BENEFIT COSMETICS ARRIVES IN BRISTOL!

Quirky, cute and 100 per cent gorgeous, Benefit Cosmetics is like a sweetie shop for grown-up girlies! Famous for its kitsch, Americana-style packaging and cheeky, feel-good product names, the collection ensures you add a dash of humour to your daily beauty routine.

Now the fun and funky collection is launching at Harvey Nichols, offering beauty lovers an even better choice of skincare and cosmetics in store.

Boasting a range of award-winning products – such as High Beam, Benetint and Dr Feelgood – Benefit offers a whole host of easy to use ‘fix-its’ as well as cutesy make-up colours to bring a smile to your face.

The in-store Benefit Beauty Bar is due to launch on Saturday September 3. The opening will see the arrival of two new Benefit products – They're Real Mascara, £18.50, and Ring My Bella fragrance, £29.50 - as well as a new Brow Bar.

STRIP LAUNCHES EXCLUSIVELY IN BRISTOL

One of London’s most lusted-after beauty brands is launching its first boutique outside the capital when it opens in Harvey Nichols Bristol next month. Strip will unveil its exclusive concession, offering luxury waxing treatments, on Monday August 22.

Strip at Harvey Nichols will include its famous Chocolate and Olive Lycon treatments, which offer virtually pain-free waxing in decadently themed rooms. Customers can also treat themselves to the superb paraben-free South Seas spray tan for that all year round summer glow.

Strip was founded by sisters Danielle and Maria Louise Featherstone, who set out to revolutionise the waxing industry, developing beautiful salons that offer the highest quality of treatments, creativity, professionalism and attention to detail. They have built up an impressive celebrity following that includes Rosie Huntington Whiteley, Victoria Beckham, Emily Blunt and Emilia Fox.

"We are very excited to have our first boutique outside London and are delighted to be coming to Bristol,” explains Maria Louise. “We have received so many enquiries from potential clients outside of London requesting our expertise and services, and this has led to the collaboration with Harvey Nichols."

Alongside the luxurious treatment rooms, clients will be able to buy after-care products from the South Seas and Lycon Spa ranges to ensure maximum results and radiant skin between treatments. Strip will also be stocking lingerie from the coolest American brands, including Hanky Panky, Cosabella and Mary Green.

To celebrate its launch at Harvey Nichols Bristol, Strip is offering these unmissable opening offers: Get a free half leg wax with every G-String, Brazilian and Hollywood booked (treatments must be taken together). In addition, customers can get a free spray tan (normally priced at £30) when they buy three products from the South Seas skin care range.

To pre-book before our August 22 opening please call Strip's head office on 0207 590 0050. Once the in-store boutique is launched you can call 0117 916 8864 for appointments.

MUST-HAVE: NAILING THE PERFECT COLOUR

Bring a pop of fabulous bold colour to your nails this summer. We're loving the rainbow of brights, from juicy tangerine to gorgeous fucshia ... and everything in between. Here's a handful of our favourites.

Yves Saint Laurent nail polish, in a variety of great fashion colours, £16.50 each.

  

Primrose Hill and Artful Dodger, both from Butter London, £12.

  

NARS nail lacquer, £13.50 each.

GIFT IDEAS TO SAY "THANK YOU, TEACHER!"

It's become as much a school ritual as morning assembly and skipping games in the playground. End of term pressies for teachers and classroom assistants are now seen as the norm, but with all the competition from other parents to buy the best gift, you want your's to stand out as the most stylish ... without breaking the bank.

So to help you decide, here's our pick of thank you presents with more dash than cash. And don't forget, we can wrap them in tissue, tie them with a Harvey Nichols ribbon and ensure you'll go straight to the top of the class!

  

Harvey Nichols mini preserves x 4, £2.45; Harvey Nichols Lime & Coconut Curd, £2.95.

  

The Pickled Village Amorous Breakfast Marmalade, £3.95; Harvey Nichols Strawberry Preserve with Champagne, £3.50.

  

Harvey Nichols Clotted Cream Biscuits, £4.95; Walkers Shortbread Tin, £9.80.

  

I Love Candy Retro Sweets, £5.95; Hadji Bey Rose Turkish Delight, £9.95.