Launching this Spring, the new L’Occitane Almond collection offers an indulgent solution for a firmer body and smoother skin:

Shower Scrub
A light gel enriched with fine exfoliating particles of almond shells that prepares the skin for application of the firming products

Shaping Delight
The new shaping delight is a fresh and deliciously smooth gel-cream that refines and resculpts the figure. Its formula is rich in powerful natural active ingredients that act in several ways to resculpt, firm and tone.

Beautiful Shape
A formula enriched with a cocktail of active ingredients including a new micro-exfoliating lemon extract to effectively smooth the skin and combat cellulite on the thighs.

Available from L’Occitane stores and L’Occitane.com

REGULAR EYE GLASSES

• For a mere £888 000, or approximately $1.6 million USD, you can purchase one of the 125 limited-edition eyeglasses created by Christian de la Marcke for Optic Jewel. These unique and lovely glasses are octagonal in shape and contain 62 diamonds. They are available in both traditional and sun-blocking styles.

• CliC Gold has vintage gold reading glasses for sale for the bargain price of £46 514.5, or $75,000 USD. Designed by Hugh Power, the limited 300-piece collection has a lifetime warranty. Its unique style wraps around the head to meet over the nose with a magnetic connection system. Because the side pieces extend and the back expands, this truly is a one-size-fits-all design. The gold-tinted lenses are “virtually unbreakable and unscratchable,” according to company founder Ron Lando.

• Gold and Wood of Paris have created a Prestige Collection whose name really says it all. A total of 264 diamonds grace these rimless glasses. Side arms are constructed from horn. Such opulent eyewear retails for £34 110.7, or $55,000 USD, each.

SUNGLASSES

• Dolce & Gabanna offer the DG2027B eyeglasses for a cool £237 911.8, or $383,609 USD. Tinted in brown and framed in gold, these luxurious glasses have the company’s logo on the arms in diamonds.

• Luxuriator Style 23 sunglasses sell for £4 031.3, or $65,000 USD. These opulent glasses have 132 set pave diamonds including a special, 2-carat stone that adorns the right lens. The frames are 18K-gold, and the side arms are uniquely fashioned from ivory buffalo horn.

• Moss Lipow sunglasses are still expensive but not nearly as costly as those previously mentioned. Lipow is an eccentric New York artist who pulls his inspiration from the 1950s and musician Buddy Holly. His ostrich and alligator-leather frames are only one of several interesting and attractive designs. They currently sell for £2 356.7, or $3,800 USD.

Although most people cannot afford such expensive eyewear, online stores carry huge selections of fashionable eyeglasses for all ages and interests. Choices range from classic sophistication to retro chic. Brand-name designers are bringing to market wonderful options that are fashionable, high-quality and built to last. These eyeglasses fall within a much more affordable price range. Wearing stylish eyeglasses is no longer limited to the rich and famous.

Those of you that follow both this site and my personal fashion blog will know that I am a lover of Scandi/Nordic fashion, so you can imagine my joy when I heard that Nelly.com, the no.1 online fashion store in the Nordic region is being launched in the UK! Offering over 800 external brands along with 20 of their own brands and 300 new products added everyday, it’s understandable that they get over 10 million visits every month!

Nelly.com offer a wide range of categories; Women’s, Men’s, Children’s, Shoes, Accessories, Maternity, Active Wear, Beach Wear, Underwear, and Beauty products. The most exclusive part of Nelly.com is Nelly High End where high end fashion brands such as Acne, Day, Dagmar, and Stylein are presented. Nelly TV features behind the scenes trend reports, fashion inspiration, and a webb series, interviews, and more. The site has rapidly developed since it’s conception in 2003, having grown over 4000% between 2007-2011 they are currently present in eight different countries – Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Austria, and now the UK with the EU site delivering to the rest of Europe. I’m pretty sure they won’t be stopping here, Nelly.com will be Worldwide before you know it!

Fashion brand Three Floor have relaunched their website for their SS12 collection. I fell in love with this brand as soon as I saw it, the cuts are so on point, the separates can be teamed with anything, and the looks are styled to perfection! I want to fill my wardrobe with Three Floor Fashion, so apt for the bi-polar British weather; you can layer it to perfection! Favourite pieces are the reverse dipped hem shirts, the skater dresses with cut-out detail, the drop waist colour block dress, chiffon colour block shirts and the light weight parkers! Take a look for yourself at threefloorfashion.com

In the spirit of the Olympics I’m on a mission to ‘GET FIT’ for 2012. I will be recording my physical progress and commenting on my gym (Nuffield Health), my work out plan and fitness gear I’ll be wearing. The desired outcome is to de-stress, getting fit, and having an overall healthier lifestyle.

Being in my late 20s, as a size 10, 5’ 10” girl people may believe I hit the gym regularly; when in reality I’ve never worked out a day in my life. Cardio for me is shopping and walking around central London to various press days; and with a lot of companies offering online shopping that cuts the “cardio” in half! Being blessed with a great metabolism is not enough, I hear all the ‘horror’ stories about ‘once you hit 30 your metabolism slows right down’ so I know one day it will come to a grinding halt, the main thing on my agenda is getting fit and feeling healthy so I don’t feel completely winded after running for a bus!

Running two fashion/lifestyle sites, designing and customising outfits, and being a social butterfly doesn’t exactly leave much time for anything else. I want to show you (and myself) that you can have the busy lifestyle and still have/make time to get fit and healthy.

I’m not the only one on this ‘GET FIT’ caper, this series is being tried and tested by Toronto based fashion lifestyle site Coco&Cowe.com; personal fashion lifestyle blog QOTUGIRL (launching in May 2012); and my style blog LetMeSeeYourWears.com.

Next step, my body M.O.T.

Fashion icon and Fashion Director of Vogue Japan, Anna Dello Russo aka “The Guardian of Fashion” has designed an accessories collection for Swedish high st retailer H&M; which I am as excited as **** about! The collection is FULL of gaudy gold with hints of turquoise, and features snake bangles and necklets, box clutches, embellished sunglasses, shoes, and a trolley. AdR took inspiration from her home for this collection which you can see in the video below.

Anna says “I am excited by this collaboration; this is the first time H&M involves a Fashion Director in a special project. This is the sign of an important evolution in fashion, and I am both thrilled and humbled to be the one chosen to lead it. I wanted to create precious accessories that are impossible to find. As a stylist I know accessorization is essential, it is the personal touch to any outfit. With these pieces everybody can have fun, turning an ordinary day into a fantastic fashion day”.

After all that excitement, the collection won’t be available to our prying hands for another 5 months. See it, touch it, feel it, buy it from October 4th in stores and online.

It was love at first sight with these Miu Miu shades,  this model evokes the retro style of the Miu Miu Noir Sunglasses capsule collection and features antiqued metal frames embellished with glitter tones. They’re available in three frames Tortoise Sand-Dark Brown, Tortoise Medium and Black.

The video for Rihanna’s killer track Where Have You Been has finally been released and it does not disappoint! The Baijan beauty goes back to her Pon De Replay and If It’s Lovin’ That You Want days and pulled out some full on choreography; on top of that animal print features everywhere, the hair and make up is totally working – she makes me want to get a bottle of black hair colour and have a black summer! In the vid Rih Rih wears an Emilio Pucci black jet beaded bodysuit with skull from the Spring/Summer 2012 Collection.

Amazing shoe designer Josh Wayman aka Mr Kandee has designed two pairs of shoes for UK based charity, Pink Ribbon Foundation. The Pink Fizz collection – the Pink Lemonade (shoe) and Limonade (boot) charity styles are inspired by the original and fabulous Lemonade and Limonade sold-out styles and follow months of popular demand for a pink crystallized shoe. Commited to giving back, Josh wants to use his name and status in the fashion world to make a positive difference to a great charity.

The Pink Lemonade heels retail at £210 and the Pink Limonade boots at £250 with 10% of all sales going to the Pink Ribbon Foundation. Both are available on KandeeShoes.com.

Expert beauty buyer Felicity Hunt handpicked some of the best products for the launch; brands include Hersheson, Nail Girls, Vita Liberata, Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics, Oskia, St Tropez, Essie, and the exclusive UK launch of BITE Beauty.

“We have worked hard to ensure our range represents the quality and exclusivity that Cocosa customers are accustomed to. Our aim is that women will be able to come to us for all their lifestyle needs, and shop for their weekend outfit and top-to-toe beauty all at the same time.