In recent years flamed coloured hair has made a massive return to the spotlight with many ladies in entertainment sporting this colour such as Christina Hendricks, Isla Fisher and Florence Welsh. However not everyone can have this shade for their hair colour as it tends not to suit rosy skin or skin with lots of redness.

Long auburn hair is the perfect partner for her fair complexion with nude coloured make up and luscious curls which you can use ghd straighteners for you have a grown-up glamorous finish. If you want to be bold opt for extreme bright red colour, it’s perfect for short hair where the colour can be maintained easily. You can keep it smooth and glossy with ghd polishing serum or go for funky and textured with ghd sculpting wax.

If you don’t think you’re a bright brassy red head instead opt for auburn glamour ala Nichole Kidman who’s naturally red hair is given a slight colour boost and not going too bright Nichole makes the most of her coppery shade, fair complexion and blue eyed combination.

Now spring is in the air, you might be thinking about updating your wardrobe for spring/summer fashion there is no better place than Meadowhall in Sheffield to get all you need all in one place and under one roof! No matter what you need you will probably be able to find it there, with over 70 clothing, shoe and jewellery stores to choose from you will never run out of places to look.

Meadowhall has a selection of department stores inside like highstreet favourites Marks & Spencer and Debenhams where you can find great everyday clothing and homeware to House of Frasier where you can find the latest brands and fashions for designer menswear and womenswear like Whistles, Ted Baker, D&G, Calvin Klein, Paul Smith, Diesel, Gant, Versace, Timberland, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, and many more.

If you’re looking for some hip designer brands Meadowhall has plenty to offer on their ‘highstreet’ you have All Saints, Bench, Firetrap, Jack Jones, Henleys, Quicksilver, Ted Baker and many more to get hip fashionable clothes. Once you have the clothes sorted out you can look for shoes and accessories to go with them and you can find them at Accessorize, Claire’s, Kurt Geiger, Office, Moda in Pelle and USC.

Now we are slowly edging into spring fashion styles coming into stores are starting to show this with pretty dresses in force, this year’s ultra girly fashion gives you plenty of choice with different styles and fits not to mention the huge choice in colours and patterns.

Even though there is a chill in the air doesn’t mean you can’t start wearing these pretty dresses yet many look great mixed with leggings or tights and teamed with a jacket or cardigan and a pretty scarf, the thing to keeping warm is remembering to layer. A strappy or boob tube dress looks great with a t-shirt underneath or even a shirt for a more preppy look whether it’s for day wear or evening wear.

A lot of colours that are coming in at the moment are the pastel colours like baby pink, cream and mink as well as floral’s which is just what you need to perk you up when its grey outside.

Spring dresses

Thanks to a whole host of celebrities like Courtney Cox, Kim Kardashian, Michelle Williams and more black hair has really come into its own over the last few years and has moved away from a more gothic Morticia Addams colour.

The A/W catwalks were awash with raven hues moving black closer to the top near blonde and brunette for top hair colours, black complements a cool complexion and both blue and grey eyes gain intensity as well as olive complexion with deep brown eyes. To create that glass like shine on black hair use ghd polishing serum as darker colours have the most potent light reflecting qualities.

If you fancy a change to black and it will suit your complexion styles that work well with it are a blunt fringe and long waves or bobs and long styles as they emphasise sleekness, you can use ghd hair straighteners get the sleek look as short hair will suit this glossy sleek jet black colour.

A wardrobe favourite white t-shirts are the key piece’s of the season, it’s surprising that it’s not the piece of the season every season as it’s so versatile and comfy.  For spring summer 2010 designers picked up on how key the white tee is, and especially with denim coming back in force the white t- shirt is a great companion for it.

You can team a white t- shirt with well anything from denim jeans, skirts and shorts to smart trousers and combats, it’s great for how summer days with shorts but also great underneath a cardigan or blazer. Depending on what occasion you are wearing for you can either dress it up or down with accessories like scarves or chunky jewellery. So if you going to buy anything this season make sure it’s a white t-shirt.

white t-shirt

To keep your hair in order you need the right tools below are some that are a must:

Hair straighners – You need a good quality durable pair of hair straightners preferably with ceramic plates such a GHD, who offer a varying range of sizes, as well as offering limited edition GHD straighners.

Hair brush – As with hair straightners you also need a good quality hair brush, the type you need depends on the style and length of your hair for long straight hair paddle brushes are great at reducing frizz and for shorter styles round hairbrushes give you lots of volume.

Shampoo/conditioner – It’s not just your skin that needs protecting, your hair does too, there are many shampoos and conditioners out there made for different hair types, as well as some designed specifically for coloured hair.

Hair products – If you are styling your hair every day with heated tools its worth investing in a protector spray such as the ghd thermodynamics range which has heat deflecting qualities which protects your hair from heat appliances.

All though it’s still very cold outside it’s nice to think about summer and what looks to go for, or if you have got a holiday coming up somewhere warm and exotic then here are a few styles to get started with.

Big on the catwalks and women’s clothing this year were bold prints and bright colours so when the suns out it’s a great time to add some colour like the bright pink maxi dress below or the pink and blue bikini for open the beach and wear shorts and a white vest top to cover up. For an evening try a light patterned slip style dress or bright patterned dresses. The best part of beach look is you can mix and match styles, patterns and colours for that relaxed look.

Beach clothing

Celebrities are the first to follow styles and set them this year for a funky alternative why not try a cool alternative to the quiff, the rolled fringe. This style is expected to be big in 2010 and the look has already been seen on sing VV Brown as well as on the catwalk with Moschino, this style is also versatile than you might think.

The look stems from the 1940s and is vintage-inspired and feminine with a dress but can also be a high fashion look made contemporary and edgy with jeans and a t-shirt.

This look is also easy to create and great if you have a long fringe or you are growing your fringe out to start you need to spray a root lifting product like ghd uplift spray into the fringe and keep one hand behind the hair to protect your forehead. You then need to use a large round barrel brush to pull the hair up and around and at the same time use a hairdryer coax the hair into setting in a roll. You can then use some hair spray to set into place, if you have long hair you can then add some extra volume and curls with ghd straighteners to finish of the glam retro look or pin your hair back.

VV Brown

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This year sportswear will be another popular trend in women’s fashion think less full tracksuit but a more styled look with an American twist. Popular styles include cowboy inspired denim, tops and check shirts, preppy shorts, skirts and chinos and vest and dance tops and sweaters.

Cropped tops are big this year so mixing them with jeans or jeggings for a sporty look, or mix preppy tennis style skirts and polo tops for a preppy sporty look. The best part of this style is that you can make it as casual and comfy as you want but can still keep it styled.

Preppy Sportswear

You can personalise almost anything now, from cards and mug’s to t-shirts and pictures with logos, quotes or personal messages, these kinds of personalised bits and pieces make great gifts for everyone. Most people a familiar with t shirt printing, using personal pictures for gifts for your family members but now you can take it even further and personalise other items.

How about giving your dad a personalised pennant or your mum her own personalised shopper bag and the golf lover in the family can have their own personalised cap or pro golf umbrella. There are many different accessories on www.splashlogo.co.uk that you can have personalised either by digital transfer, embroidery, subli flock or DTG printing. Your family and friends will be grateful for useful gifts but having them personalised will give it, the personal touch and will have more meaning to them.