Editor's Tips

Briony Whitehouse
Editor of agirlastyle.com

Transform otherwise plain outfits with a few crafty touches. For a budget-take on the Equipment embellished collar silk shirt I love so much, I pin earrings to the collar of my blouses (there are always cute ones for mere pounds in places like River Island, Topshop, etc.). I also love buying lengths of ribbon from Liberty to tie in a bow at the collar of shirts or around the waist of dresses, and pinning vintage brooches and silk flower corsages to the lapel of otherwise tired-looking jackets to extend their life by months.

DIY jewelled collars on A Pair And A Spare

Deborah Brett
Contributing Senior Fashion Editor at Red and Editor of minisfashionfile.blogspot.com

If you register with Gap they often send out 30% off vouchers which come in very handy...

Samantha Norman, Beauty PR Manager

If you use up an expensive candle, wash the end of the wax out and use the glass for make-up brushes/cotton wool or to keep jewellery. It's clever storage and looks great.

Image from The Beauty Look Book

Laura Fantacci, Fashion & Shopping Editor at Red and Editor of wearingittoday.co.uk

My mum once told me that there is NO difference between CIF's pommegranate toilet mousse and Morrison's anti bacterial spray- and it's true. I make the sad trip to Morrison every 2 months and stock up on all the basic/house name cleaning and washing products incuding toilet/kitchen paper, gloves and sponges and save a small fortune.