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The Santa Maria Aquamarine is a beautiful stone. I have an emerald-cut antique (1929) ring and it always gets noticed when I wear it.

I'll have you know I bought the complete set. Pants, tops, the lot! They'll form the basis of my summer 'capsule wardrobe' because they're so on trend. If I mix and match, I can have a different outfit every day for a month and nobody will know it's just the same few pieces cleverly...

Ideal World's 'fashion' looks to me like the clothes Bon Marche rejects as too frumpy. Although ... I confess, the one and only thing I have ever bought from IW is a piece of clothing. I bought this top, years ago, which I still wear to this day. It's a printed sort of Indian style top in...

I've got an ancient Prima tabletop oven, looks just like the one with the unhinged lid, but is just a fan oven, not halogen. I've had it about 12 years and use it all the time. I wouldn't be without it. And now I can get a stand for the lid! I might even have a drive out to Bishops Stortford...

Oh no! Where will I buy my FleaFlaps and Wolf Fleeces now? I know! North Weald Market, which sells both, on stalls which are usually mobbed by old ladies fighting over the last dolphin fleece.

Our local Red Cross shop used to sell brand new, tagged, Indigo Moon clothes. It reminded me of the sort of thing 60-year-old hippies would buy to attend a wedding or somewhere else they had to look smart. It would sit on the racks for months, unsold, even at charity shop prices.

Timeshare was exactly the same as it is now, except that word is now feared, so it's called Holiday Club instead.. New wrapper, same shite inside! There's one crucial difference - if it's a timeshare, under an EU Directive, there is a cooling-off period granted to the purchaser. If the...

I got mine yesterday and tried it last night, with excellent results. For a fiver it's great value for money.

Gosh, this is a bargain. I've just ordered it. I sold my Babyliss straighteners recently because they dragged on my hair (which is wispy, fine and wavy) even with lots of 'product'. I'm using a Conair set that I bought in the US (my b/f is out there, so I have hairdryer, etc. at his flat) with...

This is all you need. The (Lady)Garden Groom. It collects the trimmings too.

I hope Ideal World don't hear about this, or they'll get that Welsh bloke who does the Hot Hair to flog merkins. (Caution opening link if you're at work) I can hear him now: "You'll look just like J-Lo at the Oscaaahhhs"

Oh, iamasmall, I am still laughing here at your comments. My sister uses Dyelash to spruce up her pubes. She is 52 and her latest boyfriend is 20 (yes, you heard right - he's TWENTY YEARS OLD!) and she is trying desperately to hold back the years. Trouble is, her hair is bleached blonde, and...

Whoever thought this up is very canny. Under the Consumer Credit Act, if you're induced into buying something because of a misrepresentation by the seller, then you can claim the money back from your credit card company. What this means is that if you're told a lie about a product you have...

I've got one of the original old Prima ovens that I bought from QVC probably 12 years ago, exactly the same concept - glass bowl, lid with heating element/fan/timer/temp control, but not halogen, just convection. It's great. I use it at least 4 times a week. Three years ago when my oven...

I bought one of the old-style Prima ovens from QVC about ten years ago. It's identical - glass bowl, lid with heating element - except that it's just a normal fan oven, not halogen. I I use it almost every day and one year when my big oven packed in I even managed to cook Christmas dinner -...

I use one of the Colgate Microsonic toothbrushes that costs about a fiver in Superdrug. It takes one AA battery (which can be replaced, but it lasts for ages) and I find it cleans my teeth as well as the old Sonicare I used to have. As flo said, the Sonicare ones have a limited lifespan.

Me too! It truly is train-wreck TV though, isn't it! I hope some of it survives on YouTube for future generations to enjoy, as it will surely be gone from our screens before the leaves turn brown on the trees.

I just found this channel whilst skimming through the channels. I looked at the website, which is very poorly designed (most of the links don't even open). I would guess that, from the product descriptions, they might find themselves in trouble with the ASA. Example: "Hi Grow is a...

Those things are good. My hairdresser gave me one, and I bought some in Morrisons. I think they are a sponge made of melamine, I recall reading that somewhere. You wouldn't think a sponge + water could clean so well, but it's amazing how well it works.

This article was in the Sunday Times this week. Good luck to her, this lady's taken a risk, worked hard and deserves the rewards.