Cocoa Brown Tanning Range

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This was one exciting press day for Cocoa Brown who doesn’t love tanning products. I love them so much seeing as I am nearly always behind a computer and I really don’t like to get tanned the usual way. I like to keep my skin in tip top condition, always using the highest factor cream possible. Tanning the natural way has its price…wrinkles. Well being 42 I can tell you young girls don’t do it. Opt for tanning lotions, creams and mousses rather than sunbeds and no factor cream. You will benefit in the long run. I don’t think I have stepped foot outside without factor 30-50 in the last 2 years. I pride myself that my skin is doing well for its age. So when I need a lillte bit of colour I reach into my bathroom cabinet, grab a mitt and some self tanner. One downside normally is the smell…well, keep reading ladies…this is amazing.

CoCo Brown Tanning Range

The main problem with nearly all the tanning lotions out there is the after smell. You know that rather biscuity, cooked chicken odour, and loads of you just don’t even bother with new products due to this fact. Well….hey…These products don’t have that distinctive tan smell one little bit. Not even a whiff, nothing, nada, zilch …you get me right!! It smells fresh and clean and a wonderful floral scent. Could this get any better…Yes, it’s an innovative 1 hour tan too!!

P1130318P1130295If thats not great then hear this…The range is so impressively easy and if you are new to self tanning this one will be perfect for you. Seasoned self tanners, this range just has to be purchased as I am sure you will fall head over heals for it.

The range consists of:

Tough Stuff an incredible exfoliator that whips the skin into shape before the products are applied, Its a rather great all round bathroom product too. My skin felt super soft and hydrated after using it the night before I tanned. It will get rid of stubborn old tan that has collected in areas. Your skin is constantly renewing itself so after a week you undoubtedly will always get a small bit of patchiness with any self tanner. Any company that tell you different will be just lying. But if you look after your skin and regularly moisturise and exfoliate then this will be minimal and you will hardly ever see it. Tough Stuff can be used up to 4 times a week so there is no need to ever be patchy girls.

A Tan Mitt that is machine washable and will protect your pinkies from being stained. Make sure you use it with the following products listed below!

Then you have Chocolate Whip, a perfect pre tan moisturiser that is a must have. Now girls I used to be an educator and run a salon. You need to do your prep before you apply any self tanner or even when you have a professional spray tan this should be something that is done. Its the foundations and secrets of getting your tan to look REAL! Apply it on elbow, knees, hands, between fingers and toes. Not forgetting your feet, heels and any dry patches of skin. The tan will penetrate through but won’t cling to it and oxidise darker. Not a good look! Chocolate Whip is also the best product to prolong the life and the look of your tan too. The best part is that it will keep your skin fabulously hydrated and smells glorious.

Now for my favourite product from the tanning range. Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan. This dries in seconds, leaves the skin feeling smooth, non sticky and ultra fresh. I felt like my skin had actually just come out of the shower, you know that fresh feeling, all crisp and clean. This lovely mousse is 1-3 hours in dry time, with 1 hour giving you a nice caramel glow to 3 hours for a deeper richer and naturally darker looking colour. Whats more a great aspect of this product it’s a brown mousse. So you can see where you are applying it, due to it not being sticky its also perfect to apply before you go out and if you don’t wash it off your not going to even notice you have it on. Neither will anyone else, as again it smells delicious. Girls they have a travel size formula too!!

I have tried countless tanning products, trained salons and professionals and write about them constantly, I really feel the next range has very big boots to fill, if at all. I passionate about great products and this may have just encouraged me to clear out my beauty cupboard and have just one set of products.

Could this range get any better? Well yes…2 more superb products are in this range, Gentle Bronze and Lovely Legs.

Gentle Bronze is a gradual tanning product that again smells great and is brown in colour, so no messy, nasty or unsightly white patches that are not noticed until too late. This is a daily bronzer that will keep you looking a beautiful caramel shade if applied every other day or it can be applied each day and it will gradually give you a perfect naturally darker sun kissed look.

And lastly Lovely Legs is a spry on leg perfecter that will hide this nasty little imperfections we all have. How many of you have ever used a darker foundation on your legs before a night out!!?? Come no be honest, I know I have, if I need a quick leg coverage. Even in the summer months when your tan looks nice, the legs always don’t look as great as the rest of you. Shaving and waxing is to blame, so here is the remedy. If you have this in your bathroom cabinet you will have perfect legs all year round too girls or guys!! Even on those rainy days, as it’s water resistant and won’t run if caught in a sudden shower.

Guys reading this, is prefect for you gentlemen too, and no one will know, the scent of this product is universal and will blend in with any aftershave. No horrid tan smell and your secret will be safe as houses.

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The 1 Hour Tan sent beauty bloggers wild when it was launched in 2013 selling out 15 weeks of stock in just 2 hours. 3 bottles fly off the shelves every single minute. This baby has also appeared in the gift bags at the Oscars, lucky celebrities.

You need not be jealous as this is the best bit I have kept till last, Cocoa Brown is available at www.feelunique.com, Superdrug stores and now Primark! For …drum roll £7.99

Hurry while stocks last!

Head over to www.slbstyle.com to see the the full day in pictures along with fashion and style info. I will be doing a full article on SLB Style next week with before and after images. Ping me a little Tweet @sarahbacchus and let me know if you be purchasing it soon?

Visit the Cocoa Brown website here and Tweet them @cocoabrowntan

Forget Tattoos, ‘Tantoos’ Are The Safe Way To Achieve Beautiful Body Art

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tantoosCancer Research UK announced this week that skin cancer rates have surged, with more than 13,000 people developing a malignant melanoma each year. Exposure to the sun or sunbeds before the age of 25 can almost double the risk of getting skin cancer in later life.

 

TanOrganic is urging young people to limit their exposure to harmful UV rays, and has teamed up with an aspiring artist to create a form of body art to convey their message. Tantoos are semi-permanent, safe and effective. They use fake tan to create beautifully intricate patterns that last around a week – allowing the subject to express their creativity without regretting it!

 

This picture shows a design by aspiring tantoo artist, Lucie England, 17, using TanOrganic’s certified organic self-tanning lotion. The tan was applied using a brush, with the tantoo drying in less than 10 minutes. Visible upon application, the design fully develops within six to eight hours.

 

The tantoo is made from food-based ingredients including caramel, honey, sugar, beetroot and orange peel, and is free from harmful parabens, perfumes and synthetic ingredients. Lucie used TanOrganic’s original self-tan lotion for this particular tantoo, which is aloe vera based and nourishing to skin.

 

Noelle O’Connor, founder of TanOrganic – who appeared on Dragon’s Den in Ireland and successfully gained investment for the brand – said:

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“Tantoos allow people to have a safe alternative to permanent tattoos they may regret later. Using fake tan is a great way to express creativity and adorn our bodies, especially in the summer months when more flesh is on display. We foresee them being popular at festivals and events where people like to express themselves and just be unique.”

 

“Of course for a tantoo to show up you have to have tanless skin in the first place, which is an important message to convey. If your skin is sun damaged before the age of 25 you are almost twice as likely to develop skin cancer later in life. I devote a lot of time to educating young people about the dangers of getting lucieenglanda real tan; it’s shocking to think that nearly 90% of skin cancer cases can be prevented with simple lifestyle choices. I hope that our work with Lucie on tantoos promotes this message to young people and literally saves their skin!”

 

Unlike henna tattoos, tantoos are cleaner and easier because they take minutes to apply and dry, and there’s no messy paste to wash off afterwards.

 

Aspiring tantoo artist Lucie England (pictured left), aged 17 and from Surrey, is currently studying A-level art & design, graphics and psychology and is aiming to be the UK’s first tantoo artist.

 

 

The Most Perfect Songs Ever: Part One

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While listening to ‘Memphis Tennessee’ by Chuck Berry something struck me: the song is perfect. It has everything: great lyrics, a great story, melody. It even has a twist. The same is true with Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Gonna Come’ and ‘Love is a Losing Game’ by Amy Winehouse.

I then asked my friends on Twitter and Facebook what their ‘perfect’ songs where. It’s a wide scope my friend, Monty, pointed out. ‘What makes something perfect?’ It was a good question. Truth is: perfection is hard to pinpoint. It is something that just ‘is’. A sigh-worthy song that you listen to for the rest of your life. You might not listen to it for a while, but it will always return.

I quickly found out that this was going to be harder than I thought so I have decided to do it in parts. So here is part one. Let me know what you think.

Chuck Berry ‘Memphis Tennessee’



Amy Winehouse ‘Love is a Losing Game’

The Temptations ‘I Wish It Would Rain’

Neil Young ‘My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)’

Stevie Wonder ‘For Once In My Life’

Adele ‘Someone Like You’

This has 354,636,439 views on YouTube!

Sam Cooke ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’

John Legend ‘All of Me’

Elvis Costello ‘A Good Year For The Roses’

Ellie Goulding ‘How Long Will I Love You’

Judy Garland ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’

Sam Sparro ‘I Wish I Never Met You’

Lana Del Ray ‘Born To Die’

Jay Z ’99 Problems’

Pharrel ‘Happy’

Blue Swede ‘Hooked On A Feeling’

Sarah McLachlan ‘Angel’

Johnny Cash ‘Hurt’

Now that we have kicked off the list, what song would you add? Let us know via the comments or by emailing frostmagazine@gmail.com

 

Influence: What It Really Means And How To Make It Work For You |Book Review

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Influence: What It Really Means And How To Make It Work For You by Jenny Nabben.Influence is important. In fact, it can mean the difference between success and a mediocre career. This book, Influence: What It Really Means And How To Make It Work For You by Jenny Nabben is a good all-round book on influence. It starts of with what influence is. It is in-depth and fun to read. It includes lots of fascinating stuff about neuroscience and some excellent case study. There are also exercises, in this and the other chapters, making the book interactive. The chapters end with brain rules and top tips.
There is a chapter on different personality types, the language of influence and why stories change the world. The book has outlines and is a fascinating read. I love the quotes and case studies, in particular, the one about Bill Clinton. This is a great book which really informs and helps understand influence and lets you know how to make it work for you.

I can’t recommend this book enough. I raced through it but will also read it again as it has so much great information. Good stuff.

How can it be that some business leaders are so incredibly influential and persuasive when others struggle to enforce even the simplest request? And how can people harness those vital skills to get what they want in a corporate environment?

 

A new step-by-step business guide set to published by Pearson, the world’s largest education publisher, promises to help professionals gain the “ultimate” managerial ability — getting people to say ‘Yes’.

 

In Influence: What it Really Means and How To Make It Work For You, author Jenny Nabben — a leading business communicator who has worked with global organisations including Coca Cola Enterprises and the UN’s World Food Programme — divulges the critical “building blocks” of influence and the science of persuasion.

 

This unique and straightforward guide takes a “real-world tour” of influence, uncovering the scientific and cognitive drivers behind it and clearly showing how to develop this subtle skill   which is central to efficiency, productivity, team-building, the empowering of employees and achieving of results.

 

Across 224 pages, the book addresses all key business contexts where influence is most effective: managing, leading, coaching, negotiating, controlling difficult situations and handling change.

 

Nabben, who runs her own training company providing workshops on corporate messaging and influence for global businesses, reveals how simple changes in everyday leadership style can effect positive results for all personality types.

 

Chapter by chapter she helps readers develop a deeper understanding of influence and persuasion,

allowing them to apply their new abilities more naturally, fluently and to greater effect.

 

She also discusses the latest neuroscience insights into “brain plasticity” and emotional intelligence, and how listening and empathy are key skills for anyone who wants to tune in to, and modify, the ‘brain states’ of others.

 

By the close of this fascinating book, the reader will have all the tools necessary for building trust, respect and credibility, as well as advancing professional standing, integrity, presence and authority — all indispensable and powerful skills for every executive.

 

Nabben has been at the forefront of the UK’s corporate communications industry for more than a decade. Previous roles have variously included Vice President of Leadership and Internal Communications at Coca Cola Enterprises, Head of Communications at Lloyds General Insurance, and Head of Internal Communications at HSBC.

 

Speaking about influence, she said: “The skills of influence are built on finding the balance between heart and head, between using our intellect and using our emotional intelligence, between knowing when to push through and knowing when to yield to others.

 

“If building our confidence is about having a better sense of our self in the world, influence is about having a bigger effect ON the world.

 

“If you aren’t influencing, your competitors or colleagues probably are, and that’s driving increased attention and business for them.”

 

Packed with the latest scientific and psychological research, and reinforced by powerful case studies and practical exercises throughout, this must-have handbook is essential reading for managers and leaders looking to get the best out of their staff, and themselves.

 

Influence: What It Really Means And How To Make It Work For You by Jenny Nabben

 

A London Pub For Every Occasion Book Review

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A London Pub For Every OccasionA London Pub For Every Occasion is an amazing book for a number of reasons:

One: It has a chapter on pubs with cats. PUBS WITH CATS!! This has made me very happy and from now on, if anyone ever wants to find me, I will be in one of the pubs that have a cat.

Two: It has maps. I love maps, especially fun, brilliantly illustrated maps.

Three: It whittles down the 7.000 pubs in London and makes them easier to navigate by separating them into occasion. This is obvious from the title but with someone else doing all of the legwork, this pocket book becomes very handy indeed. It is divided into 22 sections to suit every whim. It has 161 of the capital’s usual and unusual pubs to best suit the mood or occasion. It is beautifully illustrated in black and white.

There are pubs for cold days and for sunny ones; pubs with cats and pubs that welcome dogs; pubs for parties and pubs when you just want to be alone; pubs where you can have breakfast and some you’ll never want to leave. It is the ultimate pub guide.

London Pub MapThe guide is weighted to the centre of London, the part of the city in which all Londoners have an equal share, where friends from the south and north of the river meet on common ground.

Herb Lester Associates, who made the book,  say ‘The book’s selections are based on dogged research filtered through a genuine appreciation of the pub, the ale or the odd animal roaming around. The handy fold-out paper map makes sense of the confusing territories away from a familiar pub routine many of us fall into,’

Published in hardback by Ebury Press on 1st May at £9.99

A London Pub for Every Occasion: 161 tried-and-tested pubs in a pocket-sized guide that’s perfect for Londoners and travellers alike

 

Doctor Indulgence Chocolate First Aid Kit

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We were super excited when this arrived at Frost HQ. A medical kit we can happily self-prescribe. And it says on the back; ‘Always exceed the recommended dose’. Good advice indeed. The design is cute and unique. It definitely has the novelty factor. Doctor Indulgence chocolate first aid kit

 

 

This is a great chocolate chill pills and first aid kit. The box is packed with chocolate in the shape of plasters, mini thermometers, pills and emergency bars. The one complaint we have is that there was only one white chocolate plaster in the back, which our white chocolate lovers were annoyed about. The rest is dark chocolate. Keep out of reach of children in case you confuse them but otherwise, indulge away!

Available from www.prezzybox.com for only £19.95.

 

Features:

  • Suitable for vegetarians
  • 1 x Emergency Dark Chocolate Bar 100g
  • 1 x Box of White & Dark Chocolate Plasters 170g
  • 4 x Dark Chocolate Thermometers
  • 30 x Large Dark Chocolate Pills

 

Idris Elba, James Corden And Gok Wan At Advertising Week Europe

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Idris Elba, James Corden and Gok Wan all appeared at Advertising Week Europe at BAFTA  this month, speaking on various panels about the advertising and creative industries.

Victoria Pendleton, Freddie Flintoff, Morgan Spurlock, Sir Trevor McDonald, Natasha Kaplinsky, Caitlin Moran Steve McManaman, Ashley Roberts, and Steve Coogan all also attended. It was pretty star-studded and we have some pictures.

Idris Elba Gok Wan James Corden Aloe Blacc Ashley Roberts Bombay Bicycle Club Joey Essex Caitlin Moran Jamie Redknapp & Will Greenwood, MBE Katy B Morgan Spurlock Natasha Kaplinksy Pete Cashmore Sam Bailey Victoria Pendleton & Andrew Flintoff Steve McManaman Sir Martin Sorrell Sir Trevor McDonald Zane Lowe

Latimer House “This is Pop” | Music Profile

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Latimer House

 

Band: Latimer House
Location: Prague
Styles: Guitar-driven Pop, Indie, Indie Pop,Alternative, Brit Rock
Similar to: The Strokes, The Smiths, Phoenix, Ian Dury, Syd Barrett,  Half Man Half Biscuit, The Talking Heads
CD: All The Rage

Members/Instruments:
Joe Cook – guitar, vocals
Anar Yuufov – keyboards, backing vocals
Jiri (George) Kominek – drums, percussion
Michael Jetton – bass

Tracklisting:
This Is Pop
Burn
Eye Can See
Open Your Heart
Birdcage Walk
Red Heart Sequin Blues
Your Love
Love’s Undermined
Splash!
Bubblegum

Bio:
Prague is the adopted home of Latimer House, whose foundations were  laid in 2010 when drummer and percussionist Ji?í (George) Kominek  (from Toronto) and guitarist Joe Cook (London) booked a rehearsal room  to jam song ideas. Keyboard player Anar Yusufov (Baku) joined later  that year and in early 2011 bassist Michael Jetton (Virginia) moved in  to help nail it all together.

In May 2012 they went into Prague’s Faust Studios for the first of  several sessions with engineer Derek Saxenmeyer to record their  collection of songs, ten of which were selected for All The Rage. The  last track they recorded was their first release: This Is Pop.

Joe, Jirí, Anar and Michael like a wide range of music, from classic  1960s and 1970s pop and rock, through funk, folk and New Wave, to  obscure experimental rock, jazz and contemporary alternative sounds.  All four have played in various bands down the years, with Ji?í and  Anar still busy with musical projects aside from Latimer House. Their  different backgrounds and interests all come through in their music,  although Joe’s vocal delivery certainly puts an English stamp on  proceedings!

All The Rage would not be what it is without the patience and skills  of engineer Derek Saxenmeyer, the mandolin and violin of Jim Thompson,  who came over from England to play, the guitar work of Justin Lavash,  a good stalwart of Prague’s blues and jazz bars, the trumpet blowing  of Tommy Levvechia, and Jan Keller, the world’s coolest cellist who  sports a Mohican and plays virtuoso fretless bass in a modern jazz  quartet when not playing with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. These  guys brought additional range and dynamic to the songs and sound of Latimer House.