The Meters Collection’ to mark the coming of smart meters: free to enter jewellery competition

If you didn’t already know, every home in Great Britain between now and 2020 will be offered the opportunity to upgrade to gas and electricity smart meters. This means that over 53 million new meters will be installed in homes up and down the country.

To mark the coming of the control that smart meters bring, three lovely bloggers have taken the inner workings of an old analogue electricity meter and working with North London boutique jeweller, Tomfoolery have up-cycled the components into stylish pieces of jewellery. The Meters Collection!

Your energy supplier installs the new technology at no extra cost. Smart meters come with a portable in-home display that shows you in near real time how much energy you are using and the true cost in a language that we all understand, pounds and pence. The smart meter sends your meter readings to your supplier meaning no more estimated bills, you pay exactly for what you use.

You can see the pieces created by Fresh & Fearless, Taislany and Tales of a Pale Face below. Now here is the good part, each blogger has five pieces of their creation to give away to their readers. All that you have to do is pop over to their blog, tell them one of the benefits of smart meters (hint, look at the previous paragraph) and you’ll be entered into the draw, and just in time for Christmas.

Tales of a Pale Face click here to win with Kat

Taislany click here to win with Taislany

Fresh & Fearless click here to win with Aftab.

When analogue energy meters are upgraded to smart meters it is done by specially trained engineers and they are taken away and their parts recycled. This one-off jewellery project has been done under safe and controlled conditions using meters that have already been removed from homes. This should not be replicated at home!

What do you think of the jewellery that has been created?

*this post has been written by Beautykinguk

Beauty Christmas Baubles/Stocking Fillers and Candy Canes

Now the tree is out of storage or if you have a real tree, ready to purchase, how amazing would it look with these beauty baubles?  The thing I love about Beauty Baubles is that they also make lovely stocking fillers too.  

This year there seems to have been an explosion of Beauty Baubles, so I have selected the ones which have caught my eye and are a bit of a bargain and all £20 or under!

Aromatherapy Associates My Treat £8 from LookFantastic - The Aromatherapy Associates 'My Treat' Christmas Gift contains a Revive Morning Bath & Shower Oil, an invigorating blend of essential oils to revive and awaken the mind and body.

Burt's Bees® Bee-inspired Beeswax Gift Set £7 from John Lewis - This bargain bauble contains the classic 100% Natural Beeswax Lip Balm for moisturised, healthy looking lips, plus a mini Hand Salve for needy nails.

Balance Me - This Balance Me Beautiful Body Christmas Set features a soothing, 'Rose Otto Body Cream' and is just £4.50 on LookFantastic.

Boots No.7 GLoss Shine Duo - The limited edition gift set contains a sheer Nude Pink for a laid-back look, and a shiny Deep Pink for a high impact pout. Contains a 4ml No7 Limited Edition Gloss Shine - Deep Pink and a 4ml No7 Limited Edition Gloss Shine - Nude Pink. Just £8 from Boots.

Bubble T Bauble shower gel stack gift set - A colourful selection of mood enhancing shower gels in bauble bottles. Choose from our range of fragrances based on your mood and be sure to revive, stimulate or restore your mind, body and soul. £12 from Debenhams.

Caudalie present the Limited Edition Divine Oil, a multi-purpose dry oil that can be used on the body, face, hair and as a bath or massage oil. Formulated with a unique blend of oils, including grape, hibiscus, sesame and argan to replenish moisture and deliver intense nourishment for long-lasting comfort. £8 from LookFantastic

Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Eyes Party Bauble £20. Encased in a sparkling, star-adorned bauble, you’ll a mini Rock 'N' Kohl: Bedroom Black and a mini Legendary Mascara. Here.

DECLÉOR Surprise Bauble £12 from Feelunique. This sparkly bauble contains the Intense Nutrition, Luxuriant Nourishing Lip Balm, 8g.

Emma Hardie Merrily Moringa Balm and Cloth Bauble. Emma Hardie Merrily Moringa Balm is packaged in an Emma Hardie bauble with a mini Moringa Balm and Cleansing Cloth hidden inside. £15 from FeelUnique.

Eve Lom Kiss Mixx Disco Ball £16 Space NK - Use EVE LOM’s cult classic Kiss Mix under lipstick as a moisturising base, on its own for a pearlised sheen, or over lip colour for a hydrating protective shine.

GHD Smooth and Finish Serum bauble £15 here - The limited edition copper luxe ghd smooth & finish serum bauble; featuring the classic ghd smooth & finish serum in travel friendly 30ml size.

Liz Earle Winter Glow Gift Care Set £8 John Lewis - This set contains the Intensive Nourishing Treatment Mask, 15ml and one Pure Muslin Cloth.

L'Occitane Cherry Blossom Festive Bauble £10 here - A sweet tree decoration that capture the poetic beauty of springtime in Provence, where flowering cherry tree colour the Luberon hills and perfume the air. This delightful gift includes: A 35ml Cherry Blossom Shower Gel,  35ml Cherry Blossom Body Lotion and a 10ml Cherry Blossom Hand Cream.

Melvita L'Or Bio Bauble £11 from Feeluniqe. This is an absolute bargain of a bauble. Melvita L'Or Bio Bauble contains Melvita's essential natural treasures for your skin:- 

Extraordinary Oil 9ml,  L'Or Bio Soap 20g, L'Or Bio Shower Gel 40ml and L'Or Bio Body Milk 40ml

Nails inc Candy Cane Duo gift set £10 from Boots - I love the idea of having a Beauty Candy Cane and this one contains two 5ml polishes from Nails Inc. in Kensington High Street’ Red Wine Polish and Knightsbridge Nights’ Gold Glitter Polish 

NUDE Liquid Gold Christmas Bauble exclusive to SpaceNK and just £15 - Inside this cute poackaging you will find NUDE’s ProGenius Firming Youth Oil (10ml). A velvety, nutrient-dense omega treatment with a mega-dose of genius firming ingredients.

Seventeen - The Seventeen Colour Blast Duo includes a bright Nail and Lip colour, perfect to add the finishing touch to her Christmas make up look. Includes 1 x 4ml Nail Colour and 1 x 1.2ml Lip Lustre. Priced at £6 right here.

Soap and Glory Pink Twice - This little gem contains a 50ml tube of Hand Food and a 50ml tube of Heel Genius and costs just £5 at Boots.

The Body Shop - Strawberry Treats cube of bath and body treats is scented with wildly fruity strawberry. Ideal if you’re on the hunt for stocking fillers. This set contains Strawberry Shower Gel 60ml, Strawberry Body Puree 60ml and a small red bath lily.  At £5 here it is an absolute bargain.

This Works Sleep Tight Bauble £13 from XX. This bauble Contains: 2 x 5ml deep sleep pillow spray, 1 x 5ml sleep plus pillow spray. 

Too Faced Melted Tree Hanging £10 - deluxe size of the bestselling Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick in Melted Berry. Find it here.

Too Faced Better than Sex Tree Hanging £10 - Better Than Sex Mascara in this cute little mini right here.

Top Shop Limited Edition Mini Lip Bullet in Covert £5 here - Gold hanging pack, containing a limited edition shade of our cream lip bullet formula in shade Red black!

Have any of these little gems caught your eye, I love that there is so much variety at purse friendly prices!

*this post contains PR samples/AF Links unless indicated otherwise

PREEN for Elizabeth Arden GWP

I do love a Gift with Purchase offer and Preen from Elizabeth Arden at Debenhams is quite something!  To get it all you need to do is purchase 2 or more Elizabeth Arden products and receive your FREE* Preen bag featuring 6 beauty must-haves and they are perfect for travelling with!

Inside a beautiful black floral bag you will find the follow:

• Eight Hour® Cream All-Over Miracle Oil 30ml - This light, silky formula is infused with tsubaki oil. A head-to-toe oil, it leaves your face and body soft to the touch and gives hair a beautiful shine. Clinically proven to last for 8-12 hours.
• Grand Entrance Mascara 2.5ml - This spectacular innovation in lash technology sets the stage for triple-action performance. From the first stroke, increase volume, length and curl.
• SUPERSTART Skin Renewal Booster 5ml - This ultra-light formula works holistically to restore the healthy look of your skin's essential surface layer, fortifying its natural ability to repair and renew. Used before a serum or moisturiser, it boosts the effectiveness of your skincare products
• PREVAGE® Anti-Ageing Treatment Boosting Cleanser 50ml - This advanced formula gently cleanses and exfoliates while enhancing the performance of PREVAGE® anti-ageing serums.
• PREVAGE® Anti-Ageing + Intensive Repair Daily Serum 5ml - This luxurious correcting serum combines idebenone with our exclusive ingredient, arazine,™ to help neutralise 95% of environmental free radicals and minimise the visible signs of ageing caused by cellular inflammation.
• PREVAGE® Anti-Ageing Moisture Lotion SPF 30 15ml - This high performance multi-defense moisturiser with idebenone helps even skintone and diminish the appearance of ageing signs - fine lines and wrinkles.

Preen was founded in 1996 by Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi with a joint love of all things Victoriana, a passion for recycling, and with that masculine and feminine, hard/soft mix the couple bring to their designs. The brand is constantly evolving and growing. Now designing six womenswear collections a year, with a style that is described as deconstructed chic with a minimal opulence, Justin and Thea have grown their label from a tiny shop in London's Portobello Road, to selling in over 32 countries worldwide. Preen designs are worn by high profile celebrities and is now a must-see show on the London Fashion Week schedule.

Offer only available while stocks last so grab it quick!

*this post contains PR samples unless indicated otherwise