As nice as cake is, we all end up eating too much at celebrations and feeling guilty afterwards. If you are thinking about getting someone a birthday cake why not try a variation on the theme with these cup cake trinket boxes and candles. Cake without the calories….plus they last a lot longer too.

The trinket boxes can be bought from Julie Pettitt ceramics for £16. They are available in a selection of colours with different toppings from dolly mixtures to juicy strawberries. You can order on-line or visit the website to find your nearest stockist. For cup cake candles visit dotcomgiftshop where you can get a box of six for only £10.95.

L.K. Bennett fans will be pleased to hear that Grazia Magazine is offering a 20% discount on full price stock between the 23rd and the 30th of October 2007.

L.K. Bennett stock some wonderful clothes, shoes and accessories. I adore Slinky, this gorgeous little black dress, perfect for the holiday season’s parties, not to mention this season’s trends. Teamed with the Pearl black court shoes in black will make the outfit a sure fire hit.

The Slinky black dress is priced at £169 as is the Pearl black courts and are both available to view, along with the rest of the gorgeous garments on the L.K. Bennett website. Purchase the most recent issue of Grazia Magazine with Kate Moss on the cover to get your voucher.

The Skin Health Spa in Selfridges Oxford Street, London is offering free cosmetic surgery consultations on the 26th of October and the 9th of November 2007. These consultations would usually cost £200, but the hefty fee will be waived on these dates for people interested in serious beauty therapy such as laser hair removal, Botox, Brite Smile and Cellulite treatments to name a few.

There are also two selected special offers available on laser hair removal and tooth whitening to customers valid until the 31st of October 2007.

To book a consultation, call 020 7318 1360. Visit www.selfridges.com and click on stores and events in London to see more information on the special offers.

Carving pumpkins at Halloween is great fun and really easy to do. To make a really creative and original pumpkin you don’t have to stick to the traditional triangle eyes and jaggardy teeth design. If you are decorating your home for a party and are going to use a number of lanterns its best to have a completely different design on each one. This is where this cute little Pumpkin Art kit comes in handy. It contains a book of different design ideas for making pumpkin lanterns. Patterns range from pretty stars to evil, intricately designed witches.

The kit also includes cellophane so you can draw your design on a flat surface and stick it on the pumpkin to cut around - which makes it much easier! But if you are cutting pumpkins with young children the handiest part of the kit are the small cutting tools. These tools are a lot easier and safer to use than a kitchen knife and allow you to cut really cleanly and precisely. So grab one of these kits and make your jack o lanterns the envy of the neighbour hood.

H&M fans will be pleased to know that they have teamed up with Elle Magazine to offer readers a 20% discount.

H&M tips the 70’s to be really in season so think Bianca Jagger with a hint of sexy rock‘n’roll and fall in love with braces, sling backs, ties, big jewellery and cuff links to name a few must have accessories. Knee high boots are a great investment and thankfully always come back around every Autumn/Winter season.

The discount is valid between the 17th and 31st of October 2007 and is available when spending £30 or more so purchase your copy of Elle, November issue and take your voucher to the nearest H&M store in the UK or Republic of Ireland.

Whatsmineisyours.com presents The Affordable Vintage Fashion Fair. Held in just the North of England these one off events are quite simply heaven for fashion lovers as a selection of stalls will sell the coolest, retro clothes and accessories at reasonable prices. Think 40’s, 60’s and 80’s style, perfect for the quintessential, vintage chic who loves one off creations!

The fairs will be held at Leeds Met Student Union on Friday the 5th of October, at Stylus, Leeds University Union on Sunday the 7th of October, at Sheffield Hallam Union on Saturday the 13th of October and at Manchester Met on Friday the 9th of November. Entrance costs just £1, visit www.myspace.com/vintagefashionfairs for more information.

Grazia Magazine held at Urbis, Cathedral Gardens in Manchester city centre. The weekend will consist of catwalks for the fashion savvy on the look out for new trends that costs just £5 on the door, a goody bag with some exciting fashion goodies and a free copy of Grazia. Mini manicures and beauty tips from Bourjois and for another free goodie bag when presenting a ticket for the event and some tips on fashion, visit the Topshop stand! That’s just a few of the exciting things to do at the event; there so much more to see and so many more brands involved.

There are catwalks every day between 5pm and 9pm on Thursday the 4th, between 10am and 10pm on Friday the 5th, between 10am and 6pm on Saturday the 6th and finally between 10am and 5pm on Sunday the 7th. Visit www.fashionweekendmanchester.co.uk for times of the catwalk and more information about the event.

Calling all students! That heavenly night where Topshop stay open late at selected retail stores nationwide is here to offer 20% off all purchases, free drinks and a free goody bag again. Only this year the lock in will be available to attend for two consecutive nights!

The lock in will be happening in London, Oxford Street on the 9th and 10th of October between 7pm and 11pm, at Cardiff, Queen Street on the 2nd and 3rd of October between 7pm and 10pm and in Reading, the Oracle shopping Centre on the 16th and 17th of October between 7pm and 10pm. These dates are just a few of the events scheduled to happen around the UK; visit www.topshop.co.uk for more dates and times at other stores.

Look Magazine has got together with ASOS to offer a 10% discount for one week only! The discount is available from the 25th of September to the 1st of October so you best get in quick!

ASOS has always been a popular shopping haunt on line for fashion savvy shoppers looking for items similar to the items the stars sport, but now it’s becoming more and more like our very own Topshop and Miss Selfridge. Along with its own brand, ASOS stocks Ted Baker, Diesel, Miss Sixty, Mina and Darimeya to name a few. Recently ASOS launched its premium brands including the début of Sienna Miller’s label Twenty8Twelve.

To make use of this offer purchase this last weeks issue of Look Magazine dated the 1st of October 2007 and visit www.asos.com to buy

The British Deaf Association is running a campaign to encourage more people to learn British Sign Language (BSL). Next week is Learn to Sign week and Signing courses are being promoted across the UK. Knowing how to sign is a rare and useful skill to have. It’s a real plus on your CV - work places are always looking for ways to create a more disability friendly environments and knowing how to sign is an unusual skill that would put you a step above your workmates in whatever career you choose. There are also many careers that require full time sign language experts - you could even end up on television! So if you fancy a change, learning to sign could be a step towards a lucrative and socially rewarding new career.

Other’s learn British Sign language just for fun. Just like a foreign language sign language has its own grammar and syntax and is a challenging and enjoyable thing to teach yourself or learn by attending a BSL course. Learn with a friend and you can infuriate those around by talking about them in a language that most will not be able to understand. Or use your new skill to chat to each other clearly in a noisy club –you are bound to get all the guys on the dance floor flocking to you to get you to teach them how sign chat up lines and declarations of love!

There are many opportunities to take part in a level one basic course or a GNVQ in BSL, just visit the Royal Association for Deaf People for more info on courses near you. If you can’t spare the time to learn to sign but want to encourage the activity you can donate to the BSL charity, or buy a BSL umbrella and show you support in style from the official website.