It’s the grand finale of MasterChef on Wednesday 28 April. Be watching all the excitement tomorrow night in a 2 hour special, starting at 7.30pm on TV One.

Stevens are offering you a fabulous opportunity to set up your own MasterChef kitchen at home with this special offer!

Celebrate the winner of MasterChef with a HUGE 30% off everything instore* for ONE DAY ONLY!!

* Excludes already reduced items, online orders, special orders and the purchase of Gift Cards.
  Not available in conjunction with any other offer. Not available at Stevens Outlet Store.

For that special Mum on Mothers day,  why not try the gorgeous Mums the Word package at East Day Spa.

East Foot Ritual
60 minute Signature Massage
15 minute Scalp Massage or
15 minute Reflexology

90 minutes of relaxation for $140.00

Now doesn’t that sound heavenly.  This is a complete indulgence for that special Mum.  You can either phone, visit one of their Spas or simply buy it online and it will come packaged up ready for you to gift away.  Won’t you be the clever one with this gift.

I particularly like East Day Spa as they have a relaxation room which you can spend time in chilling out before and after your treatments. Its also a great place to visit with girlfriends as you can have treatments together.

Available:East Day Spa Thorndon, Wellington                                 Price:$140.00

N.B  It appears that this offer is exclusive to the Wellington Spa, but there are offers at their other locations as well.  Check them out on www.eastdayspa.com

  I’m not sure when it happened but at some point in my life I seemed to come up with the notion of more expensive is always best.  Now I need to start by saying I am not entirely sure where this thought process has actually come from, because both my parents are very frugal and I am married to an accountant.  How funny is that, no prizes for guessing how much I drive them insane.

So back to my “buying expensive is best” theory.  I have found what I believe to be one of the best facial cleaners I have ever used.  Now I currently have two and the reason for this is that I have one in my bathroom at home and one in my toilet bag I take to the gym.

My more expensive one I use is Nimue and it drives me insane.  For some reason I can’t seem to wash it off without a huge amount of effort and always feels slimy.  The smell isn’t the best either, but yet it’s supposed to be a fantastic cleanser.  The jury’s still out for me on this one.

Ok, so what is better?  Well wait for it, try Olay Total Effects Foaming Cleanser.  I know really Olay, but yes it’s fantastic.  I love it and prefer to use this over my more expensive one.

It’s voted best cleanser by Instyle Magazines beauty experts, so that’s really saying something.  But it really is great on many levels.  It’s easy to transport as it comes in a tube, easy to get hold of as you can just add it to your shopping at the supermarket, leaves your skin feeling clean and smells lovely.  But best of all is the price $15.29.  I can have multiple tubes for that and still not exceed how much I paid for the Nimue.

You wont be disappointed with this cleanser, so put it on your shopping list. The best part is that it just becomes part of the groceries and spend what you save on something else.  How clever is that.  See my husband has to be happy with that theory, doesn’t he.

Available:All major Supermarkets and Pharmacies                 Price:$ 15.29

  Hi and hope you all had a happy Easter.  What better way to start the school holidays than with a fantastic bargain, better still it’s at a store you can take the kids to and they won’t complain about having to go there.  The Warehouse have teamed up with Saben owner and designer Roanne Jacobson to bring you a range of affordable handbags and they have done a really good job.

Don’t wait too long to check them out or alternatively try ordering them online, I am going to try it for the first time.  I bought a Saben Pink Tote about four years ago and it still looks good and I paid a lot more than these prices.  Hope you find something you like, I have.