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POWWOW Smartsenda is genuinely a service we got hot flushes over. Never worry about sending a birthday, anniversary, Christmas or Valentine’s card ever again. You simply log in with your Facebook account, it searches your friend’s pages for their birthdays and anniversaries, imports them to a diary app and you simply choose the cards and pay the postage. Done and sorted for another year. 5 Top Quarter bottles of Champs by Nicolas Feuillatte. Genius. Life changing. Necessary. Loving these two books, The HalfLife of Hannah and Other Halves, from gay writer, Nick Alexander who manages to write a story that includes gay characters in a totally ordinary way, without graphic sex, but still manages to be an all encompassing page turner - perfect for the summer. Published by Black And White Publishing Red Tea Face Mask. We get to try a lot of face masks, which is why we’re so youthful looking. The best by a long stretch is Red Tea’s Face Mask. Leaves the skin smooth, refreshed, and positively glowing. So much so, friends actually commented on whether I had some ‘work’ done... The cheeky beggars. 8 AUG / SEPT 2014 | THEGAYUK Gorgeously smelling Aromawork’s Serenity is the candle to unwind to. Get yourse lf a glass of vino, grab a good book, turn off the world around and let the serenity drift right on over you. Let the soft scent of lemongrass and geranium rebalance your mind and soul.