18 NOVEMBER 2010

English luxury lifestyle brand Thomas Lyte is set to open the doors to its new flagship store in London’s Burlington Arcade on Thursday 18 November, coinciding with the switching on of the Arcade’s famously beautiful Christmas lights.

Currently hidden behind images of Thomas Lyte’s covetable fine leather envelope wallets, the store’s sumptuous interior will be a fine match for the Arcade in which it sits, achieving a beautiful fusion of tradition and modernity that sees Thomas Lyte’s core values brought to life. The brand’s seamless combination of craftsmanship echoes the very heart and values of Burlington Arcade, complementary to its unique British heritage and attention to excellence.

The Arts and Crafts movement, from which the brand’s creative vision stems, will be represented by the Thomas Lyte floral motif running throughout the store, while the brand’s unwavering devotion to quality craftsmanship and design will be evident in the beautiful finish of every part of the store’s interior.

With the décor achieving a seamless blend of leatherwork and silverwork, the store will act as a showcase for the two disciplines that are garnering Thomas Lyte such a devoted following. Gleaming silver display stands will rise out of butter soft leather window beds, holding aloft some of Thomas Lyte’s signature pieces to passers by.

Entering at street level, the Thomas Lyte customer will be met by an impressive collection of ladies’ bags, modern leather accessories and lifestyle pieces. While the lower ground floor area, playfully called the ‘The Club Room’, will host a more masculine range of leather luggage and tote bags. Sporting enthusiasts will be delighted by a sublime display of silver trophies, all of which have been created in the Thomas Lyte Silver workshops.

With dedicated silver and leather workshops in London, Thomas Lyte’s master silversmiths and craftsmen use traditional methods combined with innovative techniques to create beautiful and bespoke products – capturing the demand for UK manufactured products of the finest quality.

The store’s first floor will house the Thomas Lyte private client suite, accessible by appointment only. This is where the most discerning of Thomas Lyte customers will meet with expert designers and craftsmen to explore the possibilities of bespoke. The bespoke service, which allows customers to take home a truly unique creation, is available on all core Thomas Lyte products.

An architectural masterpiece that has housed an exclusive selection of premium brands and boutiques since 1819, the Burlington Arcade’s annual Christmas lights ceremony has become an institution in itself, with the unveiling of festive décor that never fails to impress. This year, a classic green and gold theme will provide the perfect backdrop to the opening of luxury English lifestyle brand Thomas Lyte.
Thomas Lyte, 12-13 Burlington Arcade, Mayfair, London.
www.thomaslyte.com

This festive season, Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo, synonymous with excellence and emotions, will celebrate with the joyful theme of HAPPINESS. Decorated in bright and luminous colours, “Happy Métropole” will set the tone, ensuring that all guests have an exceptionally Happy Christmas and an even happier New Year!

In the run-up to the New Year and to Prince Albert’s wedding in summer 2011, the hotel’s Artistic Director will create vibrant décor and atmosphere, transforming the public spaces into areas of festivity and excitement. Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo’s Christmas colour scheme will focus on bright orange and deep purple with a large spherical arrangement, setting the tone of sparkle and happiness from the moment guests step into the hotel’s lobby.

The HAPPY MÉTROPOLE package
From 26 November to 29 December, the hotel is offering guests the HAPPY MÉTROPOLE package which includes accommodation in either a double or a twin room with guaranteed complimentary upgrade, Joël Robuchon breakfast. This package is available from €290 per room per night, taxes and service charge included.

The HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE package

End the year on a high with the HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE package, available from 30 December 2010 to 8 January 2011. Guests are free to choose the package that suits them best from the following options:

- 2 night package: €540 per night from 30 December (breakfast not included)
- 3 night package: €540 per night from 30 December (breakfast not included)
- Extra night: the night of 29 December and nights 3-8 January 2011 included €340 per night (breakfast not included)

Guests need not worry about what to do on New Years Eve for Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo provides an ideal setting for an evening of sophistication and fun. See in the New Year in style by enjoying a gourmet dinner at the Restaurant Joël Robuchon Monte-Carlo on Friday 31 December. Dinner will cost €625 per person, with a glass of Champagne at midnight and children under 12 will be offered a 50% discount.

Festive Menus at the Joël Robuchon Monte-Carlo Restaurant

Executive Chef Christophe Cussac and his team suggest:

• Christmas Eve menu – €240 per person, including a glass of Champagne • Christmas Luncheon menu – €195 per person, including a glass of
Champagne • New Year’s Eve menu – €650 per person, excluding beverages • New Year’s Day menu – €160 per person, including a glass of Champagne

Festive Bento Box at Yoshi
Head Chef Takeo Yamazaki and his team suggest the Happy Bento, a contemporary version of the traditional Japanese lunch box served in a beautiful wooden black-lacquered box.

The HAPPY BEGINNINGS Christmas Log
Patrick Mesiano, Chef Patissier at Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo, has created the Happy Beginnings Christmas log. Tying in with Hotel Métropole’s Christmas theme of happiness, Mesiano has created a bright andexciting Christmas log. Guests will want to share the experience with friends and family, so each log costs €42 and serves 6 people.

HAPPY BOY & HAPPY GIRL cocktails
Eddy Montana, Head Barman at the Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo has created two cocktails to celebrate happiness:
• “Happy Girl” is a light and fresh cocktail made of lime, cane sugar syrup, Grey Goose vodka, soda and edible flowers.
• “Happy Boy” cocktail is composed of white sugar perfumed with bitter orange Agostura, 18-year old whisky, Cointreau
and Champagne. Both cocktails will be available throughout the HAPPY MÉTROPOLE theme and are priced at €24 each.

HAPPY ME at the Métropole ESPA Monte-Carlo.
Start 2011 as you mean to go on with the Chakra Balancing with Hot Stones massage, highly recommended by ESPA, to relieve deep-seated tension and muscular stress, selected especially by the spa Director, Marianna Heurtel.

The treatment begins with skin brushing, exfoliation and an ESPA facial cleanse. The body is massaged with blended aromatherapy oils, combined with the use of hot stones to release tension, working on the vital energy points and chakras around the body.
This treatment ends with a deeply soothing head massage to relieve stress from mind and body.

Ideal for Christmas or for a birthday, the Métropole ESPA Monte-Carlo Gift Vouchers are the ultimate day spa choices. They offer moments of exception, unique experiences allowing to take the time to unwind and escape. Each ritual or treatment can be personalised and is available for several months. The vouchers each include at least one ESPA TIME, a tailor-made programme including a private consultation with a therapist to establish the exact needs.

Three options are available in order to create a unique programme:
?Gold ESPA Time – 1 hour 30 minutes of treatments to establish on the day with the therapist. Price : €200
?Platinum ESPA Time – 2 hours of treatments to establish on the day with the therapist and a gift selected from the ESPA range of products. Price : €280
?Diamond ESPA Time – 3 hours of personalised treatments and a lunch by the pool. Price : €420

http://www.metropole.com/en/

FORGOT YOUR KIT’ KIT Emergency Pilates Kit from TenPilates

Leading Dynamic Pilates company, TenPilates has come up with a genius solution for those forgetful souls who arrive at a class only to remember their Pilates kit has been left at home or in the office.

The new TenPilates ‘Forgot Your Kit’ kit comprises simply black leggings and a TenPilates branded top – both from trendy high street outlet American Apparel – ensuring style even in an emergency! The kit is presented in a handy TenPilates canvas bag, ensuring you won’t be forgetting it again anytime soon.

The kit retails at £25 and of course comes in a range of sizes. Tops and leggings are also available to purchase separately and retail at £10 and £17 respectively, and £5 for the canvas bag.

The ‘Forgot Your Kit’ kit is available to purchase across all three TenPilates studios. www.tenpilates.com

TenPilates is the home of Dynamic Pilates in London. As the latest development in Pilates, Dynamic Pilates offers an enhanced full-body workout designed to give visible results, fast. Set up in 2007 by David Higgins and Joanne Mathews, TenPilates boasts three studios across London with a wealth of committed fans including many high-profile faces. The Notting Hill, Chiswick and Mayfair studios span the Capital and employ the most highly qualified and experienced trainers, each having subsequently spent over 180 hours in the TenPilates Training Academy mastering the Dynamic Pilates programme.

Prices start at £12.50 for the first class with private personal training sessions starting at £80. Open 7 days a week: 020 8969 9677 / www.TenPilates.com

Notting Hill Studio:
2-4 Exmoor Street London W10 6BD
Chiswick Studio:
Barley Mow Centre Barley Mow Passage London W4 4PH

THIS NOVEMBER, SELFRIDGES HOSTS LONDON’S MOST GLAMOROUS “REALLY, REALLY GREAT GARAGE SALE.”

Stars from all over the globe are supporting the event, which sees 100 % of all profits going to the charity mothers4Children.
On Sunday, November 14th, London’s biggest selection of bargains will be on sale on the 1st floor of Selfridges Car Park from 12pm to 4pm. Mothers4Children patrons Lisa B, Louise Redknapp and Yasmin Le Bon, have enlisted their fabulous friends and family from the worlds of fashion, music, sport and entertainment.
There are designer bargains from Rachel Weiss’s Chanel kitten heels to Jemima Khan’s Alexander McQueen knitted dress. Not to mention signed items such as Rio Ferdinand’s England shirt and a variety of celebrity stallholders and fashionistas on hand on the day, from Yasmin Le Bon to Pearl Lowe.

Items available for sale on the day include:

1. Chanel heels from Rachel Weiss
2. Alexander McQueen dress from Jemima Khan
3. Gucci Little Black Dress from Gemma Arterton –
4. Roland Mouret Cocktail dress from Louise Redknapp
5. Longchamp Satchel Bag from Kate Moss
6. Prada suit from Rob Lowe –
7. Pretty Green pea coat from Liam Gallagher

100% of all proceeds will go to Mothers4children, an organization that supports children’s charities from around the world. This year’s beneficiaries are the Kids Company, which provides practical support to vulnerable children and young people and F.R.O.D.O, which is a foundation for the Relief of Disabled Orphans in places such as Romania.

Items also include books, food, homeware and even a childs’ electric car donated by Malin Jeffries. Refreshments and entertainment will be available throughout the day to keep the kids happy and ensure a great pre-Christmas family day out.
Tickets are free for children and £5 for adults.

WARM UP YOUR TASTE BUDS THIS WINTER AT HÄAGEN-DAZS LEICESTER SQUARE

The delectable new Limited Edition White Chocolate & Raspberry ice-cream, available now exclusively at the Häagen-Dazs Shop in London’s Leicester Square, is set to warm up even the coldest taste buds this winter.

Produced by the experts behind the UK’s leading luxury ice-cream brand, the new flavour encapsulates Häagen-Dazs’ signature rich and creamy texture while delighting taste buds with the sweet and warming combination of white chocolate and raspberry sauce.

Limited Edition White Chocolate & Raspberry compliments the already impressive choice of 24 indulgent Häagen-Dazs flavours available at the Leicester Square shop and a special new Winter Collection Menu features the flavour in three delectable eat-in creations.

Double Chocolate Cones is the definition of indulgence. Scoops of new Limited Edition White Chocolate & Raspberry and Choc Choc Chip are served in two crunchy waffle cones with fresh raspberries, drizzled with raspberry coulis and chocolate fudge sauce and then topped with whipped cream and a scattering of chocolate crispy mix deliciousness.

For the brownie lovers out there, there is White Chocolate & Brownie Delight. One scoop of new Limited Edition White Chocolate & Raspberry and a scoop of Vanilla Caramel Brownie are layered with chunks of Chocolate Macadamia Brownie, butterscotch sauce, raspberries and a swirl of whipped cream.

Completing the brand-new Winter Collection menu is the White Choca Mocha – a perfect pick-me-up on a cold winter’s day! Two scoops of New Limited Edition White Chocolate & Raspberry are blended with Espresso and topped with freshly whipped cream and a drizzle of raspberry coulis.
Ice-cream lovers on the go can also enjoy Double Chocolate Cones and White Choca Mocha as take-away creations.
Häagen-Dazs Limited Edition White Chocolate & Raspberry is available now at the Häagen-Dazs shop in Leicester Square until April 2011 priced from £2.70 for one scoop to take-away.

EDIBLE WREATH CLASSES AT JOHN LEWIS OXFORD STREET

This Christmas John Lewis Oxford Street is reviving the tradition of wreath-making with a twist and launching Edible Christmas Wreaths classes.

Held in the John Lewis Christmas Shop on the third floor, the Edible Christmas Wreath classes will teach creative customers how to hand make festive wreaths for the home or as a gift. The master class will teach participants to craft wreaths in different sizes, from smaller table centre pieces and wall hangings to mini wreaths for the tree.

Led by an expert Visual Merchandiser at John Lewis Oxford Street customers will be shown how to combine a traditional wreath with colourful, tasty foods and accessories such as dried fruits, twisted spoons and boiled sweets.

Amy Walker, Visual Merchandiser at John Lewis Oxford Street, says, “The Edible Christmas Wreath classes are all about celebrating the traditional art of wreath-making but adding unusual, tasty touches. Once you have mastered the basic principles you can create a stunning festive piece.”

“The classes will use a wreath from the John Lewis Christmas shop as a foundation. Customers will then choose from the variety of vibrant accessories, which we have cherry picked in colours and textures which complement each other, to ensure your hand made wreath really stands out this Christmas.”

The Edible Christmas Wreath classes are available on Wednesday 17th November and Thursday 18th November at 10am – 11am. To book your place on an Edible Christmas Wreath class please call John Lewis Oxford Street on 020 7629 7711.

COVENT GARDEN CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH A KISS FROM NOVEMBER 11TH
- Louie Spence and Christine Bleakley to launch Covent Garden’s ‘Kissing’ Christmas tree -
Covent Garden will bring people together this Christmas with the creation of the world’s first ‘Kissing’ Christmas tree. The KISS, by Paul Cocksedge Studio, sees a 50ft traditional Christmas tree light up when people kiss under the mistletoe beneath it. Based on human touch, KISS is activated each time a kiss occurs, triggering over 50,000 white and red lights to pulse through the tree, creating a sensational lighting effect.

Covent Garden will host a full programme of traditional Christmas and KISS inspired events, in aid of youth charity The Prince’s Trust, to help Londoners and visitors to the capital get in the Christmas spirit and flocking to Covent Garden to create their own magical moments under the tree.

Launch Night, Thursday 11th November
Launch night on Thursday 11th November will set Merry Kissmas off with a bang – there will be an all-singing, all-dancing performance by dance group PDG, of “Pineapple Dance Studios” TV show fame, with a guest appearance from Louie Spence, culminating in the climax of the winning bidder claiming their kiss from the beautiful Christine Bleakley under the tree to turn on Covent Garden’s Merry Kissmas lights.

The Auction
One lucky visitor will have the chance to launch Kissmas at Covent Garden with a kiss from Northern Irish temptress and television presenter Christine Bleakley. An auction will take place from today via Twitter, whereby all users need to do is follow @CoventGardenLDN and submit the amount they wish to donate to The Prince’s Trust with the tag #CGKissmas. The highest bidder will then be invited to kiss Christine under the tree and launch Kissmas!*
*The auction will close at midday on November 11th and the highest bidder will be contacted via Direct Message on Twitter and invited to the launch that evening at 6.30pm

Other entertainment across the period includes:
· Musical Performances: Selected Thursdays from 11th November, Covent Garden Market Building will be filled with the uplifting sound of some of London’s most talented choirs, singing ‘love’- and ‘kiss’-inspired songs, as well as a host of carols. There will also be the usual classical performers adding to the Christmas ambiance in the Market Building.
· ‘Fancy a Kiss?’: A programme of special singles nights beneath the tree, for those looking to find someone to share a kiss with, encouraged via free mulled wine courtesy of Covent Garden.
· International Kiss Day: Inviting foreign nationals living in London to kiss underneath the tree. Covent Garden will film their kiss and personal message; and email it to their loved ones around the world.
· Covent Garden Real Food Market: At London’s ultimate ‘love-inspired’ foodie stop-off there will be heart-shaped mince pies, aphrodisiac Oysters, hand-made chocolates for your loved ones and more. Every Thursday up to and including 23rd December from 11am-7pm (see notes to editors for more details).
· Reindeer Petting for the Kids: In true Christmas spirit, this year sees the return of real reindeer petting on the East Piazza every Saturday from 13th November (except 18th December on the West Piazza) plus Wednesday 29th December.
· Late Night Christmas Shopping promotion: On Thursday 2nd December, stores will be open till 9pm, offering 20% off purchases, as well as a limited number of gift bags for Covent Garden Loyalty Card holders (see notes to editors for more details).
· Kiss-themed Products: The UK’s finest craft market traders on the Apple Market will be creating bespoke kiss-inspired items for sale – what better place to buy your loved-one a hand-made gift than under the roof of London’s most romantic building this Christmas.
· Christmas Decorations: Alongside the spectacular tree, giant baubles will be suspended from the ceiling of the Market Building alongside glowing light installations. Topiary candy canes and a 15ft topiary reindeer, complete with red nose, will also adorn the Market Building and the Piazza.
· Pucker Up!: Sponsor partner, The Body Shop, will be donating vital funds to youth charity The Princes Trust to help change young lives in the UK. To get you in the festive mood, The Body Shop will also be hosting ‘pucker up’ stations, where your lips will get a free makeover to give you the perfect pout and kiss-ready lips!

Bev Churchill, Covent Garden London Brand Director, comments:
“Love is going to be in the air this Christmas at Covent Garden, we want to bring people together to share some real festive moments that everyone will enjoy and remember.”
Visit http://www.coventgardenlondonuk.com> or call 020 3047 2555 for more details. You can also follow http://www.twitter.com/CoventGardenLDN and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CoventGardenLDN

ROTARY HELP FOR HEROES WATCH AND WATCHSHOP.COM DONATION MATCH

Rotary, a leader in quality timepieces, has designed a special edition watch for men to aid the Help for Heroes charity. Rotary will donate £1 for each watch sold and WatchShop.com will match the Rotary donation by giving £1 for each watch sold through their site to the Help for Heroes charity.

About the watch

Men’s Rotary Help For Heroes Watch
Product Code: GS02765/HFH/08
WatchShop.com Price: £106.25 (retails elsewhere for £125)
Stockist: WatchShop.com – http://www.WatchShop.com – 0844 736 5340

Stylish Rotary Help for Heroes model in stainless steel and leather. The cream dial features black numeral hour markers, and the strap features silver stud detailing. To support our wounded service personnel, Rotary will donate a proportion to Help for Heroes with every one of these stylish watches sold. WatchShop.com will match Rotary's donation to Help For Heroes for better treatment of service personnel wounded in the line of duty.

LEADING 'ECO-FRIENDLY' CHEFS JOIN FORCES WITH CONO SUR IN THE BID TO UNCOVER THE UK'S 'GREEN' HOME-COOKS AND LAUNCH NEW ECO-FRIENDLY FOOD AND WINE WEBSITE

Cono Sur searches for Britain’s best “green cook”
It’s no secret that we’ve become a nation of food and wine lovers, but with regular doses of food programmes such as Great British Menu and River Cottage, it seems sustainability is becoming increasingly important to the foodie community. These days, it’s not just about cooking tasty food, but also thinking about our ingredients and where they come from.

As an advocate of sustainable cooking, celebrity chef Paul Merrett is partnering with one of the world’s greenest wineries, Cono Sur, in the search for the nation’s top “green cook”. Paul is joining forces with eco-expert Jamie Grainger-Smith and award-winning chef Barny Haughton, in a bid to inspire budding home-cooks to cook up a sustainable storm in the kitchen.

In line with their green credentials, Carbon Neutral® winery Cono Sur is rewarding cooks who produce food that not only matches their wines in terms of taste, but also their sustainability ethos[1] <#_ftn1> . Paul, Barny and Jamie are calling out for budding home-cooks across the UK to submit their own ‘green’ recipes to the http://www.conosurgreencooks.com/. To kick-start the competition, the chefs will be creating their own delicious sustainable recipes and sharing insider secrets on the website to get the creative juices flowing.

Inspired home-cooks who submit their recipes to the website are in with a chance of winning a unique tasting menu dinner, cooked at the exclusive London Victoria restaurant by Paul Merrett himself, partnered with delicious Cono Sur wines. The best entry of the week will be selected for each week of the competition, winning a case of Cono Sur wines and a grow-your-own vegetable kit from the Seed Pantry.

Sustainable cooking is much easier than you may think and hugely rewarding, if you get it right. It can be anything from re-using water to boil vegetables to make a stock, buying produce in season, growing your own herbs or choosing free-range alternative. It’s all about getting back in touch with nature, and cooking your very own sustainable food – whether it comes from your garden, window box or the local grocers. So enter now for your chance to win!


1. For terms and conditions of the competition, please see website – http://www.conosurgreencooks.com/

2. The competition is live from Monday 8th November and will run until Friday 17th December. During this time, entrants will be able to upload their recipes, photos and videos to the website.

3. About Cono Sur

• Cono Sur is one of the world’s greenest wineries and recently attained the ISO 14 064 certification
• It is the first wine producer in South America and only the third in the world to gain this standard – the most reliable measure of efficiency and accountability in the minimisation of greenhouse gas emissions – after becoming one of the world’s first carbon neutral wineries back in 2007
• Cono Sur’s philosophy is to do things ‘the natural way’ and it takes a number of steps to produce the perfect wines with the minimum environmental impact: -
  i. These include keeping geese in the vineyards to eat bugs rather than using pesticides
  ii. travelling around the estate by bicycle rather than tractor and using solar and wind power for winemaking processes.

GIDLEIGH PARK DOES IT AGAIN! GIDLEIGH PARK WINS MOST EXCELLENT RESTAURANT IN THE CONDÉ NAST JOHANSENS 2011 ANNUAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

Just a week after coming first in The Sunday Times and Harden's “Britain's Top 100 Restaurants”, Gidleigh Park was announced last night as Most Excellent Restaurant in the annual Condé Nast Johansens 2011 Awards for Excellence.

The Condé Nast Johansens Awards represent properties worldwide which offer the finest standards and best value for money in luxury and independent accommodation. Most Excellent Restaurant runners up were The Crown at Whitebrook in Monmouthshire and The Nut Tree Inn in Oxfordshire.
Says MBE executive chef, Michael Caines ; 'Wow I can't keep up with all this good news! What a fantastic award to win, again none of this would have happened without the hard work and loyalty of my team. My heartfelt thanks must go out to owners, Andrew and Christina Brownsword, head chef Ian Webber, general manager Sue Williams, resident manager Sue Kendall, restaurant manager Damien Bastiat and head sommelier Edouard Oger'.
Gidleigh Park is a stunning privately owned Tudor-style country house hotel situated on the banks of the North Teign River in a magnificent 107-acre estate of woodlands and secluded gardens surrounded by Dartmoor National Park.

Additional accolades and facts include:
· Top Restaurant, Toptaple.com http://www.toptaple.com/ Top Restaurant Awards 2010
· Gold in Hotel of the Year category, Enjoy England Awards for Excellence Silver, Green Tourism Award 2009
· Chef of the Year for Michael Caines, Cateys 2001
· A Two Michelin star restaurant since 1999
· Sister hotel, The Bath Priory also includes an award winning restaurant, under the direction of Michael Caines, with Sam Moody as Head Chef.Voted 3rd Best Restaurant in the South West in the 2010 Sunday Times and Harden's Food List
· Michael Caines Restaurants Ltd was founded in 1999. In 2000 Michael formed a partnership with Andrew Brownsword and launched the ABode concept
For more information on Gidleigh Park please visit http://www.gidleigh.com/

FASHIONABLY FESTIVE ELECTRICAL BEAUTY GIFTS LESS THAN HALF PRICE ON LIMITED EDITION HEAT STYLERS AT BOOTS
Running from 12th November – 18th November 2010

Grab an amazing bargain at Boots with the Mark Hill RAW Zebra Power Hairdryer http://www.boots.com/en/Mark-Hill-RAW-Zebra-Power-Hairdryer_999912/ now £24.99 (usual price £59.99), as part of Boots ‘Gift of the Week’ offer between 12th and 18th November. Let your hair down and give someone you love this fabulous less than half price limited edition gift – it will leave girls feeling gorgeous as they prepare for Christmas parties!


The on-trend animal print hair dryer will blow her away with its salon professional narrow, lifting and smoothing concentrators to give her glamorous hair every day. The award winning Mark Hill RAW Zebra Power Hairdryer http://www.boots.com/en/Mark-Hill-RAW-Zebra-Power-Hairdryer_999912/ is powered by a 2,000W AC motor and packed with the latest professional conditioning ionic technology, gently drying hair for reduced frizz and added shine. The three metre salon length cord, two speed settings, three heat settings and cool shot will make any girl feel like a star as she “gets the look” with the accompanying celebrity style guide!

The striking black and white striped Mark Hill RAW Zebra Power Dryer http://www.boots.com/en/Mark-Hill-RAW-Zebra-Power-Hairdryer_999912/ is available at Boots or boots.com at less than half price between Friday 12th and Thursday 18th November, only while stocks last.

Boots Advantage Card holders collect four points for every pound they spend at Boots, so take advantage of this hot offer and be rewarded with 100 Boots Advantage Card points with this purchase. Also, if you have any gifting dilemmas this Christmas, then the Boots Ask The Girls service is for you. Dedicated Boots staff will be on-hand in selected larger Boots stores, throughout the Christmas period, to answer all of your gifting dilemmas or, if you’d prefer to shop from the comfort of your own home, you’ll be able to put your questions to the gift experts live on dedicated web chats on boots.com.

Special Note
· This week’s ‘Gift of the Week’ will be available to customers on boots.com from 0700 hours, Friday 12th November. To ensure the offer is available to all customers, any boots.com shopping baskets containing the product, ahead of this date and time, will be reset

· This offer is not included in our 3 for 2 Mix & Match, from 12th November to 18th November, at Boots and boots.com boots.com

· There are no restrictions on the number of customer purchases of the offer at Boots and boots.com

EDINBURGH’S ONE SPA GETS WINTER ‘ALL WRAPPED UP’ WITH SPECIAL SEASONAL SPA DAY

What: All Wrapped Up winter Spa Day
Where: One Spa, Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, 8 Conference Square, Edinburgh
When: 1 December 2010 - 28 February 2011 (Monday to Friday only)
Price: £135 per person
Bookings: Tel: 0131 221 7777, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Give your body a winter boost with a special All Wrapped Up winter Spa Day from Edinburgh’s One Spa - the finest urban spa in Europe.

Relax for up to two hours with Escape at One, then luxuriate with an Ultimate Body Wrap and Essential Back Massage, specially designed to suit your individual needs.

Escape at One is a unique spa experience that includes seven different heat and hydro treatments that relax the mind and rejuvenate the body, as well as the famed rooftop Hydropool, beautiful 19m infinity-edge swimming pool, aromatic Cleopatra Baths, state-of-the-art Gym and Fitness Studio.

For further details and reservations, contact One Spa quoting ‘All Wrapped Up’.

For more information on One Spa please visit http://www.onespa.com/

FLIRTINI FRIDAY AT RICK’S

Date: Every Friday Evening
Time: 5pm – 8pm
Location: Ricks Bar, 55a Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Eh2 1LH

Take one effortlessly stylish Edinburgh institution. Add some sophisticated sounds, serious cocktails, plenty of perfectly chilled champagne and an even cooler after work crowd. Mix well and enjoy…

The newly launched Flirtini Friday promises to offer the ultimate in after work chic in the heart of Edinburgh’s city centre. Kick off the weekend in style with half price cocktails (including the famous Carrie Bradshaw inspired Flirtini!) or indulge in Prosecco by the glass. For the ultimate Friday wind down, you can treat yourself to a bottle of chilled Rose accompanied by a mini chocolate fondue – Delicious! A DJ kicks off the weekend from 5pm every Friday. With a vibrant crowd, fab food and excellent drinks offers, Flirtini Friday’s at Rick’s will not disappoint!

For more information please visit: http://www.ricksedinburgh.co.uk

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