As you know, The Sassy Minxes love to accessorize with a piece of two, and here is one of our new favourites; Hannah Makes Things. Quirky, Cute and just a little bit adorable, Hannah Nuttall the createur, shares some of her favourite things….

Tell us more about what you do?
I design and make jewellery under my brand, hannahmakesthings.com-we specialise in making jewellery that’s gorgeous, shiny, eye catching and just that little bit different.

Hannahs favourite piece

What do you love about being a woman in the world?
That there is limitless possibilities to what you can achieve, as long as you work hard, learn from your mistakes and never give up then you can always make you dreams come true.


Where are your five must-go destinations for inspiration, life..?
1)New York- its all about the shopping!
2)Manchester, as its got a really great selection of independent shops and a brilliant music scene.
3)London- I studied there and learnt, so much about design and running my own label.
4)Blackpool – Its like a cut price Las Vegas! Great for some seaside sun and fish’n’chips
5)Hong Kong – Its next of my list of “must visits”

What has been your proudest moment so far?
Seeing my designs featured in magazines like Look and surviving our first Clothes Show live at the NEC in December last year, its was mad busy but so nice to meet customers old and new and the reaction to our label was brilliant.

Which five tracks make your day?
1)You Overdid It Doll – The Courteeners (fab new Manc band!)
2)Long Distance Call – Phoenix
3)Spooky- Dusty Springfield
4)Ceremony – New Order
5)How Soon is now? – The Smiths


What are your five must-have, can’t live without fashion and beauty items?
1)Clinique Foundation
2)Vivienne Westwood/Mellisa Jelly Shoes
3)Batiste Dry Shampoo (total hare-mare fixer!)
4)My vintage jewellery collection, always great to dip into when you need that finishing touch to an outfit
5)Chanel lipstick

What makes you jump-in-the-air happy?
Having time off with nothing to do but bake cakes, read books and take my dog to the beach

What is your life Motto?
“Everything happens for a reason”

White Rabbit Down The Hole 16.00

Russian Doll&Flowers 26.00

Quick fire round: What is your favourite?
Shop: Magma
Book: Bringing down the house – Ben Mezrich
Website/blog: Failblog.org (always cheers me up)
Hang-out: Northern Quarter, Manchester, Full of nice bars and fab little shops
City: Manchester, my adopted home
Must-have beauty item: Its all about mascara
Food: pizza (has to be from NY though!)

What does the term Sassy Minx mean to you?
A lady who knows exactly where shes going and how to do it in style!

I’m Dita Von Teese pale. Fact.
Partly because I like rocking the ‘pale and interesting’ look but mostly because I don’t want to be freakin’ orange…but this summer it seems things might be a li’l different in the world o’ me as that hotster hair dude, Lee Stafford has launched a new, temporary and instant Fake My Tan range with OLIVE not ORANGE undertones – ah-mazing.

All eight products in the Fake My Tan range have been designed with a prescriptive approach using two different shades – light to medium and dark so there’s a shade that’s perfect-o whatever your tone! Fake My Tan is made up of a collection of sprays, matt lotions, lotions with added bling-bling and mousses with gorgeous olive undertones for an ultra natural effect.

Not only does Fake My Tan give an incredible colour and glow, it’s also been created to compliment any existing skincare regimes by using ingredients that enhance, moisturise and care for skin – I am ALL about the Brown My Bitz Tanning Spritz in light/medium (£8.99) which will gives an all over, sun kissed glow – without the tango!

Lee Stafford Fake My Tan is available exclusively from Boots stores nationwide and is priced between £8.99 – £9.99

Here are our top tips for this springs uniquely fun and crafty salons…

Super Swingers and Fascinators…

We have mentioned Ruka@ Sugarlesque and What Katie Did, a few times on Sassy already, so we are quite excited that they’ve decided to team up on nipple-tassle and hat making classes at the Portobello Road boutique. Pastie swingers can learn how to embellish and create burlesque nipple covers for £30.00, and top-hat or fascinator lovers can go wild with feathers, ribbons and trimmings for £45.00. The classes on Sunday 6th June and Sunday 4th July, run from 12.30 to 5.30 and if you choose to go to both, they are available at the lower price of £65.00.

Find out more at www.whatkatiedid.com, or to book, email sugar@sugarlesque.com.

Neck-a-loada this…

We told you a few weeks ago, that one of our favourite jewellery makers, has shut its doors to the public, but this is still not stopping Leona Baker at Lady Luck Rules OK!, from sharing her wisdom with the world. From personalising glittery broken hearts, printed acrylic pendants, fuzzy wooden animals and learning about techniques that can be applied to not only jewellery, but clothing, stationary and homeware, her workshops promise to teach you about the beginnings of product making, like where to buy materials and sampling, to finishing and detailed production information. The three hour classes run on the 23rd, 25th May and 12th June at Superette, Off Brick Lane, in London and are only £25.00.

For more information, email; leona@ladyluckrulesok.com

Beauty-Queen…

Nadira Persaud AKA the Make-Up Mistress, has made up the faces of many: Jaime Winstone, Beverley Knight, Denise Van Outen to name a few, and has also created the make-up and hair for Agent Provocateur and various ELLE and Marie Claire shoots. Now she’s on-hand to offer her expert advice, with her Makeup Mistress Makeover.. Teaching you how to perfect your makeup, she will educate you how to get Lush luxurious Lashes, and show you how to achieve an instant face lift with her High Brow lift. Not only this, she will go through your makeup bag and show you what works-and doesn’t work, so you have star quality all the time.

Contact Nadira through her website;www.nadiramakeupmistress.com

Please Yourself…

Getting to know yourself is one of the most intimate and expressive things you can do, and those clever people at Coco De Mer in London, have formulated a whole range of erotic-based salons from Tricks to Please a Man, Spanking and our featured Please yourself, which is all about female masturbation. Rachel Foux is on hand to teach how to do this and show you how to make the most of your, uhm, potential. Apparently even the staff at Coco De Mer, who are highly experienced in the sexual arts, learned a lot from this lecture, so it’s surely saying something!
Find out more at Coco De Mer.

I first introduced the fabulous Vanessa Fristedt here to you via one of her fabulous necklaces. Just like her design pieces, Vanessa is inspiring and unique – come meet her!

Vanessa, tell us more about yourself and what you do?
I’m born in Stockholm, Sweden. I came to London to do a foundation course and stayed here ever since.
I’m a freelance graphic designer. I specialise in branding but design all sorts of printed material and websites too.
Along with my partner, Karen Ashton, I run Pretty Taxing. We produce limited edition tax disc holders by top artists including Sir Peter Blake, Gary Hume, Sarah Lucas, Abigail Lane and Mat Collishaw. They are circular artworks which you display on the inside of your car’s windscreen.

I also make my “Old Broad Bean” jewellery (cufflinks and necklaces) which is based on Cockney Rhyming slang. Since I live in East London and have an obsession and admiration for Her Majesty The Queen (and The Queen Mother), I decided to put her onto a bean. In Cockney, Bean means Queen.
http://www.swedishblondedesign.com/

Who/what inspires you and why?
Art is important to me. I studied art before getting into commercial art, but both feed/need each other. Conceptual art and advertising are close together. But I also get inspiration by just sitting and watching people. When I start a new project and need to come up with ideas quickly, I usually go and sit outdoors at a café, drink tons of coffee and watch people and feel the buzz.

What do you love about being a woman in the world?
I am happy to be woman but what is tricky with being a woman in London, is that I find men are afraid of strong women. Beeing Swedish, I find British men still have an old fashioned way with communicating with us strong girls. Girls are not so afraid of failure and this in itself helps to push our boundaries.

Where are your five must-go destinations for inspiration, life..?
I love water and sea. I love going to Venice, especially for the Art Biennale. Amazing place where you get around by boat.
The archipelago of Stockholm has over 40 000 islands and is still untouched. It’s a paradise on earth.
New York is a brilliant place too.
And Rio de Janeiro – a mad vibrant place where people are wonderful!
I wish London based more things around the Thames. Where are all the cafes and bars on the Embankment? Tracey Emin had a brilliant idea about making a beach along the Thames where you could swim within an enclosed area. Boris: Wake up! I’d love to become the Mayor of London!

What has been your proudest moment so far?
Proud? God knows. When I dressed up as the Queen Mother walking around Trafalgar Square during the Old Broad Bean’s Golden Jubilee in 2002.

Which five tracks make Vanessa’s day?
“What’s going on” by Marvin Gaye
“Forever Young” + “The Liberty of Norton Folgate” by Madness
“Wild by the wind” by David Bowie
All songs by Barry White

What are your five must-have, can’t live without fashion and beauty items?
Brogues, shorts, colourful knee-high socks, tartan, camomille hair spray, water proof mascara.
I am not so interested in fashion as such. My dress style hasn’t changed during the years. I prefer second hand shops and men’s clothing as I love brogues and suits.
A great shop for men is SirTom Baker’s shop on d’Arblay street. www.tombakerlondon.com

What makes you jump-in-the-air happy?
Many things, but one that makes me jump of happines is driving Casanova, my Venetian taxi boat. She’s a beauty, all in wood. She takes the wawes perfectly and is a joy to drive.
I also love American cars and the sound from a loud V8 engines. When I go to car shows, I get over excited by the sound of a good rev.
And last, I truly jumped high up in the air when Ken the Cxxt Livingstone lost the last elections.

What is your life Motto?
Y E S.
(However, only if it’s a true yes. A sincere NO is better than a false YES.)

What is next for you creatively?
Apart from getting new design work, I want to make a book about old ladies and the way they dress. Ladies from the older generation. The ones with blue rinse hair, who have attitude and their own style. I have to hurry up before they’re gone. Does anyone know of any ladies who want to be photographed? Or grandmothers? Please contact me if you do. They have to look their best and bring their favorite object.

Quick fire round: What is your favourite?
Shop: Tom Baker, Hennes
Book: Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Website/blog: www.culturelabel.com and http://www.myspace.com/therubbishmen
Hang-out: Shoreditch and Soho, and everything in between
City: Rio de Janeiro, Venice, London
Must-have beauty item: LdB (Swedish cream) and Benefit’s “ You Rebel” moisturiser
TV prog: Current Affairs, The Apprentice,
Food: A good English Breakfast, Swedish Crayfish, Fjällfil, Haggis

What does the term Sassy Minx mean to you, Vanessa?
The first thing that comes to my mind is Pam Hogg. Sassy sounds sexy and Scottish and she’s definitely a Scottish Sassy Minx.

Miss Lisa and I are all for a cardigan or a hoodie over a dress, and frankly, you can’t get more rock ‘n’ roll right now, than Siren . Especially when their new collection is modelled by one of the coolest models in the land right now, Ben Grimes. With a hint of tattoo, a dash of embellishment and lashings of lace and leather mixed with unicorns, ruffles, skulls and leopard print, its a grown-up girl dream.

One of my personal favourites is the Chanelesque navy blue cardigan with the heart and butterfly embellishment-It is simply adorbz!

To help celebrate the new collection, Siren have invited all Sassy Minxes to their store with an exclusive discount code: SIRENSASSY which means you get 10% all of their wares until the 18th March. What’s not to love about that?!

Who/what inspires you and why?
Inspiration comes from everywhere- websites tv programmes, magazines, books, shop windows, people on the street…I try and write ideas down, as I go along, but it doesn’t always work out. I’m my own harsh critic and discard allot when I read them back.

What do you love about being a woman in the world?
I’ve always enjoyed fashion and I guess women have more scope with that, than guys. I don’t mind getting older because I’m happy to swap wrinkle free skin for wisdom.. The world has changed a lot since I grew up in the 70s, and I think it is better for women now. The internet has definitely improved the global female network . I live in New Zealand which has a larger female population than male so macho attitudes have had to change as well and here we have had strong female role models- a female PM and Governor General in the last decade.

Where are your five must-go destinations for inspiration, life..
I have had a long relationship with the USA, – Got married in NYC in 1994, honeymooned in San Fran and I have travelled many times to LA.

Oaxaca Mexico where I spent a fabulous birthday. I’m a Halloween baby which coincides with the Day of the Dead celebrations. Tripping through a graveyard, drinking tequila, while mariachi bands and fireworks blasted away, was an experience I’ll never forget.

Melbourne Australia- great city, pretty architecture, fabulous food.

New Zealand’s South Island- beautiful scenic roads with no one on them!

Auckland city.I was born here and have lived here all my life so it is home.The city has grown up a lot in the last decade and is becoming more cosmopolitan which is a good thing.

What has been your proudest moment so far?
Giving birth twice- I have a son and daughter.

Which five tracks make Karen’s day?
I’m a Bowie fan and I love Starman
I have too many musical loves to say…

What are your five must-have, can’t live without fashion and beauty items?
Eyeliner
Niki de Sainte Phalle eyeshadow kit- outrageous colours, hard to find
Red lipstick
Good moisturiser
I’m a fan of tinted moisturisers as I don’t like powder.

Niki de Sainte Phalle perfume- hard to find

What makes you jump-in-the-air happy?
A sense of achievement. Graduating from art school after 4 years. Its tough been a student for so long- going without money etc..

What is your life Motto?.
Don’t just talk about it, do it!!

What is next for Trixie Delicious, and what is your favourite ever piece?
I put together a set of Seven Deadly Sins out of old chipped plates and used different fonts on each. It hangs above my bed and I can’t part with them.
Trixie will just keep going the same way maybe I will develop my own online shop one of these days-see motto…now that I’ve said it I’ll have to do it!

Quick fire round: What’s your favourite?
Shop: Etsy
Book: Many but I like a good bio- Keith Richards by Victor Bockris- hilarious
Website/blog:Badder Homes and Gardens.com- they are wickedly funny naughty and gorgeous girls
Hang-out: Boatshed on the Kaipara harbour, 2 hrs north of Auckland
City: LA
Must-have beauty item:eyeliner – it’s an 80s hangover!
TV prog: Hung
Food: My husbands pasta dishes- he was Italian in a former life.

What does the term Sassy Minx mean to you, Karen?
Confident, foxy and witty

We are crossing our fingers for that online shop, Karen! x

Find our more at www.trixiedelicious.com

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I’ve been taking the pink ‘Balance’ for over five months now and I cannot pimp it enough. As someone that naturally has a hormone imbalance, I’ve been combining it with other supplements that I have to take to regulate my moods and my time o’ the month. I prefer to take holistic therapy instead of medicinal injections that my doctor recommends, so it has been a real bonus to not only feel calmer, less aggressive and weepy, but to have pretty nails that are stronger, hair that is shiny and skin that looks more polished too – hurrah!

So, in case you were wondering I LOVE this prod, they make me feel suitably more sassier than I’ve felt for ages.

FYI: Just so you know, yes, we WERE sent these to trial, but we will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be completely honest with you about what we think, and the minxes will NEVER promote any prods we haven’t tried and tested our sweet selves ‘k?!!

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