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Love is in the air, but do you love your hair? The shops are chock full of yummy valentines treats and huge bouquets, but unfortunately sometimes we all forget to love our hair.

Beautiful, strong and healthy hair needs tender loving attention too, any hair type can be luscious, shiny, thick, bouncy and flowing given a little time, patience and affection.

Take Time to Tailor

Hair types are different and varied, which may mean you need to experiment a little to find the right shampoo and conditioner for you. Always invest in good products- read the ingredients of the products your testing and you’ll learn to tailor the products to the needs of your hair. Avoid products which strip moisture usually those containing high concentrations of sodium laureth sulphate and avoid heavy creams if your hair is very fine or limp. Style Union have a fantastic range of products on the site to suit all hair types including Kerastase Resistance Bain Volumactive for Fine hair and Kerastase Lait Vital for dry/normal hair.

Too Hot Too Handle

Over heating your hair is a huge no no, try to limit the time your hair is exposed to extreme heat. I know that’s easier said that done when you have really unruly hair and have to be out the door in five mins. Try seeing heat as a treat, use the straighteners when you have a lovely special night out and always use heat protector serum, creams or spray to protect it before such as Kerastase Resistance Ciment Thermique for weak and damaged hair and smoothing serums or creams after such as L’Oreals Techni Art Gloss Control Plus for all hair types.

Don’t Play Rough

Rumbling your hair, pulling at it, tying it up in tight scratchy bobbles will break it to bits, gently handle your hair at all times- imagine it’s made of very fine lace, you wouldn’t pull vintage lace on a wedding dress would you? Well the same goes for your hair. To strengthen your hair and protect it use Redken’s Extreme Range for weak and damaged hair or L’Oreals Serie Expert Force Vector Range to help strengthen hair both fantastic products that make for strong locks.

Damage Limitation

Like a Rose your hair needs a quick prune every now and again to ensure the damaged areas are taken away, when hair splits it goes right up your hair shaft, it doesn’t stop until all your hair is split, so going without that little inch snip now will mean you may have to get a lot more lopped off.

Maintenance and Moisture

Maintain your hair with excellent products and pamper it with intense hydration on a weekly basis, like your weekly face mask your hair deserves extra special help and treatment, hair losses moisture quickly like your skin and needs the support. Try Kerastase’s Nutritive Masquintense for soft, supple and glossy hair or L’Oreal’s Techni Art Crystal Gloss for a luminous, glass-like shine.

So this Valentines don’t forget to care for your hair, make sure to treat it with kindness and respect, shield it from harmful nasties, indulge its individual whims and you too can look forward to glowing gorgeous results.Go to Style Union to treat yourself…

Electronic Ink sounds like something you might read in a science fiction novel but it’s very much today’s technology and is utilised beautifully by Phosphor Watches. This revolutionary display produces a high contrast, black and white clock face with an almost paper-like style, creating a watch that sets itself apart from any other. The display has the ability to switch between white on black to black on white at the press of a button. It can also change between a standard numeric digital display in one mode, and a graphical hour clock display in another.

E-ink is a fusion of chemistry, physics and electronics creating a new revolutionary material. Made up of tiny microcapsules containing black and white charged particles, they can be brought to the surface with the use of electrodes. The result is a sharp, easy to read display that is sure to get noticed. This technology also means there is ultra low power consumption.

The watches have a futuristic minimal appeal and come with either a leather strap or PU (polyurethane) strap.

Ice Age 3 is rapidly becoming a best selling DVD, and to further it’s momentum the new Ice Age 3 Dawn of the Dinosaurs Wii Game is pretty cracking. Available on other platforms, it’s the Wii Game my children particularly like.

Best Price:

It’s available at the following stores, keep reading below for information about this game:

Manufacturer’s Description
Join Ice Age’s unlikely herd of prehistoric pals for their wildest, wackiest, most exciting adventure yet! For the first time, play as six beloved Ice Age characters as they embark on a rescue mission across melting snow to the mysterious Dinosaur World – an all-new, fur-raising jungle of carnivorous plants, lush foliage and fierce dinosaurs. Based on the highly anticipated Fox film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, it’s a rollicking ride of mammoth proportions!

Product Description
Join Ice Age’s unlikely herd of prehistoric pals for their wildest, wackiest, most exciting adventure yet! For the first time, play as six beloved Ice Age characters as they embark on a rescue mission across melting snow to the mysterious Dinosaur World – an all-new, fur-raising jungle of carnivorous plants, lush foliage and fierce dinosaurs. Based on the Fox film ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’, it’s a rollicking ride of mammoth proportions!

Play As All Of Your Favourite Characters
For the first time ever in an Ice Age videogame, play as Manny, Sid, Diego, Scrat, and all-new jungle adventurer Buck! Use their unique abilities to brave the new dangers they’ll discover.
Mimic character moves with the Wii motion controls to balance, lasso, jump attack and more!
Play With Friends And Family In Competitive Multiplayer Minigames
Go tusk-to-tusk with family and friends in competitive multiplayer minigames, a first for the Ice Age game franchise.
Together you’ll hurl snowballs, outrun a dinosaur, explore the dinosaur jungle and much more.
Experience Thrilling Gameplay In An Immersive New Jungle Environment
Play your way through the rich habitats of the third Ice Age movie, including the perilous new Dinosaur World.
Experience a wide variety of thrills throughout single-player combat, world navigation and puzzle solving challenges.

Goldsmith’s have a large selection of Mens and ladies watches, here are the top 5 watches from Goldsmiths:

• Omega Seamaster Professional Mens James Bond 007 Watch
  

  £1900.00 Goldsmiths Omega Seamaster Gents James Bond 007 Watch

  
  
  
• Omega Seamaster Professional Mens Automatic Watch
  

  £1900.00 Goldsmiths Omega Seamaster Gents Automatic Watch

  
  
  
• TAG Heuer Monaco Gents Watch
  

  £1895.00 Goldsmiths TAG Heuer Gents Monaco Gents Watch

  
  
  
• Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Mens Watch
  

  £3430.00 Goldsmiths Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Gents Watch

  
  
  
• Omega Seamaster Professional Mens Watch
  

  £1190.00 Goldsmiths Omega Seamaster Professional Gents Watch

  
  
  

The Tripp Trapp highchair from Stokke is much more than a highchair, it’s a whole new product for your child. It grows as your child grows, it develops into something else, as your child develops. The Tripp Trapp highchair is unlike any other highchair for your baby, it’s won numerous awards for style and innovation, and is available in various colours.

Tripp Trapp highchairs are great for your children on so many levels, they are specifically designed with posture in mind, as well as making your child feel like part of the family. With the absence of a tray (which features in pretty much every other highchair), your child gets to join you at the table, offering them the sense of inclusion in a normal family activity.

By using the additional baby set, your child can start reaping the benefits of using the Tripp Trapp highchair as soon as they can sit unaided usually around 6-9 months. The Tripp Trapp enables children to move around naturally and safely, change positions and reach for items on the table.

As your child grows, the then chair really comes into it’s own, changing the height of the seat/footrest ensures your child remains safe and sound with the backrest providing the right position for a good sitting posture.

There are a number of colour options for the Tripp Trapp Highchair, each of them is available from all of the online retailers listed above, here’s the colour chart:

Why not save money and buy one of these complete Tripp Trapp Highchair sets which comes complete with Highchair, Cushion, Baby Set and Straps:

The Tripp Trapp is suitable for use with tables between 70-76cm high.

The award winning children’s highchair Tripp Trapp® by Stokke, not only provides a host of features, functions, and benefits for you and your child, but also meets and exceeds all international safety standards.

For achieving the best for your children choose a Tripp Trapp Highchair from Stokke

A Solitaire diamond ring is the classic style for Engagement rings, featuring a single diamond stone set on a quality band. Although the style of Solitaire Diamond Engagement rings is classic, there are still many options to explore to make this important piece of jewellery contemporary.

Your engagement ring is probably the single purchase that a man makes which can shape up the rest of his life. Making the Engagement ring one that his chosen love couldn’t possible refuse. As far as the other half is concerned it’s not only about the size oft he stone, but also it’s styling and even the type of metal used to form the ring.

At Purely Diamonds they have a huge range of Solitaire diamond engagement rings for you to choose from, and at prices up to 50% cheaper than the high street you’re unlikely to find better value without compromising on quality. Take a look at some of their range of Solitaire Diamond Engagement Rings:

Remember of all the choices you have, along with the actual stone itself, you have to consider what metal will make up the solitaire diamond engagement – you could choose yellow gold, white gold or even platinum. The choice of colour you might not want to leave up to your own judgement, check out their existing pieces and see which colour they prefer.

Whatever you decide, you can be reassured that each ring in the Purely Diamonds range of Solitaire Diamond Engagement rings will have been manufactured to the highest quality, and will be accompanied by a certificate of independent valuation which can be used for insurance purposes.

Choose Purely Diamonds for your important purchase of a Solitaire Diamond Engagement ring.

Red Letter Days, the UK’s leading experience company, will launch a wild, tribal drumming experience with BassToneSlap, a company who secured investment from Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis on TV’s Dragons’ Den. Red Letter Days is owned by both judges.

BassToneSlap, owned by Richard Enion and Michael Davis, agreed to give 40% equity in their company to telecoms giant Jones and retail magnate Paphitis, in return for a significant investment. Red Letter Days, famed for its thrilling, adventurous and indulgent experiences was quick to create an exclusive experience with these drumming aficionados.

The experience, taking place first on October 25th at the Balcony Room within Shakespeare’s Globe on London’s Southbank, will give the public the unique chance to let loose on some amazing drums, under instruction from some of the most experienced players and tutors in the country. Beginning with a few basic technique exercises to warm up, guests will soon be throwing off any inhibitions, running grooves, playing solo and even leading the team!

Once fully rehearsed, family and friends can join for a performance by BassToneSlap. Then it’s time for participants to put what they have learned into practise and wow guests with their own magnificent show accompanied by the pros. The energy produced by dozens of drummers performing together in the final show will create an unforgettable and truly special vibe. Everyone will want to be part of it!

There are two products that have been released by Home Touch in their iJoy range of fitness machines.  The iJoy Ride and the iJoy Board.  I thought it would be nice to look at both of these products, and see what all the fuss is about these two machines.

Both machines are designed to help tone your muscles and reduce your weight by passive exercise.   By riding on these machines, your body is given a workout, with each exercise machine targetting different areas of your body.  Please find below a promotional video for the iJoy Ride and the iJoy Board, along with the best internet prices and some detailed information for each of the two machines.

iJoy Ride

Here is the promotional video for the iJoy Ride, along with the best prices found for it, click on the stores’s logo to find out more information and to buy one.

The iJoyRide is a unique and exciting way to work out! It has been engineered to work your core muscles by challenging your balance and thus improving your strength especially in the abs, back, thigh, hips, glutei, quadriceps and hamstrings muscle groups.  Test your skills by varying the speed of the iJoyRide.  Use the ride control console to choose a comfortable speed for your work-out4 speeds: Warm up (Default), Taking it Easy, Getting Serious, and Pump it Up.  There’s also an auto mode in which the iJoyRide take control, dishing out a combination of all four speeds.

The iJoyRide’s 3-axis motion system challenges three different muscle groups with: a pitching motion for toning the abs, a rolling motion for strengthening inner thighs and mid-torso muscles, a yawing motion for working the lumbar muscles.  All you need to do is sit back on the ergonomically designed seat, keep your balance and have fun!

Maximum user weight: 124kgs (275lbs). Dimensions: 67cm x 43cm x 66cm

iJoy Board

Here is the promotional video for the iJoy Ride, along with the best prices found for it, click on the stores’s logo to find out more information and to buy one.

You don’t have to be a board-sport junkie to enjoy the many fun and healthy benefits of the iJoy Board.  The iJoy Board has been engineered to work your muscles by challenging your stance. The iJoy Board balance trainer workout involves your hips, legs, abdominal and lumbar muscles, and obliques.  Just hop on the non-slip iJoy Board and select the program and away you go.  Just keep your balance as the board moves, strengthening your muscles as it goes – easy!  You’ll increase core strength, balance and coordination skills, while tightening muscles throughout your legs, back and midsection.

This portable motorised fitness machine offers a revolutionary way to enjoy exercise. If you want to boost your fitness levels, enjoy a more shapely body or burn away excess calories – you probably won ‘t find an easier or more enjoyable way to do it.

Test your skills by varying the speed of iJoy Board – slow, medium or fast – or choose the 15-minute program that intermittently varies the board’s speed. iJoy Board automatically shuts off after 15 minutes of activity, so you’ll not over do it.

As Spring is in the air, and everyone I know seems to be having a baby, I thought I’d feature a few posts on having a baby on any budget.  Looking at items available on the internet following the three price brackets set in previous posts.  For this post I’m going to look at Prams.

Prams are a necessity for any parent to get their little ones around in, however they can get a bit pricey, so the first pram I’m going to look at is in the under £50 bracket.  Suitable for children aged from 6 months the Tippitoes Move Baby Buggy/Stroller-Green comes in way under budget at only £37.95.  Don’t snub at this price though, it has loads of features and includes a free rain cover, basket and hood.

The next price bracket is £100, and for this one I have in faact chosen a pram which retails for £149.99, however is available on special offer at Kiddies Kingdom for only £86.99.  The Graco Coach Rider 2-in-1 Puschair-Alexis is a great pram and at this great price shouldn’t be dismissed lightly. It’s suitable from birth and has the added advantage of being able to reverse the seat, so your baby can face both forwards and towards you. Save yourself some money and get a quality pram to boot with this choice.

Now we realise that you can spend hundreds of pounds on a pram, however our price bracket must stop at £200, so for under £200 is our last selection. The Out ‘n’ About Nipper Single 360 pram is available in a number of colours, it’s light, and comes complete with rear shock absorbers for a comfy all terrain ride. It’s retail price comes in at £214.95, however you can pick one up for only £193.95. This pram is also suitable from birth, and wil see your child through to 41/2 years, so you’re unlikely to need to buy another pram.

Whatever your budget, you’ll find a pram suitable for your child at Kiddies Kingdom.

Well we’ve tasted a little of what the weather has in store for us over the Easter break, and the outlook looks great. Which means (unlike last year) we should be set for having some great barbecues. This led me to looking into which barbecue is the best of the best, and for fun I thought I’d share with you what would be my first meal on the king of the barbecues.

Naturally if you want to find out which barbecue features at the top of the pile, you need to look at those with a hefty pricetag, well that’s just what I done when I examined the range over at Rawgarden.

It has to be said that the Napoleon range of barbecues are very stylish in their stainless steel exterior, but when you look at the features, you really find out why they are so special and worthy of their pricetag. The Napoleon barbecues range in price from £885 to £3200 and have all the features to create a culinary masterpiece for your guests.

On to the menu:

As money is no concern for this, the very princely priced Napoleon Prestige II 750 Gemini Gas Barbecue, deserves to have a very princely menu for it’s first outing… So here goes:

Starters:
Stuffed Peppers with Roquefort
Jack Daniel’s rich honey glazed chicken wings and dijon mustard

Main Choices:
Filets and crab with a Béarnaise sauce
Peking-style duck
Cornish game hens with honey-lime dressing

Dessert:
Seared Peaches with Vanilla Syrup & Fresh Raspberries
Paradise Grilled Pineapple

Of course you don’t have to splash out on one of these fancy barbecues to conjure up this menu, but if you do fancy splashing out, order from Rawgarden using the discount code AFFAPR09 to get 3% off your order – this could be worth a whopping £96 off the Napoleon Prestige II 750 Gemini Gas Barbecue.

Here’s the full range of Napoleon Barbecues for you to choose from: