Katy Perry’s Meow!

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Celebrities have been bringing out their own perfume since Elizabeth Taylor, the canny and glamourous Hollywood icon, saw a business opportunity. In the celebrity world now you are no-one until you have your own fragrance.

Katy Perry has brought out her second fragrance ‘Meow! following on from Purr back in December. We got sent one to to the Frost office to review, and we liked! First of all, the packaging is of a cat. A pink cat. Frankly, it rocks. Perry is know for her imagination. It is evident in her music (we are a fan), her music videos and her clothes. What’s more, she is an unashamedly girly girl.

Katy Perry Meow! smells sweet it was made during her California Dreams tour. She wanted it to be fun and sensual spirited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katy is a huge fan of cats herself as they are independent animals and she mimics this attitude.

The Meow! fragrance is made of honeysuckle, and pear, and has a base of vanilla, musk, and amber. It is sweeter than her previous fragrance. I think this fragrance was made pre-divorce. I am excited to know what her next fragrance will smell like. If her new music video is anything to go by, it will be a lot tougher. Perry seems tougher and less girly post-divorce. Let’s wait and see. Until then: we think her new fragrance is the Katy’s Meow.

St Ives Event at The Hospital Club

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Last week I went to two Handpicked Media events. This one and this equally amazing St Ives event at The Hospital Club.

St Ives Apricot scrub has always been my favourite facial scrub. It is a high-end scrub with a budget price. I have been buying it for years. I did get a goodie bag with the scrub inside and I am doing their 7 day challenge. My skin is already glowing.

PSYCHOLOGIES Beauty Director Emine Rushton gave an amazing beauty talk, apparently the Egyptians used to exfoliate with a pumice stone! Ouch. Oh, and they still use Cochineal (E120 on ingredients list) which is the ‘crushed carcasses of the female Dactylopius coccus, a cactus-feeding scale insect’. Nice.

There were Apricot based cocktails and I tried them all. Another blogger also won the cute edible tree below. Brilliant night.

Autumn/Winter 2012 collections from Modalu, Nica and Fiorelli.

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I went along to see the Autumn/Winter 2012 collections from Modalu, Nica and Fiorelli. It reminded me of the quote that bags are to women what cars are to men. I already have enough handbags, but seeing the collections made me want to buy more.

Nica has an overall vintage feel, beautiful top-quality handbags. I love their Jessica handbag. Nica Kim launched her collection after winning a competition at Creative and impressed them so much she got her own collection. Fiorelli are fun, fashiony and good quality with lots of timeless designs. Modalu have based this collection on London Society and a celebration of quintessential British Style. Luxury accessories worth putting a dent in your bank account for (though it will be a small one, the bags are reasonably priced). I love their Pippa bag. Leave this page open on your computer as a hint to your boyfriend….

Cass McCombs unveils new video for ‘Bradley Manning’ | Music News

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American folker Cass McCombs has unveiled the video for his latest song, ‘Bradley Manning‘, about the US Army Soldier who has been incarcerated on suspcion of passing classified material to the whistleblower website Wikileaks.

The video is a poignant tribute having been filmed, by director Bradley Beesley, in Manning’s hometown of Crescent, OK on Independence Day, allowing Beesley to capture iconic and patriotic visuals that create a mood eerily complimentary to the song.

Cass heads to the UK to play The Green Man Festival in August.

 

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We Are Scientists announce UK tour | Music News

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We Are Scientists have announced that they’ll be bringing their extremely entertaining live show back to UK shores following a 2 year break from playing here. The band are currently in the studio putting the finishing touches to their 4th, as yet untitled, album but are heading to the UK in July/August for a full tour as well as some festival appearances, the details of which are below.

 

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UK Tour:

23/07 – Bristol – Thekla (www.alt-tickets.co.uk)
25/07 – London – The Garage (http://venues.meanfiddler.com/the-garage/home)
26/07 – Portsmouth – Wedgewood Rooms (www.gigsandtours.com)
27/07 – York – Duchess (http://theduchessyork.co.uk/whats-on/detail/978)
30/07 – Norwich – Arts Centre (http://norwichartscentre.co.uk/category/events/month/)
31/07 – Manchester – Deaf Institute (www.gigsandtours.com)
01/08 – Glasgow – King Tuts (www.gigsinscotland.com)

Festival Dates:

22/07 – Sheffield – Tramlines
29/07 – Cumbria – Kendal Calling
03/08 – Scotland – Belladrum
04/08 – Stockton – Weekender
05/08 – Derbyshire – Y Not Festival

Tickets for the tour dates go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 16th May.

 

Links:

We Are Scientists Facebook page

Official Website

Twitter

Rebekah Brooks & Husband to be Charged with Perverting the Course of Justice.

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Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, and her racehorse trainer husband, Charlie Brooks, are to be charged with perverting the course of justice during the phone-hacking scandal.

Mrs Brooks and her husband revealed the charger themselves in a statement which critiscised the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decision.

They said: “We have been informed by the Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions that we are to be charged with perverting the course of justice.

“We deplore this weak and unjust decision. After the further unprecedented posturing of the CPS we will respond later today after our return from the police station.”

Four other people are also to be charged which includes the personal assistant of Mrs Brooks’s, Cheryl Carter and Mark Hanna, head of security at News International.

There are a few different charges. Mrs Brooks has three against her, the rest have one. The charges include conspiring to conceal material from Scotland Yard detectives, conspiring to conceal documents, computers and other electronic equipment from detectives and conspiring to remove seven boxes of material from the archive of News International.

Alison Levitt QC, principal legal advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions, revealed the details of the charges:

“The Crown Prosecution Service received a file of evidence from the Metropolitan Police Service on March 27 2012 in relation to seven suspects: Rebekah Brooks; Charles Brooks; Cheryl Carter, Mrs Brooks’ personal assistant; Mark Hanna, head of security at News International; Paul Edwards, Mrs Brooks’s chauffeur who was employed by News International; Daryl Jorsling and a seventh suspect – both of whom provided security for Mrs Brooks supplied by News International.

“All the evidence has now carefully been considered. Applying the two-stage test in the Code for Crown Prosecutors, I have concluded that in relation to all suspects except the seventh, there is sufficient evidence for there to be a realistic prospect of conviction.”

Tom Williams & The Boat tour decided | Music News

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Kent anti folk band Tom Williams & The Boat have announced the final details of their June tour. The run of 5 shows was an innovative project with detourjam.com that allowed fans to choose where the tour went simply by buying a ticket. The first 5 cities to sell 50 tickets got a show.

The band will play Leeds, London, Birmingham, Tunbridge Wells and Manchester from 4th to 8th June.