Fragrance genius Jo Malone have today launched their Kohdo Wood collection. The new scents include Lotus Blossom & Water Lily (a sweet smell designed to awaken and refresh your senses) and Dark Amber & Ginger Lily (a softer, deeper scent to calm and relax). The two scents and their names are inspired by the ancient Japanese incense ceremony of Kohdo.

The Lotus Blossom & Water Lily scent contains a blend of mandarin, lotus blossom, bamboo and aloeswood to really energise and give you a boost in the mornings. The Dark Amber & Ginger Lily contains black cardamom, orchid and Kyara Wood and has been created to cleanse the senses, and help make you more positive and relaxed. I personally prefer the Dark Amber scent, it’s fresher in my opinion.

Available in this collection along with the two fragrances are a candle (£38) and bath oil (£52), visit the Jo Malone website for more information and to buy. Each fragrance will cost you £30 for 30ml and £59 for 100ml.

Lets face it, we all enjoy a bit of pampering now and again and where better to spend a day than at a Champneys Health Resort. My sister and I took my mum to the Forest Mere Complex in Liphook, Hampshire for her birthday on Tuesday and I can’t recommend it enough. We had a fabulous day chilling out by the pool, walking around the lake and sipping smoothies and eating lemon cake in the Spa Cafe!

We opted for a ‘Spa Day’ experience which gives you access to the resort and all facilities (gym, pool, fitness classes), with this package you also get a Thalasso Pool Session (salt water and mineral pool with jets to get the circulation going), a 25 minute back massage and a 25 minute facial which was fabulous. A buffet lunch is also included plus towel and robe hire.

There are other day experiences available, I have also been to a ‘Top to Toe Day’ which includes a manicure, pedicure, massage, facial and buffet lunch. You can also go for a ‘Luxury Day’, ‘Relax Day’, ‘Mother To Be Day’, ‘Bride To Be Day’ and a few others. More information about the day experiences can be found here.

After a long day of relaxing and enjoying the peaceful surroundings we headed to the shop and bought ourselves some products to take home. I purchased the Champneys cleanser (£8), toner(£8), moisture lotion(15), two in one face masks (£6 for 4) and some luxury face wipes(£5). A good days work I thought!

To get yourself some Champneys products (which are wonderful by the way) you can go on their website and browse through the beautifully packaged gift sets, make-up, face creams and accessories. Visit the Spa Shop to get your hands on some goodies.

I have just received the new White Jasmine & Mint fragrance from Jo Malone that I mentioned a few months ago. If you’re looking to buy someone a birthday gift or even a Christmas pressie (yes Christmas is once again nearly here!) this is a perfect buy. It comes beautifully packaged in a small cream and black Jo Malone box with cute ribbon to hold it together, and when you spray the perfume the smell of the jasmine and mint will fill the room with familiar autumn scents.

The fragrance follows a whole list of natural scents including Nutmeg & Ginger, Lime Basil & Mandarin, Blue Agava & Cacao to name a few, all formulas are made from familiar smells such as spicy, floral and citrus scents and you can even combine fragrances. If you visit the official Jo Malone White Jasmine & Mint website you can purchase the fragrance for £30 (30ml) or £59 (100ml).

I am seriously loving the Realness of Concealness mini ‘Fake it’ kit from Benefit Cosmetics. The little box is ideal for travelling and contains mini touch up versions of the ‘Fake it’ products to take with you on the move. It comes in a cute little box with sewn in mirror and the interior is decorated with pink and black polka dot material.

The kit includes Benefit Ooh La Lift; a magic pink balm that helps your eyes look younger and brighter, Boi-ing Concealer; to help cover dark circles and imperfections, Lip Plump; does exactly what the title says! And Benefit High Beam; a pink pearl lotion highlighter that gives a natural afterglow to the complexion.

The set costs £22.50 and can be bought from HQ Hair, it fits nicely in your handbag, no matter how small your bag is and can be used throughout the day to touch up your make up.

I have tested tanning kits for many years now, from daily moisturisers such as Olay Everyday Sunshine to longer lasting brands such as Fake Bake. I have finally come to the conclusion that St. Tropez is by far the best product for my skin type. It smells good, spreads well and the kits come with an exfoliator, moisturiser and bronzer in one. The best thing about it in my opinion is that even though you’re supposed to put in on, leave overnight then wash off, you can also put it on just before you go out (not quite as heavily!) and it will give you a great tan for the evening. You just have to pray that it doesn’t rain so you don’t go streaky!

For me it is the best tanning product around and I’ll never bother with another tan again – unless it’s a salon tan obviously. You can buy the kit or individual products at Amazon.co.uk or visit the St. Tropez Website for more information.

A few years ago, I read an article that said as we get older some people get a little lost or stuck in a rut and want advice on how to put their outfits together. Their advice was to think of a celebrity that’s around your age and someone that you admire, then, copy their dress sense, hair style and make-up etc. – their whole look. Lulu was my inspiration. Though a little bit older than I, she looks totally amazing for her 56 years (she looks at least 20 years younger) and I have got some stylish ideas from her over the years!

Yesterday she was on the shopping channel QVC with her new skincare range: ‘Lulu’s Time Bomb’ so I switched on at 8pm to have a look. The products sold out within minutes of Alison Young (the presenter) describing them and to be honest, you just had to look at Lulu sitting there absolutely glowing and radiating beauty to want the products yourself. I couldn’t decide on what to have first but sadly, I couldn’t get anything.

Although Lulu admits to having Botox in the past, she now only uses the new range, which she says has taken 3 years to perfect. She obviously eats well and exercises regularly but then so do I and my skin doesn’t look like hers!! I just couldn’t get over how youthful and toned her skin looked. She certainly does have something to SHOUT about!!

The range consists of Cleansing Cream, Polishing Pads, Day Cream, Eye Cream, Night-cream and a trial survival Pack of consisting of 4 of the products ranging from £12.00 to £30.00.

I have been on the website this morning to place my order and can’t wait for it to arrive!