FASHION Cosy gilets for spring

Canada Goose freestyle gilet in Graphite, £450. www.canadagoose.com

Reiss Tabby zip-up reversible gilet in charcoal, £745. www.reiss.com 120

Burberry checked recycled puffer gilet in archive beige, £1,090. uk.burberry.com

Top/Left: Alan Paine’s Combrook ladies tweed waistcoat, £189.95. Top/Right: Above: The Barbour Cavalry gilet in black, £109. Above/Left: Boden reversible lightweight gilet in Navy/Mimosa, £98. Above/Right: Dubarry Spiddal quilted gilet in navy, £179. Alan Paine: www.alanpaine.co.uk. Barbour: www.barbour.com. Boden: www.boden.co.uk. Dubarry: www.dubarry.com.

Spring Fresh Skin

HEAD INTO SPRING WITH A FRESH AND HEALTHY LOOK WITH THESE NEW BEAUTY PRODUCTS. ALL ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A SUBTLE BLUSH OF COLOUR AS SPRING UNVEILS ITS OWN PALETTE...

1. Bronze & Glow

Delilah’s Bronze & Glow collection is a new collection from a really up and coming brand that will put the colour back into your cheeks this spring. Its halo product is this Sunset matte bronzer palette, available in light or medium dark. Its ultralight, silky texture blends perfectly over the skin while soft focus pigments help to veil imperfections, leaving a beautiful, even complexion, whilst Vitamin E helps protect the skin and Jojoba oil aids hydration. £34/11g.

2. Soft, Smooth Skin

Coveted for its luxurious texture and luminous finish, NARS’s new Radiant Creamy Concealer evens skin with lightweight medium to high buildable coverage. It creates a softer, smoother complexion, instantly obscuring imperfections and diminishing fine lines. £24/6ml. An essential part of your beauty regime is immaculate nails, and Guerlain’s La Petite Robe Noire nail colour is one of the best nail colours we’ve encountered. Uniquely, it’s scented with a floral fruity fragrance, rather than the usual chemical-smell. It also provides an ultra-shiny finish thanks to new plasticisers and improve pigments. Shown here is Pink Ballerinas shade. £18/8.8ml.

3. Spring Lip Service

Whilst some matte lipsticks can feel too heavy, we’ve found a wonderful example from Charlotte Tilbury that’s worth its purchase price. Create the illusion of fuller, wider lips, with 11 shades available including our favourite, shown here, Pillow Talk. £24/3.5g

4. A Fresh Look

FreshFace Instant Glow Luminiser Sunset is a lightweight luminiser improves the appearance of skin, leaving it silky, supple, and smooth. Use it to highlight areas such as cheekbones, cleavages, and brow-bones as they play off light. £26.50/30ml.

5. Essential Nail Colour

6. Fresh Spring Cologne

Jo Malone’s new fragrance collection includes this woody scent evokes a fresh emergence of lighter evenings and the first signs of spring. Vibrant juniper and fresh grapefruit are offset with sultry leather and base notes of vetiver. An ideal scent for those looking forward to the fresher months.

£75/50ml; £120/100ml.

n All our beauty products are available from local high quality independent stockists unless otherwise stated, prices are RRP. Visit each makeup brand’s website for more information on local stockists.

From Espresso to Express Planning

After their eyes met over a hazelnut latté in their local coffee house, Kiera and Simon spill the (coffee) beans on how they got together. Last year the couple managed to plan their country house wedding... in little over four months!

Wedding Photographer: Amanda Forman Photography, 01572 492 791, www.amandaforman.co.uk.

“WE WERE BOTH LIVING IN LEEDS at the time,” says Kiera. “We had never met one another but we each found ourselves standing in the queue at our local coffee shop. Simon was in front and ordered a hazelnut latté, which also happens to be my favourite coffee.”

“I remarked that I approved of his coffee choice and we struck up a conversation from there. That was back in 2017 and we’ve been inseparable ever since!” Simon proposed to Kiera five years later on their anniversary and rather ambitiously, the couple planned to marry that same year. “My mother remarked that you can plan a wedding in a week,” says Kiera. “I’m not sure about that but planning one in a little over four months actually proved really easy. Everything seemed to fall into place.” Kiera is from Leicestershire and Simon was raised in Cheshire, the two returned to the area and have enjoyed the setting of Stapleford Park for a number of family occasions, not least among which was her grandmother’s ‘significant number’ birthday celebrations.

“We absolutely love the place because it’s beautiful and feels grand enough for celebrations, but there’s also a relaxed feel to it too. We initially thought we might marry on 30th December, but wondered if the weather might not be that promising, so instead we opted for 9th October instead.” “It was a wise move. Despite the fact that it left us with less time to plan, the weather was absolutely fantastic... it didn’t feel like an autumn wedding.” “We visited Stapleford Park and set a date, then we attended a local wedding fair to try to find other suppliers and came across our photographer, Amanda Forman. We saw three of her images and each one just grabbed our attention immediately. Luckily, our wedding date was the only one Amanda had left, which was the case with a couple of our other suppliers too, so we took that as a really good sign!” “I’m a country person and like to avoid cities so I tried a few wedding dress studios in the countryside, but I had to travel to Driffield to find my wedding dress. I had my heart set on a slightly different dress but this one was really similar and it was in stock at the Mimi Toko boutique. The designer was Enzoani and it was a strapless fitted dress with a Cathedral length veil.” “Another great find, a little closer to home, was The Belvoir Flower Studio, who created our hand-tied arrangements. My brief was something that wasn’t too conventional but not too wild and she really delivered.” “I created living orchid centrepieces for the tables myself as I liked the idea that somebody on each table could take something away with them which they could look after and continue to grow.” “We actually found two cake suppliers who work collaboratively. Maison de Macarons worked to create a tower of different flavours of macarons to decorate the two tiered cake created by Greenhouse Cakerie.” “The dress for our Maid of Honour’s – a family friend, Catherine Smith – was from Lincoln’s Red Carpet Ready, and we found the groomsmen’s morning suits at Sanders Menswear based in Nottingham.” “We were assisted with hair and make-up on the day by family and friends which really helped to create a sense of excitement as we were all getting ready together.” >>

WEDDING SUPPLIERS

KIERA & SIMON

Wedding Ceremony: St Egelwin Church, Scalford, www.ironstonechurches.org. Wedding Reception: Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray, 01572 787000, www.staplefordpark.com Wedding Dress: Mimi Toko, 01332 842332, www.mimitoko.co.uk. Groomswear: Sanders Menswear, 01773 712461, sandersmenswear.com. Wedding Cake: Maison des Macaron and Greenhouse Cakerie, 07759 775537 www.thegreenhousecakerie.com. Floristry: Belvoir Flower Studio, 07967 620284, belvoirflowerstudio.co.uk. Live Band: Roamantics, based in Uppingham, 07811158904, www.theroamanticsband.co.uk. n

“We enjoyed a minimoon to the Lake District and on the way back, picked up Cali, our beautiful new Rough Collie puppy...!”

>> “One of the real highlights for me was the fact that my grandmother, who wasn’t too well at the time, was able to make it to the reception. We were concerned that she would find it too much but our worries were clearly misplaced because as soon as Abba’s Dancing Queen came on she was dancing with us and proved herself word perfect when remembering all of the lyrics...!” “At the end of the evening, Stapleford Park assisted with Operation Wedding Night, allowing us to sneak away from the reception to our bridal suite in a golf buggy. We hadn’t told anyone that we were staying over at the hotel, so under cover of darkness we were whisked away from the party. Having misplaced our room key we had to hide in a service elevator until we could have our room unlocked. They brought macarons, cheese and Champagne up to the room and I was finally able to take my shoes off and enjoy Simon’s company!” “We enjoyed a minimoon to the Lake District and on the way back, picked up Cali, our new Rough Collie puppy. She was a wedding present to each other and the perfect way to round off our very special wedding day with lots of smiles and laughter, and with our family and friends all round us!” n

Wedding Photographer: Amanda Forman Photography, 01572 492 791, www.amandaforman.co.uk.

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