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Beauty therapy

JUST having your hair cut and blow dried sounds like a wasted opportunity for pampering when you know what the Sassoon Spa experience is within Earl Grey House on Grey Street, Newcastle.Read

Vicky Pepys finds some fairy tale florals

SPRING has sprung and big and little girls alike are finding lots of florals to choose from this season.Read

Beauty and grooming tips with Caroline Donnelly

IT’S the morning after the Bafta awards ceremony. MAC were the official make up sponsors so we’ve had a few busy days getting guests, presenters and nominees red carpet ready.Read

Fashion rocks!

WE all know what London Fashion Week is. A packed timetable of season forward shows; it attracts international attention with the whole of the fashion capital joining in with themed window displays, promotions, and special events. News coverage is a given.Read

Safari style

YOU could call it plain ‘safari’ again, but this year’s ‘safari’ inspiration has evolved to become a whole new luxury dressing travel trend. It doesn’t matter where you’re going, or even if you’re going, just as long as you look as if you’re setting off on one long, stylish adventure.Read

Retail therapy

LADIES don’t do bare legs; it’s so much posher to be sheer and we’ve seen some very fine pairs from the Charnos Simply Bare range at House of Fraser. In five shades, they’re £3.95 for tights and £5 for hold ups. For cocktails try the silver grey sheers from the Elegance range (also HofF), £4 for tights and £6 for hold ups and stockings.Read

Retail therapy

BARBOUR production never stops but this Thursday at 4pm they’re taking a special tea break (with cake!) to celebrate 100 years of the Barbour catalogue.Read

Dear Caroline

FIRSTLY I must apologise to any readers which may have inquired about booking an appointment with me in Fenwick.Read

A brolly good show to beat the showers

Lisa Haynes finds out how to beat the April showers with style.Read

Retail therapy

ARE a Miss Sixty fan? Then you’ll recognise the butterfly emblem from the new fashion collection on this retro style bottle? Due at Boots any day now this light fruity and flowery eau de toilette has been created to epitomise the fun-loving butterfly creature that Miss Sixty is.Read

Faithful mac continues to see off all challengers

MACINTOSH is an odd and old kind of word these days, it’s even caused confusion in the preparation of this page! (You want computers?).Read

Dear Caroline

TODAY I’m a week away from moving back to London. I left London three years ago after spending many years there. I wanted the smaller mortgage, the bigger house and garden and a bit more peace.Read

Isn’t fashion just blooming wonderful?

Vicky Pepys finds funky florals firmly embedded this springRead

For summer sizzle just think pink

Frightened by all the neutral shades coming in for Spring Summer 08? Hannah Davies brightens it all up with a splash of fuchsia.Read

Take good care of your very precious eyesight

EIGHTIES retro-style sunglasses may be the trendy choice this summer, with everyone from Amy Winehouse to Sienna Miller favouring them – but experts are warning fashion-conscious Brits to focus on looking after their eyes when it comes to buying a new pair of shades.Read

Why big isn’t the business

THANK you to E Morton, of Choppington, writing to the letters page a couple of weeks ago. Describing herself as a “woman of a certain age”, she said it would be interesting if we might feature fashions to suit the “more mature” and the more “rounded”.Read

In a wedding daze at price of lovely gowns

Hannah Davies looks at the high street dresses which make a fairytale wedding without breaking the bank.Read

Hello sailor!

Look sharp in red, white and marine blue and walk the plank in smart tailoring – high tide or low tide, nautical is very currentRead

Moss favourites

She’s graced the top of best-dressed lists, created her own clothing line for Topshop and sparked numerous style trends over the years. But more recently, it’s Kate Moss's hair that has fashion followers’ tongues wagging.Read

We’re all dotty about spots

Vicky Pepys sees spots survivingRead