Our latest bathroom swoon...

His 'n' her loos.  His 'n' her basins.  And a bath that's obviously big enough for two.  (And clearly needs its own 'mounting block'.)

     Today we bring you his high-ceilinged, wide-floorboarded, tiled temple to bathing.  Not sure of its location (we'd say Paris, probably).

     But something to inspire you to kick off your shoes, fill the tub and indulge, this weekend.

     Wallowing in blissful solitude.  Or à deux...  

     Whatever floats your boat.  (Or your rubber duck, more like...)

Free frozen yoghurt from YooMoo!

Yup, read that right.
     Now, we're big fans of frozen yoghurt.  Snack-of-choice, actually. And YooMoo's is sublime:  smooth, creamy, with that yoghurty tang that makes it somehow taste - well, less naughty than ice cream.
     This Saturday (1st October), YooMoo is celebrating their first birthday - and they're giving away free yoghurt to celebrate.
     This yoghurtfest is happening 10 locations, which you can check out on the YooMoo website.  They include Canary Wharf, Bluewater, Derby, Leeds, Milton Keynes (but not including Harrods).
     It's just for an hour - from 11 a.m. to noon.  On Saturday only.
     But let's not look a gift moo-cow in the face, eh?

www.yoomoo.com

Which are the coolest beauty brands...?

Well, it's official.  Today, the results of the latest CoolBrands survey are unveiled, as judged by an appropriately too-cool-for-school panel that includes Ben de Lisi, Sadie Frost, Kelly Hoppen, Gizzi Erskine, Lisa Snowdon and many, many influential art directors and designers.
     The criteria?  Style.  Innovation.  Originality.  Authenticity.  Desirability.  Uniqueness.
     So - cue drumroll! - the winners are...
     Dermalogica, voted the coolest skincare brand (beating Creme de la Mer and Eve Lom, no less.)
     And in haircare, ghd (that's the Good Hair Day people) were straight-up winners, pipping TiGi and John Frieda to the post.
     That's just the tip of the CoolBrands iceberg, of course:  in all, there are over 500 CoolBrands (whittled down from 10,000), many of them showcased in a luxurious hardback book.  If you've got a spare £50 knocking around.  And you're a brand junkie.
     What our Jo's also tickled by, meanwhile, is that the lil' ol' organic chocolate brand she started with her husband Craig Sams, in 1991, is for the fifth year running Britain's coolest food brand.
     And if all these wins aren't an excuse for a nibble on a bar of Butterscotch, we'd like to know what is.

www.coolbrands.uk.com
For more about Dermalogica click here
For more about ghd, click here

What's Spanish for 'blow-dry'...?

To be honest, we haven't a clue, either.
     But in one Spanish destination - Barcelona - a savvy hairdresser has carved a niche for himself with not one but four groovily-decorated Anthony Llobet salons, where the stylists all speak English. (Between them, they've 11 languages.)
     No need for hand signals for 'more volume on top, please'.  No being zooshed automatically with lacquer when you don't know how to refuse.  No getting 'lost in translation' at all, in fact - which is what generally puts the fear factor in getting your hair styled overseas.
     Jo sleuthed out these 'English hair salons' when in the Catalan capital at the weekend, needing to look zhooshy.  Got a fabulous blow-dry (Andreas at John Frieda, are you looking nervous yet?)  And can particularly recommend Fanny, at the Gotic location (in this very hip and happening area of town).
     So we say:  viva Anthony Llobet!
     (Which is about the extent of our Espanol, unfortunately...)

www.anthonyllobet.com

Sex And The Countryside

So, this is where SJP goes to kick off her Manolos, at the weekend.  A little bit of blue-and-white paradise, the latest in the Beauty Bible Blog's series of perfect pampering places.
     We're taken with the rolling vanity unit.
     Love the butterflies.  Can't quite tell from the photo - which appeared in the US's Elle Decor mag (you can find it here on spiffy newsstands)  if they're vintage, or Damien Hirst-esque.
     Adore the tongue-and-groove walls. (Genius for swiftly covering a multitude of sins, tongue-and-groove:  you can even batten it over the pig-ugliest tiles.)
     But the stroke of genius, for us, is the his 'n' her milking pails, in place of waste baskets.
     She always did have style, that Miss Parker.

www.elledecor.com


     

What does a year of make-up look like...?

Here's your answer, courtesy of directors Lernert & Sander and the brilliant Nowness website.
       Over nine hours, make-up artist Ferry van der Nat and his assistant Vanessa Chan applied 365 days' worth of Ellis Faas make-up to the (so-patient) model's face:  seven bottles of foundation, three lip pens, two bottles of blush - and more.  (Relax:  they condensed it into a couple of minutes of film.)
     They did allow model Hannelore Knuts to eat and drink.  Through a straw!
     Riveting.
     Though can we just add:  Don't.  Try.  This.  At.  Home.

To view the video, click here
Ellis Faas make-up (and we love this) is now on-line at Liberty, if you click here

Make yourself a cuppa and watch this (No. 2)

Yesterday, Chanel.
      Today, it's Dior's turn to entertain you over the McVities Digestives and the beverage of your choice, with a rather beautiful new film for J'Adore.  It was shot in Versailles and stars Charlize Theron, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly.
     And yes, you read that right.
     Just click here to view on YouTube, or here to see it via their Facebook page.
     We think you'll - er - adore it.

www.dior.com
Facebook:  www.facebook.com/Dior