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Win! Organic Babies hamper
Two products in the fantastic Organic Babies range from Green People have been given Fairtrade certification from the Fairtrade Foundation, meaning the products are best for baby and best for the environment too.

To celebrate, we have teamed up with Organic Babies to offer one lucky winner the chance to win a hamper worth £35. 
The hamper is packed with Organic Babies products including Baby Oil, Nappy Cream, Soothing Baby Salve and Baby Wash.

The Soothing Baby Salve and Nappy Cream Baby Balm have been Fairtrade certified, and contain a high percentage of natural and organic ingredients, which are perfect for nourishing and protecting your baby’s skin.

All Green People formulations are free from synthetic fragrances, colourants, petrochemicals and parabens to bring you the purest products nature can offer. Plus, 10% of their profit is donated to charity.

For the chance to win, just tell us: Which two products in the Organic Babies range are Fairtrade certified?
Email your answer to competitions@thelatest.co.uk with ‘Organic Babies’ in the subject box.

Alternatively, write to us at the front of the magazine. Closing date for entries: 6 June 2011.
www.greenpeople.co.uk, www.organicbabies.com

Summer hair detox
Preparations for the summer holidays usually involve a detox bikini-blitz diet but what about a detox for the hair?

Faded, dull, damaged hair (from sun and chlorine) can be given a Vitamin C packed infusion with Louise Galvin’s new Sacred Locks Vitox treatment for highlighted hair. It’s the perfect holiday hair pick-me-up with Vitamins C & E, B3, B5 and powerful antioxidants to restore shine and enhance highlights.

It’s simple and mess-free too: mix the Vitox Solution and one small jar of Vitox Powder into the plastic jar supplied and shake gently until a foam is formed. 

Apply foam to towel-dried, unwashed hair, leave for three minutes, then rinse and shampoo and condition the hair. The hair feels squeaky clean and highlights are refreshed. A must-have for every blonde this summer.
£25 for three treatments.

www.louisegalvin.com

Summer clear-out
It’s the perfect time of year to breathe new life into the home by re-organising your items or having a good clear-out.

If the mission seems too much, Louise Scicluna of Simply Organised could be the answer to your prayers. If your wardrobe is bulging, rooms are being disused or the whole house could do with a little TLC then she can help.

Simply Organised an help with wardrobe organising, declutter/organising, bereavement, and moving home. Standard rate: £25/hour in the Brighton area.

www.simply-organised.com

New supplements
Gwyneth Paltrow has stepped out looking amazing recently. She slimmed down for Iron Man and now her skin has a youthful glow too. The secret? Kale juice.

Yup, Gwynnie shared the tip, publically praising the benefits of kale juice. Try it for yourself with the new bionutrient blend from Pukka Herbs. It contains kale sprouts and is great for detoxing.

Pukka Clean Greens sachets are available from health food stores and www.pukkaherbs.com, £1.30 per sachet.
Also catching our eye is Regulat, which is basically vitality in a bottle. It has 22 different ingredients – including artichokes, dates, lemons and saffron – not found in your everyday diet!

It boosts energy levels and restore the body’s natural balance, making it perfect to get you set for summer.

Special introductory price: £39.99, available from all good health food stores and online at
www.vitahealthcare.com

Get in touch with your real self & start living a more ­powerful & happier life

Rosylife is a way of dealing with life that is specifically catered to your individual needs. It works to make you feel comfortable about yourself and helps you manage your life more constructively. Created by Elizabeth Rose, originally to combat her own debilitating depression and low self-esteem, the Rosylife method combines proven self-help, empowering and spiritual techniques into practical everyday solutions that anyone can use.

Most of us are not taught the valuable life skills we need to live successfully and often we have to learn the ‘hard’ way through experience. But it is those very experiences that can leave you feeling stuck or trapped.

“So often I see others with great potential and dreams, who are struggling to cope,” Elizabeth says. “They are held back by their own fears and baggage from past experiences or relationships and that makes them feel really bad about themselves. But life doesn’t have to be that way; there are always ways around this.”

When you understand the reasons around certain events, you can let go of the need to keep re-living the past in your present – and once this release occurs, you are free to clear, heal and move forward.

Rosylife is a way of getting past those blocks and can quickly heal old wounds to move you on to the fresh and the new. It is a way of finding the real you inside. It is unique to your needs and centres around your life story and a progression on to a state of contented wellbeing.

Over the past 12 years, Elizabeth Rose has helped many clients to see the truth about their lives and weave small positive changes in a way that works well for them. Working with the support available at Rosylife you can get past deep personal issues to live a more peaceful and happier life.

One-to-one sessions provide a form of counselling, healing and spiritual practice to provide real solutions. It works best when applied to everyday issues like challenging relationships, low self-esteem, guilt, pressure at work, questions on life purpose, sorting out difficult family dynamics and letting go of any old wounds that hold you back.

Rosylife is based in Hove.

Contact Elizabeth Rose 01273 726549,
info@rosylife.com, www.rosylife.com

Each month, dating coach Tammy James answers your relationship questions

I’ve been single for about 12 months and would love to meet someone, however, being a single parent of two small children I don’t know how to get back into the dating game…

Being a single parent can limit the amount of evenings you can spend in bars but it certainly doesn’t limit your chances of meeting a new partner. Before you jump straight in, consider how ready you are emotionally to start dating. You need to feel confident and resilient before you start accepting dates. See my blog for further advice http://tinyurl.com/43cqsfa
A quick search of the internet shows there are tons of groups geared towards single parents socialising with other parents and their kids. It’s a great way to expand your social circle and potentially exchange some babysitting services. Internet dating is an excellent way of meeting single people in a way you can control; be honest about your circumstances though. There are specific sites for single parents, however, don’t feel you have to limit yourself to just using those. Take it one step at a time, and I promise you’ll get there.

My boyfriend of three months used to want to see me all the time, however I’m noticing he’s arranging dates less and I feel like I do most of the running around. What do I do?

You need to see what happens if you stop arranging dates. If he becomes more forthcoming, that’s great – perhaps he was a little overwhelmed by your enthusiasm. If he doesn’t, maybe it’s time to call it a day. Many people when they start dating someone new can get so wrapped up in the excitement of dating, they forget to see whether their date is what they are looking for. As this excitement fades they are more able to see that they are not that suited. If this is the case, don’t waste your effort.

I have been with my girlfriend for two years, and I really love her. The only problem is that she’s terrible with money – she spends everything she earns, and then some. How can I make her more responsible with money?

In short, you can’t, but she can! Only your girlfriend can change her attitude to her spending. Between you, identify what money needs to be put aside to go towards things that are important as a couple , then you just have to accept that you have different views about money. Tread carefully though, as no-one likes to feel lectured.

If you have a relationship problem you’d like answering please email it to info@itsnotyouitsme.co.uk

Please note Tammy cannot enter into personal correspondence with you unless your problem is chosen for publication. Please indicate your email is from Wave.

Join Tammy on Thursday 5 May when I will be dispensing one-to-one advice at ‘Girls’ Night In’. See http://tinyurl.com/5unazj9
Email: info@itsnotyouitsme.co.uk
Web: www.itsnotyouitsme.co.uk
Twitter: @itsnotyouitsme_

Tammy James Msc, is director of Itsnotyouitsme.co.uk, a coaching practice specialising in dating and relationships. Using a combination of coaching techniques and good old fashioned advice, itsnotyouitsme.co.uk provides one-to-ones and group workshops.

Kate Reeves is a fully accredited psychotherapist and counsellor with 16 years’ experience of working with individuals, couples and groups. Having facilitated retreats in the UK and France from the age of 18 she went on to work at The Priory (London) and for Horsham Counselling service before establishing a private practice in Sussex.

Kate went on to live and work at The Alive Centre France, facilitating retreats and running a private counselling practice there for eight years. Although she specialises in working with eating disorders and addiction she also sees clients – individuals, couples and teenagers – for anxiety/stress/trauma/grief-related issues/disorders.

Having moved to the UK recently she has established a private practice in Hove and sees clients from all over the UK. Kate is passionate about her work and offers clients a safe and supportive environment to explore and transform emotional responses/behaviours that are holding them back and no longer serving them.

Kate has a BACP adv dip in integrative therapeutic counselling and european accreditation.

Kate Reeves, psychotherapist and counsellor: 07909 672 705, ellakatereeves@yahoo.com