Signature Elemis treatment added to Guildford spa menu

Earlier this year luxury spa brand Elemis launched a new Total Face and Body Polish to celebrate the 10th anniversary of it's day spa.

The treatment was originally only available available at the Elemis Day Spa in Mayfair, but from next month it will be added to the spa menu at Champneys in Guildford.

Designed as an exfoliation ritual to invigorate the body and brighten skin, the Total Face and Body Polish is a relaxing and indulgent treatment, which includes an exotic body exfoliation and nourishing oil wrap to warmly cocoon the body and ensure essential moisture is locked in, combined with a clinically proven, complexion-boosting facial.

The treatment costs £60 and is available from May 1 at Champneys 192-194 High Street, Guildford (01483 455850).

Weybridge hair stylist Leo Bancroft launches supermarket product range

Surrey celebrity and catwalk hair stylist, Leo Bancroft, has launched a signature range of products at Tesco.

The hairdresser, who owns a salon in Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, launched the range at a star-studded event at The Ivy, in London, last week.

Leo, a favourite with celebrities including Abbey Clancy and Kirsty Gallagher, has extensive experience with catwalk styling (he worked on more than 21 shows at this year's Fashion Week alone) has created the High Street range to help people replicate his award-winning styles at home.

From Rosie Huntington Whiteley’s waves to Daisy Lowe’s blow-dry, there is a product to help you create your chosen "A List" look and easy-to-follow steps can be found on the back of each product.

Leo, who won Channel 4’s The Salon in 2003, is now resident hairdresser on This Morning and has since enlisted fans, such as presenter Ruth Langsford, who attended the launch on Wednesday along with a host of other celebs.

Ruth said: "Leo has worked wonders with my hair! I love working with him on TV and I am a true fan of the salon too, I definitely think he is the one to watch."

Leo Bancroft products are available exclusively from Tesco, all priced at £4.

Beauty buy of the week

Mayfield Lavender is a tranquil area in Banstead featuring 25 acres of lavender fields, where visitors can enjoy a leisurely stroll and savour the sights, sounds and smell of the fragrant flowers.

But the beauty spot is also where owners, Brendan and Lorna Maye, produce organic English lavender oil and turn it into fabulous beauty products.

The chalky soil of the North Surrey Downs is perfect for lavender and the area was the global leader in lavender production right up to the end of the Victorian era.
www.mayfieldlavender.com.

The lavender is grown without the use of herbicides or pesticides and then a traditional steam distillation process is used to produce the organic oil, which is then used in products, such as the Intensive and Easily Absorbed Hand and Nail Cream using Mayfield Lavender Organic Lavender Oil (pictured). 

The hand cream uses 87.8% certified organic ingredients and leave your hands feeling soft, supple and smelling gorgeous.

Mayfield Lavender can be found on Croydon Lane, Banstead, SM7 3BE or the products can be bought on line at

Surrey home for Scandinavian-inspired design

Scandi Living, the Scandinavian-inspired interiors website, is opening its first retail shop in Hindhead.

After six years running her online business, http://www.scandiliving.com/, Swedish-born founder Linda Swarbrick will officially open the doors of the new shop this summer.

The premises will mirror the light and airy feeling of Scandinavian living and will offer a selection of interiors products and gifts including cushions, bedding and fabric by Linum (pictured), modern home and kitchen accessories by Danish MENU, Normann Copenhagen and Stelton, dinnerware by Mateus and Hoganas and cool but functional rugs by Pappelina.

There will also be wallpaper by Ferm Living, Eco and Borastapeter, children’s room accessories by Ferm Living, Mairo and LEKA, glassware by Orrefors and Kosta Boda and painted furniture by Becky Cooper of Dalahome.

For those who not only want to shop but perhaps take a rest after walking near the Devil’s Punch Bowl, there will also be a coffee corner, serving tea, coffee and homemade Scandinavian cakes.

Scandi Living opens at Hindhead Galleries in Tilford Road on June 9th.

Beauty buy of the week

Fashionable professional haircare brand, label.m, has just launched Lab Remedy - its first range of bespoke, in-salon intensive treatments.

Regular colouring and styling leads to protein deficiencies within the hair structure, leading to visually damaged, fragile and weak hair. Specially formulated with Tri-Keravitaplex Complex (a blend of three vegan proteins), Lab Remedy treatments help to protect, nourish and repair hair to its optimal level of healthiness.

Label.m has produced a Lab Remedy for three different hair types (coloured, dry/damaged and dry/itchy) and each contain rice protein for added strength, volume and elasticity; potato protein to strengthen and promote hair growth; and pea protein for shine, gloss and lustre.

It's the perfect pick me up to add to your cut, colour or blow dry the next time you are at the salon.

The treatments are currently available at Enzorosario in Godalming at the special price of £8 (RRP £11.50) until the end of the summer.

French Connection launches homeware in Guildford

The Guildford branch of French Connection is one of just 10 of the fashion brand's stores, which will stock its new homeware collection.

Launched this month, the new range, is described by the brand as "bringing sophistication and sleekness to any home environment by introducing a clean fusion where minimal sits with rustic antique".

Mango Lamp £95

Although it seems FC is just the latest in a long list of High Street fashion labels to make the increasingly inevitable leap from clothes to homeware, this is in fact its second crack at the homeware whip.

Around 10 years ago the company launched homeware for the first time with a selection of bed linen and other soft furnishings but it was panned by critics and soon pulled from stores.

Breton Stripe Cushions £35-£45



Let's hope the new line, which has been designed with the help of Lorraine Brennan (who has previously designed for The Conran Shop) and includes soft furnishings, glassware, lighting,ceramics and a few choice furniture pieces, will be received more favourably than the last.

French Connection Home can be found at 67-68 North Street, Guildford.