GOOGLE kickstarts its annual developer conference this evening with a mammoth two-and-a-half hour keynote presentation. But what should we expect?
Thursday, 28 May 2015
Android M, Nexus 6 refresh, Google Glass – what to expect from Google's MAJOR announcement
GOOGLE kickstarts its annual developer conference this evening with a mammoth two-and-a-half hour keynote presentation. But what should we expect?
Fifty-FIVE Shades of Grey: Kinky middle-aged UK population having best sex on planet
IT'S clear age is no barrier when it comes to the horizontal tango because new research has shown over 55s are having the best sex of anyone on the planet.
My 1950s childhood: Remember hopscotch, Fry’s chocolate and milk on the doorstep?
WHEN I went back to the 1950s for the opening scenes of the novel I’d begun to write I realised this was not about imagining a different world – it was going back to it.
Wedding dress inspiration, Michelle? Former Corrie babe Keegan shows off new Lipsy range
SHE married the man of her dreams Mark Wright at the weekend and Michelle Keegan's latest fashion range is clearly inspired by her big day.
Top 10 facts about hair
SOTHEBY’S auctioneers in London will today be offering for sale a lock of Mozart’s hair in a 19th century gilt locket.
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Spa Spy Diary: The Sloane Club
Here's one thing I love about London - you never know where you'll discover your next favourite spa day. Oh wow, that does not sound right. If ever I sounded like a lady who lunches, it was just there, in that very sentence. I promise you, my days are not spent flat on my back with women working out my facial muscles with rich creams and masks. Oh no. I have a feeling my skin would be in much better condition if that were the case, but alas, it is not. What is the truth is as follows.
I am very lucky that the work I do requires me to occasionally indulge and report back to the masses. Each week I try two or three new offerings on the market place and how many do you end up reading about on FFG? Not that many is the answer. I do try and keep things real here and make sure I'm bringing some quality tricks and tips the table. And that's exactly what I hope I'm delivering here today in the form of The Sloane Club Spa. Now then, let's set the record straight immediately on this one. Yes, the Sloane Club is a members' only club. Yes, I am currently running a competition with them to win a two night stay in their apartments (lush and have you entered????). And yes, you, as a member or non member, competition winner or loser, are able to book the spa. Ok, that sentence may be confusing. Let's shorten it - the spa is open to the general public. Only this luscious space seems to be one of the best kept secrets in Chelsea. Sorry, Sloane Spa, if I'm letting the cat out of the bag.
My experience at The Sloane Club spa was one of complete and utter bliss. The club itself is fabulously British and very old school, steeped in tradition and refinement. But the spa is another story entirely. It's a light, airy and contemporary space that holds all the latest technology for a complete beautification transformation. As I had literally arrived fresh off a plane from Los Angeles the morning of my treatment, I must say that the therapist on duty was very forgiving of my mid facial snores that shook even me from my slumber. While in residence I had the BIOEFFECT resurfacing facial, which uses a special machine to exfoliate the skin and is followed by the most relaxing massage and application of a serum, which truly makes you glow - to the great chagrin to the jet lag devil!
In short, I left a restored woman. I was also so relaxed after the facial that I fell straight into bed and slept for six hours. Whoops! At least it gave the serum plenty of time to soak in. When I awoke, and went to say hello to a few friends at The Botanist, down the street, and received more than one comment asking how I looked so fresh after such a horrendous flight. Well, ladies and gents, now you know the answer.
The Sloane Spa
Lower Sloane Square
Chelsea, London
Bookings: 020 7730 9131
Taylor Swift: Pop music's power girl breaks all the records
HER talent has earned the respect not only of her peers but also of her elders and she has enough industry awards to fill a dozen outsized trophy cabinets.
Gardens of Boughton House to open with restored Grand Etang lake and fountain
THE long-forgotten Grand Etang lake and its plume of water at Boughton House – known as the English Versailles – has been restored and will be on show to the public from August.
Twenty stone man spurred on to shed weight after becoming TOO FAT to share bed with wife
A MAN has told of being spurred on to lose weight after hitting 20 stone and not being able to sleep in the same bed as his wife.
Can't Buy Me Love… but Paul McCartney has bought this multimillion pound NYC apartment
HE ONCE sang about money not buying love but it can get Paul McCartney a swanky apartment on the Upper East Side of New York.
You could be unknowingly posting photos of your children for prying paedophiles online
PARENTS share almost 1,000 images of their children online before their fifth birthday – but millions of mums and dads have no idea who is scouring their digital photo albums.
Parents spend OVER a third of pre-tax annual salary on just one child
PARENTS are spending over six thousand pounds a year on childcare and nursery fees - with almost a third of their pre-tax annual salary going on just one child.
World Hunger Day 2015: Feed your family for JUST £1 a head
WITH World Hunger Day on the horizon and more families feeling the stretch of their well-earned wage, we take a look at how to feed a family of four for less than £1 per head.
Snapchat is planning to ditch the need to hold down on a photo to view it
HOLDING down on a photo preview to view it full-screen is a differentiating feature in Snapchat – but it could also be a thing of the past.
Flat bottomed girls fear NO more as Kim Kardashian booster-pants give bigger butts
DO YOU ever get a pang of jealousy looking at Kim Kardashian's perfectly rounded rear? Well, fear not you too can have a plump bottom with no extra help.
First World War hero Nurse Edith Cavell to be honoured by The Royal Mint
As the world continues to remember the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, The Royal Mint has chosen to honour one very special lady.
Would you ditch your smartphone for £1 MILLION? You might be surprised how many wouldn't
IT TURNS out people are surprisingly reluctant to put down their mobile phones.
Wife discovers husband of SIX years is bigamist AND convicted paedophile
SHE thought she'd found the love of her life but Mary Turner Thomson had married a lying, bigamist, convicted paedophile - with a secret family and five fiancees.
True Story: My blue and pink hair moment!
Here's the thing, people. I'm not usually a risk taker when it comes to my hair. I'll cut maybe three inches off, max, at a time. I'll occasionally go in for a bit of a spruce up with colour to give things a fresher approach (aka, I'm 35 and sadly I'm battling new problems with stress and a little something called white hairs). And that's it. I don't do anything else. I stay long, I stay clean and I stay natural. Well, I guess I have to start writing that in past tense because last month in LA I did something a little crazy... twice. I involved colour. Not just any colour... blue and PINK!
Now before we all have a major breakdown about the idea of such a massive transformation, I'm going to tell you I'm cheating here a bit. For festival out at Coachellla, everyone was talking about transformations for the event. People wear festival clothing, flowers magically appear in your hair, face painting isn't out of the question and more or less we all become something a little different when we let go and party hard at festivals. So, I thought I'd have my own moment of letting go and go with the flow after an introduction to FUDGE Urban Hair Colour - a spray on colour chalk that actually works on brunette hair (and launches end of this month!). For those of you that are brunettes, you'll know that this has been a big struggle for us, right? Yes, I have tried this before and the product I used last summer was rubbish in comparison to this hair innovation.
So imagine this. Here I am sitting in Palihouse, in Santa Monica, and I'm looking at this bottle of blue Fudge Urban Colour hair art and wondering whether now is the time to do it? Do I spray all over? Do I leave it to streaks? In the end, I just starting spraying. I have a lot of hair so I must admit this was a bit of a trial and error situation. Before I knew it I'd used the whole bottle - and learned a valuable lesson... you don't have to worry so much about the under hair... just get the top covered!
The end result was mind-blowing. I never expected to be an actual "blue hair". I wanted to borrow a Cadillac and drive slowly down the 101. Ok, old American humor there.
After blue, I wanted more. Over the next few days I went through every colour scheme. It is AMAZING what colour will do to your outfit choice in the morning. Let's just say my usual Ralph Lauren neutrals felt a bit out of place with this wild and crazy new hair!
My favorite colour, however, had to be pink. I had way too much fun with this but found I loved doing things like braiding my hair or streaking it with pink segments. So the skinny is this - this summer I'm playing with colour, not just in clothing but also with hair and makeup. It's a summer of experimentation. Shall I do green next? I have a feeling you'll be seeing a lot more - make sure you follow FFG on instagram to see the latest and greatest brave colour moments.
Fancy a snoop around Rory McIlroy's former MEGA mansion? House on sale for £2.5 million
EVER wondered how multimillionaire golfer Rory McIlroy lives? Well, look no further with these sneak pictures inside his former Northern Ireland mansion.
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