is good not least because it allows you to play around and create your own bling. </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.diamondmanufacturers.co.uk/">www.diamondmanufacturers.co.uk</a></span></div></div>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-30913231689173145652012-01-04T11:08:00.000+00:002012-01-04T11:08:43.354+00:00How Long Should An Engagement Be?I'M sipping a latte waiting to go on Fred MacAulay's BBC Radio Scotland show to discuss the ideal length of engagement.<div>I hope you don't mind me running a few thoughts past you in preparation.</div><div>A year to 18 months I'd say is a perfect time from proposal to big day, while anything less than six months is folly. The <a href="http://www.theweddingreport.com/" target="_blank">average</a> period has fallen from 18 to 15 months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0sbj-p0epvwSI1rfRrf-2a7giBflxGRA4I_uDsjSFC2q5x5A19Q_vwVMRgMOsQ2aWEN5mC0IiSxC-djzDc9_jxYUHxdM1MprfnMrrmTatTdSFqQqec4FdnNjs022WEH3DISCZIhhR1g/s1600/Unknown-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0sbj-p0epvwSI1rfRrf-2a7giBflxGRA4I_uDsjSFC2q5x5A19Q_vwVMRgMOsQ2aWEN5mC0IiSxC-djzDc9_jxYUHxdM1MprfnMrrmTatTdSFqQqec4FdnNjs022WEH3DISCZIhhR1g/s1600/Unknown-2.jpeg" /></a></div><div>You need time to prepare for your wedding; also to enjoy being a fiancee.</div><div>Seriously, milk it. People treat you like royalty.</div><div>It was December 2010. Jamie had got down on bended knee the night before and we decided to celebrate with an impromptu visit to <a href="http://www.scotts-restaurant.com/" target="_blank">Scott's</a> restaurant in Mayfair.</div><div>The door man was polite but couldn't help laugh when I said we hadn't booked. "It's the last Friday before Christmas - one of the busiest days of the year. I don't fancy your chances."</div><div>"But I just got engaged," I proffered with best Bambi eyes.</div><div>Bang. He was a romantic Irishman with a twinkle in his eye. "On you go, tell the man on the desk, see what he says."</div><div>A flash of the rock later and we were seated at the bar, drinking a silver tankard of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Velvet_(beer_cocktail)" target="_blank">Black Velvet </a> and went on to have a magical time.</div><div>On this note, if you venture to Scott's I'd recommend a stool at the bar which is the centrepiece of the room if you like informality - a later pre-booked visit seated at a table wasn't nearly as much fun.</div><div>If only I'd known the power of "please let me in, I just got engaged" I'd have used it ad nauseam when I was showbiz reporter, at all those parties at which I was persona non grata.</div><div>Being engaged for under six months is also also advised against by wedding planners, unless your organising is minimal.</div><div>As for being engaged too long, what's the point?</div><div>Unless there's a stellar reason - saving up for the <a href="http://www.ukweddingbelles.com/weddingmagazine/news/268-wedding-costs-2012" target="_blank">average wedding cost</a> alone is estimated to set you back £20,248 in 2012 - anything over three years is ominous.</div><div>Young couples may not be in a rush but hurray for romance and him saying you're the only woman for him; that he can't wait to be your husband. If he was sure enough to propose, why wait around?</div><div>Actually, this brings me to one male pal who got engaged "to buy time" and "get her off my back."</div><div>Three years later, she tired of asking for a date and left for his older cousin who was far more amenable to settling down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGm_s_Deee8ledX4JQp8TGWwZhCgbsNaqwM_fZW7ynMgut3OZtrG_7XRHUdRiOYlWc3vu2I9o3TdJw9km8fhzYM6ab_8mR7b0JMCHlHtnVqno6FrP3brPc-8GiCgQBHT9FoG57Y9m9dPY/s1600/images-14.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGm_s_Deee8ledX4JQp8TGWwZhCgbsNaqwM_fZW7ynMgut3OZtrG_7XRHUdRiOYlWc3vu2I9o3TdJw9km8fhzYM6ab_8mR7b0JMCHlHtnVqno6FrP3brPc-8GiCgQBHT9FoG57Y9m9dPY/s1600/images-14.jpeg" /></a></div><div>If you don't set a date int he first year of engagement - perhaps six months even - I reckon the chances are far higher you'll never make it down the aisle. </div><div>I give you welsh beauty Katherine Jenkins who last week split with her presenter fiance Gethin Jones. Or Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding who ended her engagement to DJ Tom Crane last year.</div><div>Both couples were betrothed but there was no ink in the diary.</div><div>A possible cause could be that after initial celebrations many couples report increased bickering.</div><div>This could be the manifestation of fear and realisation this is for life; or arguing over wedding plans.</div><div>If no date is set, the doubt may increase that either or both of you actually want to go ahead.</div><div>Relationship experts advise sharing thoughts with your other half, for engagement could mean very different things to each party.</div><div>They say women envisage their wedding dress if the first date goes well. Clearly a sweeping statement given I still have trouble picturing the day.</div><div>But it's logical to think about the future - being a bride, having a family, growing old together - when he proposes. Conversely, he might be broody as hell but you can't stand the thought of having children.</div><div>I've had a few discussions and concessions to make myself. We both have. But I'll save that for another time.</div><div><br />
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</div>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-30433368469705788662011-12-28T16:22:00.003+00:002011-12-28T16:42:03.970+00:00Three Things A Bride Should Never DoI once went to a wedding where the bride was so drunk she heckled the groom.<br />
A decade on, it tops my list of things no bride should do.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-nazrrfg5MleuYlR3cGjJWlBXJL9UmI7RsC7DLSbC50TzlauVrUwau2NRWMCV2JSBqq_AqmA0XHiIY2hPbf4RvlAnYfAUV6NJ5Ifbh4IinkIpyX-JBl4Jcyar2mDbsG9tLV9v7EdsPs/s1600/images-11.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-nazrrfg5MleuYlR3cGjJWlBXJL9UmI7RsC7DLSbC50TzlauVrUwau2NRWMCV2JSBqq_AqmA0XHiIY2hPbf4RvlAnYfAUV6NJ5Ifbh4IinkIpyX-JBl4Jcyar2mDbsG9tLV9v7EdsPs/s1600/images-11.jpeg" /></a></div>Time has not healed and it's still a forbidden topic of conversation, the bride maintaining that she was on antibiotics which sent her loopy.<br />
Then there's the groom whose wedding I attended a few years ago.<br />
He didn't make the first dance on account of being drunk as a skunk and asleep in the honeymoon suite of the hotel.<br />
Thankfully he recovered for the disco but it is something of which we dare not speak.<br />
Drunkenness - that's top of the not-to-do's.<br />
I'm told you are so busy speaking to guests, you don't have the time but more so the inclination - seriously, how mortifying to be - as they say on Geordie Shore - mortal on your Big Day.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Yim8R_9RiiOMlwxkTmm0ZurHSUAo80IeMtnuRJISUd1zTrVpmc9a9zUGd8Ih7XcABxqsy8uF2zOwLQkTSAWnZlvBaBBZyXFFwyY1wKfJWnJG0j2QCkCufuF3RvnIDyHv15uEmLbnHqE/s1600/images-12.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Yim8R_9RiiOMlwxkTmm0ZurHSUAo80IeMtnuRJISUd1zTrVpmc9a9zUGd8Ih7XcABxqsy8uF2zOwLQkTSAWnZlvBaBBZyXFFwyY1wKfJWnJG0j2QCkCufuF3RvnIDyHv15uEmLbnHqE/s1600/images-12.jpeg" /></a>Never be the most drunk person at a wedding (second is ok) is a rule I've lived by rather successfully.<br />
Apart from the time my friend, the presenter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Diamond" target="_blank">Dominik Diamond</a> got married.<br />
I'm blushing here at the painful memory of being helped up from a spectacular crash which brought a table down - thanks to our mutual pal, writer Rikki Brown for his assistance - try his blog <a href="http://www.rikkibrown.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br />
Imagine being the top offender when you're the virginal bride.<br />
A few glasses of bubbly during the day and wind-down drinks afterwards, reliving the details with your new husband - that's the plan.<br />
Another thing I have decided not to do is make a speech.<br />
I was all for it at first - for surely a modern woman should have her say.<br />
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Is there not something floaty, mystical and pure about a bride on her wedding day?<br />
An image that needs not be shattered by her weeping as she recounts how much her parents nurtured her, or complimenting the bridesmaids for the third time.<br />
It's not an affront to feminists - for I am one of their number, yet feel no need to shout about it - to consider brides should not make a speech; simply a realisation that too many people loving the sound of their own voice, is tiresome.<br />
That said, who am I to say what's right for others?<br />
I'm sure some brides hit the tone perfectly and there are even sites and articles like this one in <a href="http://www.weddingmagazine.co.uk/receptions_more.php?id=34" target="_blank">Wedding Magazine</a> dedicated to getting it right.<br />
The worst combination has to be a drunk bride giving a speech. Mind you, if it's as funny as this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZvUO_CigmY" target="_blank">youtube</a> clip of Catherine Tate featured on her show, it might just be worth it.<br />
Thirdly, I intend not to cut my wedding dress off - as a friend did.<br />
She was so tired and keen to get the corseted restriction off her aching ribs, she lost patience with her husband's attempts to unfasten dozens of intricate lace buttons and took scissors to the very expensive gown instead.<br />
So that's it - no getting drunk (though a few is obviously part of the fun), no speeches and no impatient shredding.<br />
I'll let you know if I stick to my word.Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-59059989407322928972011-12-28T14:58:00.003+00:002011-12-28T15:22:32.986+00:00Fear, Cakes and Wedding PornFirstly, sincere apologies for my silence. I find bloggers who start with energy and simper to a standstill a bit of a bore.<br />
Like a writer avoiding the next novel (I'm doing that too) or teen swerving study, I've been putting off the organising of my wedding and blogging about it.<br />
Fear is the thief of time.<br />
But I'm back, the wedding is but a change of season away (April 27, 2012) and there's lots to tell.<br />
After hours of deliberating over some finer details, I realised this:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADf7X-wWGYf8GXVhsO_etFh7b-0ammYgOH9uNX8XIVmMRljQ0uH5iGtaTOZUVQpreNY9E6t3ciZx-ayd0eRKGIRx7OPUIoBO7cp3Z7uFVq92Tydf7XJUmqeEC7hw0AO8O03mn_OrA54I/s1600/Unknown-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADf7X-wWGYf8GXVhsO_etFh7b-0ammYgOH9uNX8XIVmMRljQ0uH5iGtaTOZUVQpreNY9E6t3ciZx-ayd0eRKGIRx7OPUIoBO7cp3Z7uFVq92Tydf7XJUmqeEC7hw0AO8O03mn_OrA54I/s1600/Unknown-1.jpeg" /></a>I have never left a wedding with a piece of cake, a favour or memory of the flowers. Am I alone?<br />
Granted, this could be partly to do with alcohol but I don't consider them very important.<br />
Not so for many brides-to-be who give over a chunk of their budget to have the best and to be fair, I lost a a lot of daylight looking at amazing cakes on sites like <a href="http://www.weddingcakes.co.uk/" target="_blank">weddingcakes</a> and <a href="http://www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-cakes-pictures" target="_blank">hitched</a>.<br />
I blame it on Wedding Porn as my friend Suzanne calls it - the magazines that ooze ideas and images of what you too could have. (<i>Ooh, do you think I'll get lots of porn ads on my site now I've mentioned it?</i>)<br />
They're funny things, bridal mags. The window in which you can legitimately obsess over them is short - before the proposal is borderline bunny boiler and after the Big Day, redundant unless you've got No2 in mind. Again, this indicates a slight Loopy Lou.<br />
And yet, the choice of titles in this genre is huge and the readership fairly buoyant, which could point towards many outside their window furtively sneaking them in the shopping trolley.<br />
When my first plan to make a fortune to go towards the wedding failed (<i>don't believe anyone who tells you blogging can net a fortune. Despite 2,000 hits in the first week, this site has brought in a grand total of £3.75 through Google Ad clicks</i>) I decided to offer a wedding blog to a magazine - <a href="http://www.bridesmagazine.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brides</a>, with the largest readership - at 275,000 an estimated 0.5 per cent of the adult <a href="http://www.mediauk.com/magazines/35995/brides/readership-figures" target="_blank">population.</a> Three emails on, the editor hasn't replied but then I'm sure she's very busy. Next stop is to email the fabulous Cosmo Brides and a couple more. And if that doesn't work, it's Plan C - my next novel had better be a bestseller.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_Ly0CkPtGTBSh4XZItHqQzOZE20fJkisKubVB4PqtQKQZajeZxN-0Q0ZRV5nYs7L3ZjCfRI_c_L4kE9U21lgnTGbiHIljwxGsCDWFilAkPIORnroA0419CeWWkv3ECaZc1ZiMXgxjYk/s1600/images-10.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_Ly0CkPtGTBSh4XZItHqQzOZE20fJkisKubVB4PqtQKQZajeZxN-0Q0ZRV5nYs7L3ZjCfRI_c_L4kE9U21lgnTGbiHIljwxGsCDWFilAkPIORnroA0419CeWWkv3ECaZc1ZiMXgxjYk/s1600/images-10.jpeg" /></a>I digress. I will have flowers and cake but is there anything so wrong with simplicity?<br />
What does a Jimmy Choo cake say about the bride other than he should have signed a prenup and shouldn't expect deep chats about the works of Wilde.<br />
And if your lasting memory of the day is the ten-tiered cake, it wasn't a very good day.<br />
If simple means shaving off a few quid, all the more for the things I consider to matter more - nice wine instead of the church-tasting variety for which hotels charge like a bull (did I tell you we're doing it all from scratch - putting up a marquee and hiring everything from tables to catering in?) a decent band and good food.<br />
That reminds me of another blog I must share soon - five things no bride should ever do.<br />
I love your feedback so please keep your comments coming.<br />
I'm off to sugar some almonds. Not really, obviously.Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-75929127314197173622011-10-30T11:01:00.002+00:002011-10-30T15:40:47.609+00:00The DetoxGetting fat is an occupational hazard of being in love.<br />
There you are, all happy and content with the cosy meals in, chocolates on the sofa, romantic dinners out. And bang, you've lost your cheekbones.<br />
This has never happened to me before but then, I've never been engaged to a 6ft 2ins machine with the metabolism of a Humming Bird.*<br />
When you're almost a foot shorter, genetically petite and start matching his eating habits, neither scales nor mirror lie.<br />
You might remember part of the 'everything to do in six months' list included losing a stone.<br />
Not to be 'bride-thin' - skeletal in lace does nothing for me - but to get back to where I was before Jamie asked me to be his girlfriend last August.<br />
Now, call it a lack of patience, or perhaps willpower, but I'm not hanging around London with the temptation of, well, everything.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Spa, Koh Samui</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So I'm off to get fit and detox in Thailand with my mum for a little over a week. Weight aside, it's about getting healthy.<br />
I've been to the spa in Koh Samui before and a seven-day fast is pretty extreme. No food and two self-administered colemas (less intrusive but like colonics - 20litres of diluted fresh coffee up your jacksy) each day.<br />
A presenter friend called Carole Machin suggested the place to me a few years ago.When I joined her, she helped a petrified me set up my first coffee enema. I'll always be eternally grateful; she'll probably be eternally mentally scarred.<br />
I'm looking forward to the challenge, peppered with yoga, meditation, massage and quality time with mum.<br />
The trick - and what I've failed to do in the past - is not falling into old party girl habits upon return. This time, I have a few ideas as to how to maintain the shift in thinking, not least keeping this public record. For surely it's more interesting for you if it works. I'm also considering booking in regularly with a good personal trainer upon return to keep up motivation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DIY colema </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Here's a link to the spa: <a href="http://www.thesparesorts.net/">www.thesparesorts.net</a><br />
Why go through such deprivation? That's just it - my past experience taught me that I had been depriving myself by not doing it. Afterwards, your skin is bright, hair shiny, eyes white, facial features rediscovered.<br />
It's a way of stopping the clock of ingrained routine, giving your mind and body an MOT.<br />
If you find it too hard, you can stop the cleanse whenever you want but fingers crossed, I'll see it through.<br />
It's not too expensive - accommodation which is basic but clean costs around £20 a night and to fast, £40 or so a day. The Spa doesn't get the best reviews on the likes of TripAdvisor but it's only a good place to stay if you're detoxing as there are plenty of nicer hotels on the island.<br />
There are plenty of other places to fast on Koh Samui and elsewhere in the world. I've heard great things about this one in Turkey, a bit more pricey - <a href="http://www.thelifeco.com/">www.thelifeco.com</a> - set up by friends after visiting the original retreat in Samui.<br />
You might also want to check out <a href="http://www.melaniedaviescleanse.com/">www.melaniedaviescleanse.com</a> - a woman in the UK who can send you the same kind of herbal nutrients for a self-administered cleanse at home..and you still get to eat, just cutting out protein, caffeine, alcohol and the other fun stuff.<br />
I may update my blog during the process. Perhaps I'll post a 'before' and 'after' pic so long as there's notable difference and the former is not too grotesque.<br />
So please keep tuned.<br />
And in the meantime, please do share your tips and plans for feeling your best.<br />
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*With the exception of insects, Humming Birds have the highest metabolism of all animals while in flight, consuming their own body weight in nectar each day.Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-80204251636558072742011-10-28T11:08:00.002+01:002011-10-28T11:54:02.537+01:00Gift ListsI get it. Really I do.<br />
If you don't give guests a list you'll get all manner of crap.<br />
But if I log on to John Lewis' online gift section one more time I'll scream.<br />
It's very handy, of course.<br />
You see the Smiths have requested six bone china plates, eight stoneware mugs, salt and pepper shakers sculpted like birds and so on.<br />
You click something within your budget and hey presto, it's wrapped and delivered to the happy couple.<br />
But where's the romance in that?<br />
One bride I know got so addicted to the goodies, she typed in her password every few minutes to see what shad been bought.<br />
Seven minutes after I'd made a transaction, she called to say thanks.<br />
And a groom I know was gutted no one took the bait for the iPod with super-duper surround system he'd asked for.<br />
"I know it's expensive but I thought a few of the boys might have chipped in," he grumbled.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The polar opposite was Stella McCartney's wedding which I attended six or so years ago.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I used the term 'attended' loosely - I <i>was</i> on the Isle of Bute, but firmly outside the castle gates and mostly inside local pubs trying to pick up stories - I was a showbiz reporter at the time.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Stella asked guests to donate a tree by way of present, which she would plant in an eco-forrest.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/84407/Maccas-girl-I-tree-wed.html?print=yes">I Tree Wed, The Sun</a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Saving the planet is admirable, but people from Dundee can't go asking guests for trees. Trust me, they just can't.</div>So back to John Lewis.<br />
If, like me, you log on three days before the big day only to find everything between the £5k dinning table and £5 toilet brush has gone, vouchers are on offer.<br />
Again, this makes sense - the lovebirds can get what they want.<br />
But if you take a step back, doesn't it seem boorish to say 'here's your invite and by the way, here's a list of things we want.'<br />
When I voiced my concerns to Jamie, his solution was immediate and final.<br />
"We won't have a gift list."<br />
"Really?"<br />
"Really. It's inane."<br />
After thinking about it for a while, I came completely round.<br />
How liberating to have one less list.<br />
For years, he has binned gift lists and instead bought friends six bottles of nice wine from Laithwaites. This strikes me as a good thing to come home to after a honeymoon, when many couples say they feel a bit deflated the high jinx are over.<br />
It's a tradition rarely employed these days, but did you know that in Scotland a 'showing of the gifts' used to be standard?<br />
So the bride or her mother would put every present received on tables and friends would come round to view them.<br />
I remember them from childhood, aunts looking at the written messages with a nod of approval for something expensive-looking or a muttered 'you can get that for a fiver in Woolworths.'<br />
A public praising and shaming - obscene really but mainly well intended, to thank friends for their kindness.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Is it not enough that guests travel and put themselves up in a hotel to be there?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Europe and the perhaps the entire Western economies are teetering on the brink of a financial abyss.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Flights, hotels, outfits run into hundreds of pounds.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A few guests might insist on getting you something and it might be tat or wonderful - either way, they chose it.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">But the only present you ask for is their presence at such a special day.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Schmaltzy but true.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-67025234166476933402011-10-25T13:06:00.004+01:002011-10-25T14:33:12.534+01:00Would You Pay To Try On Dresses?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKumVcYNPusGb9nzE1uDN9RXo6v03o-0koU_cfuZmVS2nWmMd8Ny0W7iCpkwF-r1mN0YoUsD5cwgngN4SQib9Q8SFpyuyPwHPiTLjDodFrKCc20SjzyDyx1RznOcEBNuGI_ty36o7DLkY/s1600/dress-wed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKumVcYNPusGb9nzE1uDN9RXo6v03o-0koU_cfuZmVS2nWmMd8Ny0W7iCpkwF-r1mN0YoUsD5cwgngN4SQib9Q8SFpyuyPwHPiTLjDodFrKCc20SjzyDyx1RznOcEBNuGI_ty36o7DLkY/s1600/dress-wed.jpg" /></a></div><span style="line-height: 150%;">The woman on the other end of the phone is checking her diary to see when she can fit me in to try on bride dresses.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Would midday suit?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Perfect.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“And we will require a payment of £25. I can take it now if you have a credit card at hand.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Sorry?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“A payment of £25.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“What for?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The staff member at Browns Bride put it a certain way.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I asked if, put simply, she meant the charge was to enter the shop and try on frocks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She concurred.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She pointed out they would refund the money should I buy one of their dresses.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Browns in London now also run the exclusive Vera Wang bridal outlet. Women who want to visit both boutiques are charged twice, even though they will – unless loaded or insane – will probably only buy one dress.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">That aside, surely it’s just offensive to ask for payment to enter a shop?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I asked to speak to the manager.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Hello Miss Maxwell. I believe you are wondering why we charge customers when they make a booking?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She explained I would be paying for a service refundable against purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I asked why no other top end bridal designer shop charged – Sassi Holford, Suzanne Neville, Pronovias at Harrods or Temperley to name but a few.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">And why no other service I can think of charges you to consider purchasing their products.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">It doesn’t sound the sharpest thing to do while the world is in economic dire straights.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">B&Q doesn’t charge you to look at their kitchens, or indeed for an hour-long appointment with a designer to show you how it would look in your home.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">A car salesman invests hours every day showing customers his motors. It’s his job.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The annoying bit was, I ventured to the manageress, that friends who have been to Browns say it’s lovely.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">A number of designers are showcased under one floor, which is time-effective for a bride like me who is behind schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Oddly though, no one I’ve spoken to remembers paying to look at gowns.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Perhaps it’s a new thing? Would you pay? Or perhaps you have?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I sighed. “I disagree fundamentally with your policy but I tell you what, I’ll pay £25 to come to both stores.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Rules,” she said, “Cannot be broken.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I countered that rules are there to be changed slightly to take into account the individual needs of the customer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">My mother was flying down, the expense of a Big Day was making my head spin – come on, let’s be reasonable, was my friendly gambit.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Ladies fly from all over the world to come to Browns Bride and we cannot change the rules for any one person.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I’m sure she meant it to sound exclusive but I thought it insufferably crass.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I thanked her and bid farewell.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
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</div>Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-65544745674256174392011-10-22T10:18:00.002+01:002011-10-25T15:39:20.021+01:00Stag Dos: The Dark SideHere I am lying in a hotel bed in Holywood (Belfast, not Los Angeles) with an hour to spare before a friend's wedding.<br />
In that time, I feel it's only right to set the record straight on my last blog which hailed Stags as far superior to Hens.<br />
There is a caveat.<br />
You know the "what goes on tour stays on tour" bit about Stags?<br />
It 'aint pretty.<br />
When you've finished reading this, you may confront your other half and demand to know if the details are correct.<br />
And he will, quite rightly, point out I am but an excitable girl who has in all probability never been on a Stag.<br />
You'll just have to trust me on this one. I know.<br />
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So, let's say a group of male friends go to Barcelona for a long weekend.<br />
They will start off as one, drinking, telling tales and slagging each other off.<br />
Even with new dads, there is no chat of children teething or nappy training.<br />
This does not make them bad fathers; simply aware that it's not the time or place.<br />
At some point in the night - perhaps after dinner and more drinks, this number will split into two distinct camps.<br />
Those who do want to go to a lapdance joint and those who do not.<br />
Sometimes a couple of members of the latter will tag along just for the sport of it.<br />
If they are in a relationship, they know the she would be furious but when in Rome..<br />
The men who were always intent on seeing breasts will sometimes go further. They will pay for sex.<br />
Those who are attached may never cheat at any other time but see a Stag as a golden opportunity, a guilt-free 'time out' that doesn't really count.<br />
You can only hope they are not so drunk they forget about protection. I know of no one directly who has discovered cheating through getting an STD. But it happens.<br />
I believe it's the vast minority who view Stags as a rite of passage to being sexually unfaithful. Most want to drink, laugh and be able - albeit with bleary eyes - to look at themselves in the mirror come morning.<br />
But the bottom line is that, come a point in the night, some men will forget the camaraderie of the Stag and act on their own impulses.<br />
Like a (married) friend of a friend who last year went on a stag in the South of France.<br />
Come midnight, after a solid twelve hours of drinking, his comrades were falling fast.<br />
So he toddled of by himself to the most expensive strip joint in town which charged hundreds of Euros just to enter and hire a booth.<br />
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When he woke three hours later it was with two near-naked girls gyrating inches away and a very expensive bottle of champagne.<br />
The only card he could find to pay the two grand bill was the one to the joint account he shared with his wife.<br />
Needless to say, he wasn't feeling 'too grand' the next morning when she checked their online statements.<br />
Let's switch to the Hen.<br />
If a stripper is hired, it's for the shared experience. This is more comical than a man's 'ooh, look at the **** on that.'<br />
This might extend to a slap on his bottom.<br />
But the sight of some baby-oil-smeared guy trying to be sexy is more likely to have us feeling a little bit embarrassed for him, than magnetise us to his genitals with a one-track mind.<br />
Even the single girls who can do what they like, don't view a weekend away as a mission to pull.<br />
It's about the bride-to-be herself and having fun with the girls.<br />
Of course there are women who have cheated on a Hen; some of them Brides-to-be. But these women are a rarity.<br />
It's not the 'done thing', joked about when they come down sheepishly for breakfast the next day.<br />
It's flaunting a betrayal of the man back home and that's not tolerated.<br />
I stick by the sentiment of my last blog - Stags are more fun than Hens.<br />
But then, I guess that depends on your idea of fun.Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270023104724364344.post-23533160597682573142011-10-19T11:59:00.002+01:002012-02-04T17:02:10.905+00:00Martel Maxwell's Stag Do For GirlsStags are more fun than Hens. Fact.<br />
Men go to Iceland or the Algarve, say things like "what goes on tour stays on tour" and wake up in jail.<br />
The last Hen I was on, someone brought their baby.<br />
In fairness it turned out to be a hoot, but that's not the point.<br />
Men see a get-away with the boys as an extravagance, but one to which they are entitled. A rite of passage.<br />
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They decide to go, wherever it is, spend the same as their pals and worry about the bill afterwards.<br />
If he's under the thumb, he will:<br />
<b>a)</b> refer to her covertly as 'The War Office' or;<br />
<b>b)</b> keep a secret bank account, so as not to be nagged <i>ad nauseam</i> upon return.<br />
Studies show women worry up to twice as much about money as men.<br />
When it comes to Hens, this translates to fretting about cost from the off.<br />
So sympathetic brides-to-be are more likely to opt for a spa day or weekend in the UK.<br />
Each to their own, but I want a trip to remember.<br />
And in part, hopefully not.<br />
As you know, I'm way behind on planning. Anything.<br />
So my friend Zoe kindly offered to take the reigns, ably assisted by my sister Holly and pal Sal.<br />
"So Max (the first half of my surname) what <i>do</i> you want to do?"<br />
"Go to Vegas."<br />
I knew it was never going to happen. The cost, a couple have newborns, others can't get time off work.<br />
But she did ask.<br />
"Ok," I conceded, "but I don't want the highlight of the weekend to be a manicure and glass of champagne."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hen do hell</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Our first destination idea for <i>'Martel Maxwell's Stag Do For Girls'</i> was Marrakesh.<br />
The group emails (there will be ten to fifteen of us) were flying, excitement mounting at our Moroccan adventure with kaftans and couscous; fezzes and fine wines.<br />
Until, that is, Venetia pointed out drunk women are arrested and put in prison.<br />
While this is one way of making it Stag-like, it's not ideal.<br />
Females entering a bar are considered prostitutes.<br />
My initial response - that this is a good thing as it will increase the single girls' pulling power, was not shared by The Team.<br />
We are now thinking Ireland and specifically Kinsale, where the Guinness is great and food delicious, the town known as the country's culinary capital.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martel Maxwell's stag weekend for girls</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The flights are reasonable and we should be able to hire a couple of cottages with ocean views.<br />
I envisage a rustic bar with fiddles and giggles, seafood that melts in the mouth and clubs that throw us out when the lights come up.<br />
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"Irish Si."<br />
"What do you mean 'Irish Si'? What's his surname?"<br />
A frowning Him: "Dunno actually."<br />
"You can't bloody have someone on the list if you don't know their surname."<br />
We are three drinks in to the Dutch courage it has taken to start our Guest List.<br />
My homage to starting this blog yesterday is finding a nice beer garden in Greenwich and ordering halves of Guinness to Jamie's pints. Because that stone is not going to lose itself.<br />
That and the fact we brim with Celtic genes.<br />
Jamie, who may possibly have a medical phobia about being told what to do, is affronted.<br />
"Of course he's coming. I've had at least ten of the best nights out I've ever had with Irish Si."<br />
To settle the matter, he calls a friend who furnished him with Simon's surname. With a flourish, he adds this to his list, along with a 'plus one' for his wife.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have set an upper limit of 200.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I tell former brides this they pucker their lips and say things like "Oh that's...ambitious,""Really?" or "We had 120. That was more than enough."</div>It's not a boast of popularity; simply a reflection on the amount of friends you collect by the time you hit your early thirties.<br />
School, university, work, kindred spirits picked up along the way. They mount up.<br />
And I think Scottish weddings often are a bit bigger.<br />
I have enforced a rules to keep things getting silly. I say enforced..it works for me and Jamie may come round.<br />
<b>1</b>. If I didn't go to their wedding, they won't be at mine.<br />
My intended says this is a silly rule. If you like them and want them there, what difference does it make? Your friendship may have changed since they wed.<br />
<b>2</b>. Other than family, no children.<br />
This is a political minefield in itself and one best saved for a future post.<br />
The real fear is of leaving someone loved and downright obvious off the wedding list.<br />
Like the time mum forgot to pick a Great Aunt up for my seventh birthday party.<br />
It wasn't until we were headed back from the church hall, where the little boys in kilts had stabbed each other with pencils and cried, that mum screeched the car to a halt.<br />
She later apologised for the strange words that came out of her mouth.<br />
Auntie had sat on her sofa for two hours waiting for us to arrive, before sighing and taking off her new dress.<br />
When I think of her, I smile.<br />
And that makes me think perhaps Jamie has it right after all.<br />
What better 'rule' for inclusion than: I think of them and remember the good times. They're coming because they make me smile.<br />
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Not if that means I am living, breathing and daydreaming about the big day; revelling in the finishing touches - that seems to come naturally to everyone else.<br />
I've met the man of my dreams, love him and can't wait for a future with him.<br />
Yet looking through bridal magazines and attending wedding fares has done nothing short of put me into a mild manic.<br />
This is not in character - I love a party and am not averse to being the centre of attention.<br />
But the relentless questions from those who have 'been there' are terrifying. "Will you take his name?" "What boutiques have you been to?" "How many guests?" "Menu?" "Bridesmaids?" "Where's the hen do?"<br />
Perhaps it's the desire to be different. Or fear of being the same. Either way, the thought of being on this monstrous conveyor belt which churns out similar-looking women in white dresses is terrifying and I'm sure I can't be alone.<br />
This blog is for me to keep a public diary and therefore force myself to get a move on.<br />
Perhaps it will be a comfort to women who are similarly scared stiff of getting it right. And hopefully it will be a journey from this paralysis of indecision to our perfect day.<br />
There are only six months left and by April 27, 2012 a fair bit to do - get a dress, create a wedding from scratch, make it original, lose a stone. You know, everything.<br />
I will achieve these dizzying heights with your help. So please, keep tuned.Martel Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424029610127283200noreply@blogger.com3