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Stylish Stay: The Glasshouse Hotel, Edinburgh

The entrance hall of The Glasshouse in Edinburgh is spacious and stylish; yet the greeting from it's doorman (who looks like Al Capone), and it's friendly reception staff will make you feel right at home.
A porter will show you to your room whether you have luggage or not; and when the door opens to your haven for the night you will not be disappointed.
The room carries on the hotel's slick modern styling; with a mixture of carpeted areas and wooden floor boards. Tasteful photographs of naked women adorn the walls, giving a true feel of opulence. Plus, the hotel isn't called The Glasshouse for nothing. A floor to ceiling window will give you a marvellous view of Edinburgh Castle or the bustling city.
Image: Laura Pearson
Our room had a huge bed right in the centre covered in crisp white Egyptian cotton bed linen. You'll want to climb into it right away; but if you wait until the evening you'll get a turn-down service from the hotel's Housekeeping.
Image: Laura Pearson

The bathroom is immaculate with a heated floor; and delightful Highland Aromatic toiletries will help you drift off into a peaceful slumber.
Image: Laura Pearson
When you awake in the morning, a delicious feast awaits. Let friendly maitre'd Naomi cater to your every need. Enjoy some fresh fruit, cereal and pastries before enjoying something more substantial from the menu whilst sitting by the amazing windows looking up at the castle. Their pancakes with bacon, fresh fruit and syrup is a must!
If you would prefer to stay in your room however, the hotel offers full room service, with a menu full of lovely treats.

This 5-star hotel truly is a luxurious home from home, and is well worth a visit. Plus, it's location right next door to the Edinburgh Playhouse makes it perfect for catching a performance. Hairspray with Michael Ball is currently in residence until January 9th.


Rooms cost from as little as £95 per night if you book far enough in advance.


Steal Her Style: Katie Holmes


Happy Feet Shoes

If you are heading out to see in the New Year in style next weekend, and are planning on donning your skyscraper heels, these handbag shoes from Happy Feet Shoes will be a god-send. 
Happy Feet Shoes are cute flat fold-away ballerina pumps to store in your handbag when your feet just can't take any more vertical action.
Copyright: www.happyfeetshoes.co.uk
They are extremely comfortable, and come in a variety of colours (for outfit matching of course). What's even better is that they cost just £4.99.




Smashbox Eye Wish Palette

Give yourself a post-Christmas treat to brighten up the new year with the gorgeous Smashbox Eye Wish Palette.
When you take the palette out of it's cardboard packaging, it's bright gold casing makes it look like a treasure trove, and upon opening it you'll find that that is exactly what it is.
It contains 12 eyeshadows, 4 cream eye liners, a mini Photo Finish Lid Primer and a mini Lash DNA Mascara in jet black. There are also cute little instruction cards for how to create some beautiful looks.
The eye liners
The eyeshadows
This is a limited edition Christmas palette, so get it now before it's loveliness is gone forever. It is available from www.salonskincare.co.uk for £30. Our favourite shade is soft grey. This delicate colour will give you an elegant New Year's Eve celebration.
Eyeshadow- soft grey
  


Margaret Dabbs Footcare

Are your feet tired from spending all of Christmas Day slaving over a hot stove, or all of Boxing Day shopping in the sales? The luxury footcare range from Margaret Dabbs will give your feet a much needed pick-me-up. 
One of our favourites is the Intensive Hydrating Foot Lotion. This light lotion has a lovely sherbet smell evoking relaxing memories of childhood. It will make your feet feel refreshed, and instantly a lot softer. Mmm... £25
We also adore the Exfoliating Foot Mousse. This light whipped mousse is course with ground tea tree leaf and pumice, so you can scrub and polish your feet up ready for the weather improving. The Emu oil ingredient will leave your feet lovely and soft too. £15


Sale Bargains- Beauty

Twinkle Magazine- Fashion Sale Bargains- http://ow.ly/3ur9D

Space NK- Lipstick Queen  5 Minutes of Fame set- Was £22 now £11
Space NK- Lavender Hands set- Was £25 now £12.50 
Shop Space NK’s selection of beauty must haves. 
Benefit- Powderflage- Was £19.50 now £13.65
Benefit - sale-abration! 
House of Fraser- Patrick Cox Small Dome Cosmetics Bag- Was £35 now £17.50
House of Fraser- Guerlain Ombre eclat 4 Shade Eyeshadow- Was £37 now £18.50
House of Fraser- Clarins Skincare Travel Case- Was £42 now £28.14
Sale is now on at House of Fraser.


Very Last Minute Christmas Gifts

Ok, so it's Christmas Eve and you've forgotten a gift for someone who's coming tomorrow for Christmas dinner. We've all done it. Fear not as Twinkle Magazine is hear to help...


Wahanda
Wahanda is  fabulous website where you can instantly book spa, hair and beauty treatments across the UK at bargain prices. Their daily 'Mob Deals' are fantastic value. Choose an experience at www.wahanda.com, purchase, print and pop in a Christmas card. Voila!


Ticketmaster
Go to www.ticketmaster.co.uk and buy them theatre or concert tickets for something they'd love, then grab a Christmas card and print out the booking confirmation and put it inside. Instant gift. Twinkle saw Hairspray this week. It's a fantastic humorous musical, and is currently on UK tour with Michael Ball. Gift cards are also available from Ticketmaster if you don't know what event would tickle their fancy.


Sale Bargains- Fashion

SALE
Brilliant sale fashion bargains...



Christmas Truths

7 truths of Christmas...


1. It's alright to insist on Turkey every year even though you don't actually like it. It's tradition.


2. It's perfectly acceptable to get your mother-in-law drunk. A drunk grump is better than a grump. Keep topping up her glass until she falls into the peaceful land of slumber, or takes it upon herself to sing three verses of 'Hi Ho Silver Lining'. Don't feel bad. I did say drunk though, not dead.


3. It's fine to write 'we must meet up' in the Christmas card to someone you haven't seen for ten years. Everyone knows it's just something you write. I mean, it's been ten years, and she did hang you from the school railings by your knickers, so you can't like each other that much!


4. It's alright to re-gift the grinning china dog from Aunt Gladys. Just make sure it isn't grinning back at her next year from the £5 gift bag you bought to disguise the fact that it's a re-gift.


5. Party hats are a wonderful invention. They make everyone look like they are having a fabulous time even though you'd all rather be taken hostage, tied up and shot.


6. It's alright to have to undo your jeans at the dinner table. Infact, the meal hasn't been successful unless your waistline has expanded a few inches.


7. It's not silly to wake up on Boxing Day and spend two hours filling in forms to join the local gym, only to cancel on New Year's Eve ahead of the next big feast. You do have a seven-day get out clause for a reason!


A Colin and Justin Christmas


Our Editor Laura Pearson met up with our favourite television interior designers to watch them perform their charity Christmas single. The boys have released Mary's Boy Child / Auld Lang Syne in aid of Cash For Kids. 


The single is available to download from Cash For Kids or from iTunes for £3, and will help underprivileged children in Scotland wake up to a gift from Santa on Christmas day. 






Colin and Justin were also supporting the Festival4Stars competition when they gave a guest performance during the talent competition's showcase of some of the brightest new singing and dancing stars. To find out more about Festival4Stars visit www.festival4stars.com.


Get Easy Glamorous Eyes

Love having gorgeous fluttering eyelashes with lots of sparkle; but don't always have the time needed to create this look? Look no further than Girls With Attitude's Burlesque lashes in Showtime.
These pretty false eyelashes add length to your lashes, and add sparkle with their incorporated diamante stones.
They are easy to apply, and come with glue and an applicator brush; and the lashes stay put all day too! We've been wearing them all week and bringing glitz to the Twinkle Magazine office!


They are available for £6 from www.boots.com.


Read Twinkle Magazine on the move with the Beauty Grub App!

You can now read Twinkle Magazine on the move with the Beauty Grub app from Grub apps. The app has a collection of beauty news feature feeds, all gathered together, from the best magazines and media around including Glamour and Marie Claire, and Twinkle Magazine is one of them! Find us in the Magazine category.


It's a must-have download for any iphone, ipod or ipad so get it now for free from iTunes.
To find out more visit www.beautygrub.com.


Our biggest beauty giveaway competition yet!

Twinkle Magazine are giving away a huge beauty goodie bag in our biggest giveaway yet. It's to raise money for Age UK, which was originally called Help The Aged.


To enter all you have to do is donate £2 to our secure official Just Giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/twinklemagazine. You can do this using your paypal account, or credit and debit cards. If you win the goodie bag you will get all of the prizes below, and if not you will have given £2 to help thousands of elderly people who are cold and alone this Winter.


Twinkle Magazine are counting on our lovely readers!


Goodie bag contains...
A bottle of Space NK perfume, a selection of luxury skincare products stocked at Space NK, a £20 Space NK eyeshadow brush, 2 Burlesque false eyelash sets from Girls With Attitude, and an Eyeko nail polish.


Cute Nail Polishes

We love the cute little bottles of nail polish from Eyeko. The pretty slimline design will look gorgeous on any dressing table.


The polish itself is long-lasting, and gives a strong solid colour with just one coat. Our favourites are Posh Polish (a delicate nude), and Chi Chi Polish; which is a pink glitter polish that looks great on it's own or as a top coat.


The range is available online at www.eyeko.com, and the nail polishes can be snapped up for a bargain £3.50. Collect them all!


Get Rosy Cheeks With Chanel

Les Tissages de Chanel in Tweed Fuchsia is a gorgeous blusher from Chanel's Christmas Collection.


A duo of shades are woven in a tweed pattern with tiny flecks of golden dust; creating a radiant look when applied. At £31 (from www.debenhams.com), it is more than many people may spend on a blusher; but a little of this goes a long way, and the chic black Chanel logo-ed palette with enclosed mirror and brush will make a stylish addition to your make-up bag.


It's our new favourite!


Burlesque

This Friday sees the release of the much anticipated sparkly Hollywood musical blockbuster Burlesque.
The film tells the story of a small town girl (played by Christina Aguilera) who heads to Los Angeles in search of a singing career; but gets sidetracked by the world of Burlesque. Burlesque; once an exaggerated form of theatre before becoming associated with striptease, is a fantastic way to get fit and have fun at the same time.


Health and beauty site www.wahanda.com has put together a list of the UK's best places to learn how to move your body seductively with the art of Burlesque; and has exclusive offers available. If you are in London, check out Expressions Studios; and for our Scottish readers, Dance Base in Scotland is the place to go.


Find your inner Dita Von-Teese and get a class booked! Offers are available until 31st December.


Twilight Eclipse

Settle indoors during the dark nights and watch Twilight Eclipse- everyone's favourite vampire love story. It's now available on DVD and Blu-ray. You can also show your Bella & Edward love with Twilight themed beauty products and accessories.

Twilight Eclipse DVD Release



New York Label Hunter Dixon


Many ooos and aahhs were said when we saw Kimberley Walsh wearing this gorgeous tweed and silk dress (that's bang on trend) at the British Fashion Awards. So when we tracked it down as being one of hip and fashionable New York label Hunter Dixon's creations, we just had to show you what else they have to offer. These pieces are available from Saks in New York, or online at cute boutique Red Ruby Rouge. For more information visit: www.hunterdixon.com.
Swan dress £299 www.redrubyrouge.com
Georgie jacket £289 www.redrubyrouge.com


In Love With A Blanket

We are in love. No, not with our husbands (well yes we are but let's forget about that for a second); but with a blanket. This, however, is not just an ordinary blanket. Oh no, this is a warm, embracing, soft fleece blanket with  arms, and wait for it...speakers in a hood. 
The Sound Asleep Speaker Blanket is a god-send in Britain's current big freeze. The removable speakers can connect via a wire to ipods, televisions and radios. There's nothing better than cuddling up with it and listening to an audiobook- trust us; we've been doing it all week!






Available in an Adult & Child size for £15 from www.soundasleeppillow.co.uk.


One Dress: Three Ways