Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Health

Spa sessions for two at Bannatyne's in Carlisle

Spa photo After a long week at work most of us dream of drifting off to a land far away, putting our feet up and relaxing. But inevitably daily chores take over and we rarely find time to relieve ourselves of everyday stresses and strains.

Last updated 1 February 2010
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Jane and her friends get ready to be pampered!

HERE at Me we know every woman needs a little luxury in her life.

Last updated 26 January 2010
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Getting rid of that 'good cake'

I don’t normally bother with anti-cellulite treatments. I get my bit of exercise at the gym, but any remaining wobbly bits are richly deserved.

Last updated 19 January 2010
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Thinking of shifting festive pounds with a detox diet? Spare yourself the torture

The first time I ever heard of “detoxing” was at university ten years ago. A flatmate had read a diet guru book championing a regular starvation regime as the only way to achieve bodily nirvana.

Last updated 29 December 2009
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Cutting a new dash to a new you

Evan Shek had just finished restyling a new client – one who hadn’t seen a hairdresser’s scissors for 10 years.

Last updated 2 March 2009
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Daft diets

If daft diets actually worked, we wouldn’t all be on them so much of the time. ANNE PICKLES looks at some of the worst – and one of the best – ways of losing weight

Last updated 23 January 2009
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Sex or chocolate?

Why do men claim to be addicted to sex while women get hooked on shoes, bags and chocolate? Just lucky I guess. Anne Pickles has the definitive guide

Last updated 23 January 2009
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Massages - we love them so much

Ask any woman to name her all-time most popular treatment and chances are she’ll tell you – with a far-away look in her eyes – it’s a massage. The most seductive element of any facial or body treatment? Massage again. And it’s no accident we all love them so much.

Last updated 22 January 2009
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Life is too short not to make the most of every day, says Rachel

Two cancer scares in as many years have left 28-year-old Rachel Medich in no doubt at all that life is simply too short not to make the most of every day.

Last updated 22 January 2009
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Bullies, bulimia and Barbie - Cumbria girl Deryn's story

Weblore has it that if Barbie were a real woman, she wouldn’t have enough body fat to menstruate. For Deryn Green, Cumbria’s very own Barbie girl, fat has become a four-letter word and a destructive fixation.

Last updated 22 January 2009
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Sleeping yourself healthy

He hit the nail on the head with absolute precision . . . and his audience laughed out loud! “I’ve been sleeping like a baby,” said John McCain after losing the 2008 presidential election.

Last updated 22 January 2009
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The tender touch

No pain, no gain, or so the saying goes. Anne Pickles tested the theory with a massage promising plenty of both

Last updated 11 November 2008
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