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Been coveting a pair of iconic red-soled stilettos? As Christian Louboutins exclusive off-price stockist, THEOUTNET.COM is selling 1,000 pairs of signature red-soled shoes before the end of October. To be in with a chance to shop with discounts up to 55% off, customers will need to register their interest at THEOUTNET.COM
Katie Holmes has been looking smoking hot lately and now FEMAIL can reveal her secret. Say hello to this season's hottest (and Katie's favourite) eye candy: Bobbi Brown's Smokey Eye Collection. There are a staggering 24 new shadows - in matte, metallic, shimmer and sparkle - amazing kohl liners and lash lengthening mascara. Prepare to smoulder.
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One of Femail's favourite British designers, Matthew Williamson, has teamed up with TONI&GUY; Hair Meet Wardrobe to create this eye-catching limited edition wash bag. Dubbed 'Rainbow Zebra', the vivid and colourful bag aims to encapsulate the free-spirited, vibrant style that makes Matthew a firm favourite amongst fashion's finest (hello, Sienna Miller). The graphic print tote is packed with some of the hair giant's most iconic products including Heat Protection Mist & Creative Extreme Hold Hairspray and Casual Sea Salt Spray. £12, Boots.
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This Boho Pop Bag Blue, £63.20, is the perfect arm candy for any outfit. The super cute satchel is available on Fab.com, which is officially our new go-to website for fall fashion and fun accessories.
Featuring a far-reaching NIKKOR lens with 22x optical zoom covering from wide-angle 25 mm to super-telephoto 550 mm, the Nikon Coolpix s9500 is ideal for any Christmas stocking. It's a slim, sleek camera that packs all the performance you need to look forward to your next eye-opening journey. £209
Plooms fountain pens, £59
Entrepreneurs Gill Hayward and Kellie Forbes won the backing of two Dragons Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden in 2012 for their range of Yuu childrens bags and accessories. Yuubags offer adjustable straps, cleverly designed inside components to hold items in place, a chest strap and a whistle. Each Yuubag also comes with its own range of free accessories including a Yuufun pack with colouring pencils, detachable pencil case, A4 pad, magnetic snakes and ladder game, keying, desk card and full membership card to Yuuclub. Christmas stocking filler, anyone? YUUbags start at £38
Every Saturday and Sunday Japanese restaurant aqua Kyoto offers guests modern and innovation Japanese dining accompanied by limitless Veuve Clicquot champagne for just £55 per person. On offer is an impressive array of delicious Japanese appetizers including a selection of mixed sashimi and sushi rolls, chilled inaniwa noodles, seared salmon sashimi with yuzu soy and beef tataki with onion ponzu. Guests are then offered a main dish from the spectacular sumibiyaki (charcoal) grill and a choice of traditional desserts. Did someone say champagne showers?
MaxFactor Whipped Creme Foundation, Boots, £9.99
Following the success of their Mayfair salon, Eleven Hair have unveiled a new uber stylish salon in the heart of Covent Garden. Prepare to leave the with the bounciest of blow dries courtesy of super cool salon director, Ben White.
Carita have unveiled their most dazzling product to date. Their Diamond of Beauty Eyes (£260.00) combines the most advanced technology and anti-ageing expertise to energise and relax the eye area, leaving skin with a youthful glow and literal sparkle. Shine bright like a diamond.
Leighton will be donating 20 per cent from all gross sales across all products including the award winning Sun Believable skin finishing/tanning range, Lip Dual and Leighton Denny Expert Nails.
We are lusting after the NARS Guy Bourdin Holiday Colour Collection this week. With saturated, high-intensity lipsticks, blushes, eyeshadows and nail polishes, the collection is a nod to all things bright and beautiful (plus, there's lots of on-trend purples in there). The colour pop collection is an ode to François Nars childhood hero, french photographer Bourdin, who he credits for inspiring him to become a makeup artist.
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THORPE PARKS Fright Nights is back and even bigger for Halloween 2013, presented, for the first time, with Lionsgate UK. Running on selected dates in October and November, the horror movie takeover combines live-action mazes based on some of the worlds most iconic horror films, with the chance to ride exhilarating rollercoasters in the dark.For more information and to book, visit THORPEPARK.com
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The new unique formula of ASTALIFT Light Analysing Moisture Foundation combines Fujifilm's 70 year heritage in light and colour with the latest intelligent scientific formulas to hit the market. Created to recognise and reflect colour by warming up skin tones delivering smooth, natural complexion, regardless of time of day light intensity or angle. With full coverage, a velvet matte finish and long wearability this new wonder product will last from morning, midday to night time in one expert application, trust us! £29
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KIT OUT YOUR KIDS FOR HALLOWEEN
Your essential fancy dress and treats
George at ASDA have brought up a stomach-turning zombie outfit - complete with exposed intestines. If he likes guts and gore hell love this zombie fancy dress costume. With torn fabric, imitation blood stains and 3D guts, hell have people running away with fear this Halloween. Includes face mask. 100 per cent Polyester.
£10
Krispy Kreme's new Cobweb doughnut is available now in stores. Hand-dipped in chocolate icing and filled with their signature kreme, this treat is sure to make a great home for eight-legged creatures! Contains: Wheat, Eggs, Milk, Soya, Lupin. May contain: Nuts.
You can sew your own tutu for your creepy ballerina with a Simplicity costume pattern. The toddler and child costume pattern comes with with knit leggings and hair accessories. You can choose from fairy, pumpkin, ladybug, flower or zebra.
£5.95
Yoomoo frozen yogurt's brand new and limited edition flavour spookymoo features chocolate frozen yogurt served with popping candy and white chocolate spooky skulls. Their frozen yogurt is completely fat free - far better for your little ones than all the candy theyll be scavenging.
£3.95
It's that time of year again when Cadbury's release their fondant filled milk chocolate egg - with green yolk. Their Halloween version of the famous Creme Egg, Screme Egg, comprises a Cadbury milk chocolate egg containing a white and green fondant filling (known officially as goo).
Around 99p each.
While the kids are doing their thing, or once they've gone to bed, adults can nestle down for a Walking Dead Season 3 marathon with the new box set. In the highly anticipated new season, Rick and his fellow survivors continue to seek refuge in a desolate and post-apocalyptic world and soon discover that there are greater forces to fear than just the walking dead. The struggle to survive has never been so perilous.
£27.50 from Amazon
This Bones Sleepsuit form Nutmeg is perfect attire in which to dress your baby up for trick or treating fun this Halloween. It comes in Newborn to 12 months size and is glow in the dark!
£6.00
No Halloween costume is complete without some creepy accessories. Poundland have loads of suitable headwear, spooky tights, eyelashes, makeup, nails, fangs and costumes to truly bring your Halloween to life. Stick these on your tots for cute vampire-baby appeal.
Chewits' Freaky Faces and Vampire Fangs make great goodies for the little ghouls and ghosts that arrive at your doorstep this Halloween. They make quite a tempting, yet terrifying treat.
RRP 99p
With ASDA's light-up pirate fancy dress costume your little one will look authentic this Halloween. Complete with a captains hat, layered-look draping, hip sword, and even a light-up skill front, hell be the king of the high seas and the costume competition. Comes in sizes 3-8 years and features a light-up front, hat included and authentic jagged-cut hems. 100 per cent Polyester.
£10
The Halloween Tote form Lands' End is 100 per cent cotton and is round and fully open at the top, making it easy for both your child and the generous treater. With a reinforced bottom and handles itll hold loads of loot, year after year, and hold up when the weather's less than perfect. With self-fabric appliqués. Spot clean Imported.
Lands' End can help your girl get ready for Halloween without scaring anyone. Their long sleeve Halloween graphic tee is pretty and purple and just £16.95.
Give your little ones the Albert Einstein look with white hairspray. This can is £2.99 from Aldi, and you can choose from five colours: Orange; Black; Green; White and Red.
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Be prepared for Trick or Treaters on 31st October with this jar of retro sweets from Gobstopper. It's jam-packed with old favourites including flying saucers, Refreshers and Love Hearts, in fact you might want to endure a trick rather than give them away! The jars are available in three sizes (0.5ltr, 1ltr and 3ltr, starting from £9.99) from www.thegobstopper.co.uk
Aldi have now added a Rosé to their award-winning Grapevine range. The Grapevine Tempranillo Garnacha Rosé has a fruity flavour with hints of strawberries and cherries. It's also light on your wallet at £3.29 a bottle.
Not content with cornering the savoury market, Pringles have launched some limited edition sweet flavours. They say the Mint Choc and Sweet Cinnamon crisps 'are designed to get your friends and family talking and are sure to be gobbled up with intrigue'. They certainly had this effect in the Femail office but while the cinnamon ones did get some praise, the mint choc were not as well-received. Try them for yourself when they go on sale in October till Christmas at Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrison, RRP £2.49
New Smirnoff Gold is a blend of Smirnoff No.21 premium vodka with a hint of natural cinnamon flavouring, garnished with real edible 23 carat gold leaf. Perfect for seasonal cocktails.
RRP £21.96
We love Tiana's range of 100% raw, fair-trade and organic coconut products including coconut water and oil. Healthy and tasty. Available from Holland and Barrett.
Officially called 'instant regret hot burning peanuts', each of these devilish snacks from Firebox has been generously coated with a 1 million Scoville Naga Chilli mix. Lethal.
Firebox, £6.99
Fox's new Caffe Snaps and Caffe Thins have been created especially to go with coffee... and the two do go marvelously well together. Available in hazelnut or caramel flavour, they're posh biscuits without the posh pricetag.
RRP from £1.19
From September Godiva will be relaunching its iconic truffle collection with a host of new flavours as well as introducing the Truffes Légendaires gift box, comprising a historical selection of truffles, each representing a highlight in Godiva's 60 year history of truffle dating as far back as the first truffle created in 1946. Each Truffle in the gift box has a story to tell from decade to decade through to the current day.
From £16
Olives Et Al's new seasonal range of tangy marinades, sauces and dressings includes the Mojo Pink Grapefruit, a sweet and sour combination of grapefruit juice, honey, garlic, cumin, mustard and oregano, perfect poured over a mound of crispy Romaine lettuce to accompany a barbequed pulled pork brioche bun.
Available in delis nationwide and online at www.olivesetal.co.uk from £4
Anthony Wilson, principal scientist at Diageo drinks and son of one of Baileys Original Irish Cream's creators Steve Wilson, has spent three years coming up with Baileys Chocolat Luxe, fusing real Belgian chocolate with alcohol 'in a way that delivers the multi-sensory experience of chocolate in a glass'. Creamy, sweet and naughty: a molten bar of Belgian chocolate that will make you giggle.
Baileys Chocolat Luxe is available exclusively at Harvey Nichols now and available nationwide from October, retailing at £16.99 for 50cl
This delightful Italian restaurant has just reopened following a major design overhaul. Located on the picturesque Kensington Park Road, it feels like you've stepped into sunny Rome. Giving YO! Sushi a run for its money, Luna Rossa have installed a conveyor belt serving Southern Italian sfizi (small pates), giving you chance to try all of the culinary delights on offer. The a la carte offers pizza al metro, grills and salads, as well as cheeses and hams. Highlights include the Gnocci, San Marzano tomatoes & burrata, Lemon & chili oyster chicken and Angus flat iron steak. Delizioso!
Coeliacs used to get a pretty bum deal when it came to sandwiches. Not anymore. Thanks to bready brands such as BFree - whose products are all void of wheat and gluten - people allergic or intolerant to these ingredients can slice, toast and spread with the rest of us. And now they can wrap, too. BFree's new Multigrain Wraps are also dairy- and egg-free, high in fibre, low in fat and contain only 99 calories each. Even the gluten-munching among us might pick up a pack....
Available in Asda stores nationwide, RRP £2.80 for six. www.bfreefoods.com
Appplewood smokey cheddar is, er, spreading its wings and unveiling a delicious new soft version: aptly named Applewood Spreadable. The unique smoky cheese hails from Ilchester, Somerset, and was first made in 1965 by farmer Ken Seaton. This stuff still boasts the cheese's distinctive flavour and is great spread thickly on a toasted bagel.
Available to buy nationwide from Tesco, Asda, Co-Op, Waitrose and Ocado. RRP £1.50, 175g. www.applewoodcheese.co.uk
Following the launch of Knorr Gravy Pots in beef and chicken last year, Knorr has launched a new onion variety. The delicious, rich gravy tastes just like homemade and is perfect for teaming with sausage and mash.
Sold in Sainsbury's, Tesco and Asda. RRP £1.79.
A limited edition series of Ski Dessert Style Yogurts kicks off with Lemon Cheesecake, a tangy blend of refreshing citrus flavours, Ski yoghurt and crunchy biscuit pieces. Each pot contains just 1g of fat and 92 calories.
Available in Asda and selected Tesco stores from September, priced £1.59 for four.
It's time to get out the picnic blankets, dust off the BBQ and impress friends with the new Arniston Bay The Reef pouch with dispensing tap. This convenient 1.5 litre carry bag (that's TWO bottles' worth) is resealable and environmentally friendly, with an 80 per cent lower carbon footprint compared to glass. It doesn't allow oxygen back into the bag to help keep wine fresher for longer. It can keep up to six weeks in the fridge. The pouch is available in Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc. £12, ASDA
For the ground coffee drinkers who want to savour the flavour in an instant, simply add hot water to Percol FUSION® All Bean Instant origins. The new coffee range uses unique technology to create a more intense taste. The coffee is made from 100 per cent Arabica coffee beans, handpicked and finely ground, then fused into the freeze dried instant coffee chips. It comes in three flavours: Colombia, Guatemala and super strong Kilimanjaro.
£4.85 from Tesco of Sansbury's
Comprising of a delicious selection of recipes, information and tips on how to cook with potatoes, this handy guide will show you how to get the best out of the nation's favourite comfort food.
www.manyfacesofpotatoes.co.uk
Yoomoos National Frozen Yogurt Day takes place on Saturday July 20. Their seven British branches will offer free samples, Guess the Weight competitions - and members of the public can even be in with a chance of winning a year's free frozen yogurt.
Davidstow cheese have launched a selection of new smelly delights, including this 3 year reserve special vintage Cornish cheddar. It's powerfully fab.
RRP 200g £2.79
This is very clever. New foodie start-up Yoosli have created an online service enabling you to mix your own organic muesli and have it delivered to your breakfast table. Whether you want spelt flakes, yoghurt clusters, amaranth puffs, quinoa balls, chips of macadamia nut, dried goji berry or chocolate crispies, these guys have it all. And a weekly subscription would be a great surprise present for the cereal-muncher in your life.
www.yoosli.com, price from £3.15
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Eat17's Bacon Jam and Chilli Bacon Jam came together in their Walthamstow kitchen, and it's so good now Waitrose want a piece of it. Celebrities including Lisa Snowden and Sarah Jessica-Parker have confessed their love for Bacon Jam which is made from top notch ingredients including British smoked Denhay Bacon, bourbon, fresh rosemary and garlic. The bacon and the chilli varieties will launch in Waitrose first, followed by the onion and the chorizo in autumn. Perfect for bbq season.
Waitrose, £3.49
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To celebrate 2013 as the 60th anniversary year of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation (and also the year of the arrival of the Baby of Cambridge), Walkers Shortbread have unveiled a new range of three royaltastic biscuit tins. In keeping with its classical and world renowned traditional tartan design, each of the new commemorative tins house official Royal illustrations and portraits, making them the ideal keep sake or gift to celebrate the historical occasion.
Royal Tin Gold Coronation, £7.00; Balmoral Castle Tin, £7.00; Buckingham Palace Tin, £6.50; buy online and at selected retailers
itsu's 3-minute noodle pots low-cal delicious, available in Sainsbury's in two delicious flavours, Original Thai and Thai Spicy (vegetarian). They have less than 500 calories per pot, and still manage to fill you up - without weighing you down. To prepare, simply place the noodles, broth, and vegetables in the pot, add boiling water, wait three minutes, stir and tuck in. RRP £2
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HALLOWEEN PARTY COCKTAILS
Thanks to Spirit Animals
Ingredients: 40ml Green Chartreuse 25ml Lime juice 75ml Pineapple juice
Method: Serve long over crushed ice and garnish with a float of Bols blue curaçao. By Kyle Gibson of Lab, London
Dark Circus Party's Halloween special on October 26 is a collaboration between Bourne & Hollingsworth and Torture Garden. Thrill-seekers can sip on potent concoctions and watch aerialists and contortionists inside the Big Top at the Camden Centre.
To celebrate, their top bartender has rustled up a spooky cocktail you an make at home, or order from him...
Ingredients: 30ml Armagnac 30ml Blackberry steeped Shiraz 20ml Crème de cassis liqueuer 5ml Sugar syrup Dash Angustura bitters
Method: Shake the drink and serve it over crushed ice. Garnish it with a clove studded orange wedge, mint sprig and seasonal berries. To make the Shiraz, use 12 blackberries and one cinnamon stick per 250ml of wine. Steep overnight.
By Dan Collins
Spicy Calle 23 Reposado Tequila shaken with Cranberry liqueur, passionfruit juice, fresh lime and vanilla sugar, finished with two dashes of our homemade chilli bitters.
Ingredients: 35ml Calle 23 reposado tequila 15ml cranberry liqueur 25ml passionfruit juice 25ml passionfruit purée 15ml fresh lime juice 10ml vanilla sugar syrup 2 dashes homemade chilli bitters Or 2 slices of fresh Thai chilli Homemade bitters: A blend of Hanenero, chipotle, naga, Birdseye chillies aged in high proof alcohol with a few secret ingredients.
Method: shake and fine strain.
Serves 2-5 people.
Ingredients: 25ml El Jimador Blanco Tequila 25ml Ocho Blanco 25ml Tapatio Blanco 25ml Velvet Falernum herbal liqueur 50ml Bols blue curacao liqueur 50ml Sugar syrup 50ml lime juice 100ml Apple juice
Method: Pour all ingredients into a large punchbowl (preferably one shaped like a skull) fill it up with cubed ice and top it up with crushed ice. Garnish it with mint sprigs and empty the contents of a passion fruit onto the ice (brain susbstance)
By Alastair Fraser of London Cocktail Club Oxford Circus
Ingredients: 40ml Skipper Rum 10ml Toussaint Coffee Liqueur 15g unsalted butter 15g pumpkin butter Pinch ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger 200ml apple juice 10ml vanilla syrup
Method: Melt the butter in a saucepan, add spices and cook for a little bit. Stir in pumpkin butter and then add the Rum and the Coffee Liqueuer. Stir in apple juice and vanilla syrup and warm through. Spice to taste. Serve in a latte glass with some candy corn and a Halloween sugar cookie
By Nicci Stringfellow
Ingredients: 40ml Spicy rum (Sailor Jerry) 8.5ml vanilla liqueur (Galiano) Two table spoons of sugar pumpkin syrup Dash orange juice
Method: Make sugar pumpkin syrup mixed with cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and fresh pumpkin pulp Top with splash of orange juice
From the bartenders at London's Bunga Bunga
Ingredients: 50ml Los Danzantes joven Mezcal 20ml White Cacao liqueur 10ml Vanilla Syrup 2 dashes Bitterman's Xocolatl mole Bitters
Method: Garnish the martiniglass with a rim of grated dark chocolate and cayennepepper. Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake the drink and strain it into the chocolate rimmed glass.
By Bea Bradsell of El Camion and the Pink Chihuahua
Ingredients: 40ml El Jimador Blanco Tequila (from Sainsbury's or Waitrose) 10ml Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur (or Cointreau) 10ml Fresh Lime 10ml Fresh Blood Orange Top with Ting Grapefruit Soda
Method: Build and serve in a long glass with lots of Ice
Ingredients: 25ml Portobello Road Gin (available in Waitrose) 15ml Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur (or Cointreau) 10ml Sweet Vermouth 10ml Dry vermouth 20ml Blood Orange Juice
Method: Shake with Ice. Double strain into a Martini Glass. Garnish with cherry or blood orange twist.
Ingredients: 37.5ml vodka 12.5ml baileys Dash grenadine Method: Mix and garnish with a severed Jelly Baby (the sweets) head. Make at home or try the Honky Tonk Massacre in its full glory at Honky Tonk, where the cocktail is created with special jelly baby infused vodka.
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Released this week, Mo Farah's autobiography will be top of every runner's Christmas list. In it, he relates how he fled Somalia for England at the age of eight - leaving his twin brother behind - and eventually honed his running talent to become double Olympic champion.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton RRP £20
Ashmei have released a new range of reflective clothing so runners can keep their training up as the nights draw in. The 'night runners' collection has also been designed to keep the wearer warm and dry in winter weather. Women's jacket, pictured, £200, from www.ashmei.com
It's not something many will want to share about exercising but research has shown 1 in 4 women can experience stress urinary incontinence when working out. To tackle the embarrassing problem, EVB have developed special sports shorts. They are made with moisture-wicking, anti-bacterial treatments and have a discreet mesh lining to hold a pad. The compression shorts also support the pelvis and abdomen so they're a great choice for mothers resuming exercise after having a baby.
www.evbsportsshorts.com
In aid of October's Breast Cancer Awareness month, Zumba Fitness have released a special edition line of apparel and accessories. Thirty per cent from each item sold, like this £18.42 T-shirt (pictured), will go to the Zumba Global Reseach Grant, which is investigating the prevention of breast cancer worldwide. So not only will you look stylish as you bust some Zumba moves, you'll also be supporting a great cause.
Available from www.zumba.com
Now you can wear your running PBs with pride thanks to a colour-coded range from Xempo. Simply input your time on their website (www.xempo.co.uk) and they'll tell you which T-shirt and vest you've earnt the right to wear. The clothes also state your marathon time so you can show off when you've hit your target - whether it's sub 3, 4 or 5 hours.
Adidas have been boosting runners with their new range of trainers and now they want to boost charity coffers. The sports brand are supporting Breast Cancer Awareness month with a new range including this Aktiv Pink Ribbon Hooded Long Sleeve T-shirt, £33, (pictured). A 10 per cent donation will be made to Breakthrough Breast Cancer for every item in the collection sold.
Available in store and online at www.adidas.co.uk
BOXING CLEVERFancy yourself as Rocky Balboa but don't actually want to get hurt? Then try non-contact boxing which will help you improve your fitness, strength and posture without any danger of getting a cauliflower ear. Hilary Lissenden, a coach and judge for the Amateur Boxing Association of England has compiled The Complete Guide to Boxing Fitness with everything you need to know.
RRP £19.99 published by Bloomsbury
Banish bouncing breasts while you workout with this layered technical vest with an inner crop top for extra support, £25, Next.co.uk
TV presenter and keen runner Jenni Falconer has a new range of fitness clothing out now. The collection, available from Debenhams, includes capri leggings, vests and crop tops.
www.debenhams.com/women/xpg-by-jenni-falconer
Fitness Freak's pop-up rave class is an intensely choreographed aerobic session with a live DJ spinning 90s dance classics. All you need to do is turn up in your finest neon gym gear clutching a handful of glo-sticks at the Camden Centre on Euston Road in King's Cross ON Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 September. To book visit http://www.fitness-freak.com
Stella McCartney unveiled her Spring/Summer 14 collection for Adidas at London Fashion Week. The designer said she wanted to banish black in sportswear and show it can be stylish as well as practical.
Elite coach Mark Barfield has written 'Triathlon - the Go Faster Guide' to help everyone from beginners to pros improve on their run, bike and swim. RRP £18.99, published by Bloomsbury Sport
Fitness clothing that heats up while you work out... and actually BURNS MORE CALORIES. Yes, you heard us right. That means less work for more benefits. What could possibly be better than that? Now with a turned-over waistband for a more flattering, more comfortable fit.
From www.zaggora.com
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Supermodels use this before they train - yes, SUPERmodels. Also a whole host of Victoria's Secret girls and other slender, fit stars whose thighs we all covet. It's from hot A-list gym Bodyism and is devised by wellness guru James Duigan. The pre-training anti-oxidant blend has acai, brindle berries, green tea and protein to help you metabolise fat and assist your body to produce energy.
£50 from www.bodyism.com or www.spacenk.com
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The Heylin T-shirt from Regatta is a sporty top with contrast colour side panels for a figure flattering look while training in the park, gym or at home.
£6.50 from regatta.com
Personal trainer to the stars Matt Roberts has released his own range of supplements. On sale at Ocado, they come in different formulas depending on your needs eg for a pre-workout boost or to aid your digestive system. Prices start at £14.99, www.mattroberts.co.uk
Discover the trade secrets of a personal trainer with this new series of handbooks from Bloomsbury. Fitness expert Steve Barrett explains how to tone up with The Total Kettlebell Workout and The Total Suspended Bodyweight Training Workout, £14.99 each
Working out is always a more alluring prospect when you've got shiny new gear. We love the colourful new range from adidas - leggings in yellow or blue (£27) and a vest in cherry red (£26). Also fab is a black and white tie-dye leggings and crop top. Run off and restock!
Visit www.adidas.com
HPE clothing use the latest innovations to create style as well as comfort such as this Formula40 Yoga bra, £40, that has antimicrobial silver technology which is said to resist harmful bacterial build up in the fabric.
Samantha Magee's new book Pregnancy and Yoga is a guide to how to perform moves safely with pictures, explanations and other tips to help mums-to-be have a smooth and happy pregnancy
RRP £16.99 published by Bloomsbury
Chafing can be a big problem for runners so sports clothing brand Run Breeze have developed 'Runderwear'. The briefs come in men's and women's styles and are designed for maximum comfort and minimal irritation
Visit www.runbreeze.com/
Marilyn Monroe's favorite bedtime ritual earns her a Chanel campaign - over 50 years after her death
BEAUTY NEWS
THINK PINK: THE BEST BREAST CANCER PRODUCTS
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Leighton will be donating 20 per cent from all gross sales across all products including the award winning Sun Believable skin finishing/tanning range, Lip Dual and Leighton Denny Expert Nails.
Sold exclusively in Debenhams, the Windsmoor mid length Palomino coat is priced at £299, with a percentage of sales going to the breast cancer charity initiative Think Pink. The Jacques Vert Group's Mum & Me Coatwalk collection is priced from £230 to £299, and includes stylish designs from Windsmoor, Kaliko, Jacques Vert, Precis Petite, Planet, Minuet Petite, Eastex and Dash.
How long did it take you to do THAT? Gravity-defying hairstyles you won't want to try at home
The Alternative Hair Show is one of the world's most prestigious hairdressing events, bringing together international teams of hair artists. The show was launched 30 years ago by acclaimed hair designer Tony Rizzo to raise money for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research following the death of his son Valentino and - to date - over £9 million has been raised.
FOOD, RECIPES & COOKING
Mocktail recipes: Go sober for October with these alcohol-free drinks
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1 x 375ml Bundaberg Ginger Beer
1 x whole Orange
1 x whole Lemon
1 x cup of chopped Pineapple
Instructions
Blend all the fruit together with ice. pour Ginger Beer over fruit and stir gently.
Diced topless strawberries
Rindless Diced Orange and lime
Mint Leaves
1 x 340ml Bundaberg Lemon, Lime and Bitters
1 x 340ml Bundaberg Blood Orange
Grenadine
Sugar Syrup
Sugar Cane and Strawberry Garnishes
Instructions
Blend fruit and mint. Pour drinks over mixture with ice and garnish with strawberries and a mint leaf.
2 x Large Bananas
1 x tray of Ice
2 x Scoops Lime Sorbet
1 x 340ml Bundaberg Pink Grapefruit
Instructions
Place all ingredients into a blender and mix on high. Pour into 4 tall chilled glasses and serve.
Ingredients
470ml Cranberry Juice
235ml Pineapple Juice
235ml Orange Juice
1 x jar of maraschino cherries
2 tablespoons lemon juice
355mL Bundaberg Ginger Beer
1 orange, sliced ice
Instructions
In a jug, combine cranberry juice, pineapple juice, orange juice, cherry juice and lemon juice. Serve over ice, top with Ginger Beer and stir. Garnish with a cherry and slice of orange.
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