With the arrival of baby Monty in 2013, reporter and novelist, Martel Maxwell, is looking forward to a very different Valentine’s Day this year! Ah Valentine’s Day. The memories.  Three years ago, in the throws of new courtship with my now-husband, we drew all over each other’s bodies.  An impromptu scrawling of hearts and cute […]

When Spabreaks.com visited Donnington Valley to film our #spaselfie Star in a Spa competition video for February, we sat down with Curvy Kate model, Dominique Wells, to talk about body confidence and perfect lingerie!

Beautiful lingerie is undoubtedly an ideal present when it comes to Valentine’s gifts, but that said, it’s also a risky one, full of potential pitfalls.  So here’s Curvy Kate’s lingerie-buying guide to make sure you get it just right!  (p.s Don’t forget you can WIN £200  of Curvy Kate lingerie in our competition this month!) […]

Now a lead presenter on Sky Sports News, Charlotte Jackson also trained as a doctor and was once in a girl band called Nebula 101 … here, she talks about golf, spas, and chilling out with her fiancé … What’s your average day like? I don’t have an average day as such as I do […]

Yardley London has had a bit of a makeover of it’s own in the last couple of years, adding a contemporary twist to the quintessentially British brand.  We chatted to MD Quentin Higham to find out more! What were you doing before you came to Yardley London? I managed my own sales and marketing consultancy specialising […]

From reporting at Ground Zero to getting married, TV presenter Helen Fospero has graced our screens on GMTV, Sky, and the BBC.  Here we talk to her about relaxation, role models, and being a mum! What is your average day like? There’s no such thing as an average work day. Every day is different, which […]

On a getaway with their two children, Jhansi and her husband, former athlete, Jon Ridgeon, visited New Park Manor for a bit of relaxation that the whole family could enjoy … First Impressions Well, what can I say about the New Forest? It’s simply divine. We decided to venture out of the big smoke with […]

She’s learned from Tracey Anderson, but having moved to the UK, Niki Rein has started her own fitness phenomenon by founding barrecore in London! What exactly is barrecore? barrecore is a dance-inspired fitness method that strengthens, lengthens and tones all muscles by using small movements using your own body weight until the muscle fatigues and […]

If anyone knows about women’s wellbeing, it’s Women’s Health editor, Farrah Storr.  Here, she explains what #bekindtoyou Women’s Wellness Week made her realize this week! Here are eight ways in which I have been good to myself in the last 24 hours: 1.I went to sleep way past my bedtime so I could stay up and […]

Showbiz reporter, novelist, and now a mum, Martel Maxwell talks about having her first baby from the unexpected joys of regurgitated milk on your collarbone to lactating on TV …  IT’s 3am. Four-day-old mascara speckles my cheekbone. Regurgitated milk curdles on my collarbone. A year ago it might have been the end of a good […]