healthclubTV is set to change the way we exercise and stay fit and healthy. By allowing us to plan our workouts, whether at home, in the gym or on the move healthclubTV is a great little tool to help us all reach your fitness goals

When you register online you can easily browse the workouts within each section, see descriptions and previews that can help you decide on the workout that’s right for you. Each workout section offers a selection of videos from leading fitness experts which users can download to their profile to build their own personalised workout.

There is also a dedicated section for physiotherapy where those recovering from injury can log in with a code from participating GPs and access a number of exercises tailored to their individual rehabilitation.

The fitness form of iTunes!

By SiSi Chic

The first step we tend to take during winter is to change our moisturiser but how about your cleansing routine?

Our beauty pick this week is Dr Bronner’s Tea Tree Pure Castille Soap (59 ml RRP £1.69 / 236 ml RRP £4.99). Packed with bacteria fighting Tea Tree oil and loaded with moisturising organic jojoba oil and organic coconut oil, which assists the absorption of organic hemp and avocado oils, all help to keep skin smooth, supple and clear. Just what we need during this chilly spell!

What’s more, each and every one of Dr Bronner’s products is USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and Fair Trade certified, with large portions of profits (between 30%-70%) donated to charities each year. 

Winter-proof your skin and get ready for Spring!

By CiCi x

Choose from 3 different oil blends to suit you and your partner’s mood; Revitalizing with citrus scent, Relaxing with lavender, Balancing with geranium and enjoy a romantic evening at home.

For those of you unfamiliar with the brand, Simply Soaps is a company set up by 2 brothers with funding from The Prince’s Trust in 1997. They set out to make wonderful handmade products in particular cold process soaps, ‘in harmony with you and the environment’ and a long time before anyone else was even thinking about greener living. Simply Soaps test their products on people, not animals and their electricity is from green powered energy. They are a carbon neutral company using power wisely and they also only use sustainable palm oil… Now that’s what we like to hear!

If massage isn’t your thing then check out the rest of the Simply Soaps candle range including their gorgeous Mood Candles (RRP £4.95) in OOO for Romance which is packed with calming Ylang Ylang… the perfect aphrodisiac… Oooh-la-la!

Love is in the air

By CiCi x

The excluisve NEW Limited Edition Kissable Lip Set RRP £25.00, launches today and is available online and in House of Fraser stores nationwide (exc Ireland). With every purchase of this special set 50% of the RRP going to the appeal. *

A £2.00 donation will also apply to all Clinique lipstick or lipgloss sold at House of Fraser stores nationwide, throughout February 2012. (£1.00 will be donated by Clinique and £1.00 will be donated by House of Fraser).

For further information on the KISS IT BETTER appeal and how to pick up your Kiss it Better pin badge,  Great Ormand Street Hospital Kiss it Better appeal.

* (£6.50 from Clinique and £6 from House of Fraser)

By CiCi x

We’ve all been there… your bestfriend has a broken heart and you want to be there for her but you also want to give her something a little bit more original than a card. You may not be able to repair her broken heart but you will most certainly put a smile back on her face with this girly gift.

Helpful Hankies by Moi Self illustrate five cute messages which will guarantee to brighten your friend’s mood. The messages include: Fix your mascara, you’re amazing’, Thinking of you sweetie’, He’s not that hot anyway’, ‘Go and buy some shoes’ and ‘It’s not goodbye, just au revoir’.

Each hankie is made from 100% cotton and screen-printed (by hand) with a stylish illustration to match the phrase. RRP £10.00, available from My Wardrobe.

Dry those tears. Life is too short!

By CiCi x

There are a handful of beauty products with this wonderful ingredient present however Hope’s Relief is 100% pure and specially selected to contain the UMF (Unique Manuka Factor) that independent studies recognise as being the most potent; in comparison to other Manuka honey based products that do not have the Active/ UMF form.

I have been testing out Hope’s Relief Therapeutic Cream (£16.20) and love the way it just magically seems to regenerate my parched skin. This little beauty is perfect for windy and winter climates thanks to its 5 active ingredients, UMF 10+ Active Manuka Honey, Calendula, Aloe Vera, Gota Kola and Liquorice all giving relief to even the driest of skins.

Other Hope’s Relief products include a soap-free Cleansing Bar (£8.70), Shampoo (£16.20) and Conditioner (£16.20).

Suitable for delicate baby skin too!

By SiSi Chic

A decadent, sensuous and indulgent range guaranteed to plunge you, your skin and your senses straight into chocolate heaven, sin free, pleasure rich and oozing with luxurious texture and fragrance.

The line-up is as follows…

	Body Scrub(£12.50 / 200ml) If this wasn’t package correctly I would easily mistake it for delicious chocolate brownie mix, it smells absolutely divine.
	Shower Cream (£4.00 / 250ml) This pearlescent formula is such a beautiful colour plus a mouthwatering scent.
	Soap (£2.00) & Mini Soaps Set (£3.50) These are just the cutest little heart-shape soaps ever  and perfect to use in the shower or even at the sink.
	Body Lotion (£8.00 / 250ml) A great one if you’re not into heavy textures and prefer something that is absorbed quickly yet hydrates at the same time.
	Lip Butter (£4.00) Keep temptation at arm’s length by keeping this buttery delight in your handbag for that quick chocolately fix… it’s almost good enough to eat!

However, the star product in the range has got to be the Body Butter (£12.50 / 200ml) containing the highest percentage of Community Fair Trade ingredients in the history of The Body Shop. Inside every pot is an exclusive formula of 12 CFT Ingredients from around the world – that’s 45% of the total contents!

Now all this chocolate talk has made me hungry!!

By Sisi Chic

Apart from being know as the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, also went down in history for her passionate interest in roses and her beautiful rose garden in the Chateau de Malmasion. It was reported that she collected roses from all around the world and her love for the flower translated into the world’s first written history of roses.

We love the inspiration behind Josephine’s Rose Candle and believe that this must-have scent is a personification of the Empress herself; passionate, which immediately hits you from the combination of roses, slightly naughty due to the subtle spicy notes and completely and well and truly addictive. You won’t want to blow out the flame, trust us!

Jonathan Ward tells us, “We have created layers of exquisitely decadent deep and haunting rose notes, complimented with spicy tuberose and a shadow of poetic Iris. Touches of animal like musks are delicately layered into the base of this aroma and subtle spices and pepper make it unabashedly robust.”

We always mention how the power of scent can transport you to a different place, well this fragrance proves exactly that. Light the candle, close your eyes and relax for just a few moments and feel yourself being taken to Josephine’s rose garden. You won’t want to leave.

 Potent and completely addictive!

Empress Josephine in the Gardens of Malmaison, Pierre-Paul Prud’hon (1805).

Currently located in the Musée du Louvre, in Paris, France.

By CiCi x

This year Trilogy is launching Helping Hand Wash a 10^th Anniversary limited edition product which will be sold throughout 2012. 100% of profits from the sale of Helping Hand Wash will go to the Child’s i Foundation, a wonderful charity helping to end the tragedy of baby abandonment in Uganda.

The founder of Child’s i, Lucy Buck, worked as a TV producer on shows including Big Brother, until finding an abandoned baby in a car park changed her life. This spurred Lucy on to give up her career in TV and set up her own charity as well as an orphanage in Kampala, Uganda.

Lucy’s story

“For several years my life was divided. I worked as a producer on high-profile TV shows and volunteered at an orphanage in Uganda. In 2008, I buried a little baby boy called Abraham. He had been abandoned in a taxi park and died of meningitis in an orphanage aged just 16 weeks. In his short life, no one had truly loved him. I decided then to quit my TV career to establish the Child’s i Foundation, with the aim of helping ensure Abraham’s tragic story wasn’t repeated over and over again. Our belief is that every child deserves to grow up in a family rather than in an institution.  Every purchase of this product helps make this dream possible.”

Helping Hand Wash combines the natural antibacterial properties of Elderberry and Burdock with natural vegetable oils in an effective, low foaming liquid soap. With Trilogy’s signature fragrance of frankincense, rose geranium and lavender, the luxurious creamy texture leaves hands feeling deliciously soft and clean.

Trilogy Helping Hand Wash RRP £13.50 (300ml)

Helping a poor family is a simple as washing your hands!

By CiCi x

I don’t normally use organic/natural hair products as I am a bit skeptical of the outcome and efficacy, however I must say that I was pleasantly surprised about DGJ Organics Hair Juice Shampoo and Conditioner (£4.19 each).

The honeydew melon shampoo, and conditioner are brilliant and gentle enough for everyday use, even though I frown upon washing the locks too often. The organic aloe vera, coconut and melon leave hair smelling gorgeous and feeling lovely and soft.

DGJ Organics is the source for naturally beautiful hair; the range is salon tested and of professional quality, by British hair and beauty innovators, Medichem.

Green Hair at its best!

By SiSi Chic