I declared the 4-day Easter holiday an official ‘Chill, Chica’ holiday – no alcohol, no crazy late night/early morning shenanigans and no work, not even email checking.

Why? Because being a Sassy Minx is all about finding the balance. If you work hard and play hard, then you also need to make a date with your sweet self to rest and de-stress. Fact.

Now, I thought I had this whole ‘relaxing’ thing down, I am queen o’ sleep and can watch back-to-back Gossip Girl without feeling any guilt, but four whole days without a diary filled-to-the-brim with social events? What’s a girl to do?

Chill, chica – because true sassification can only begin when you’re truly sweet to yourself…

Give your skin some love – Yep, the super-swank spa, Champneys, has now made it’s super-swank treatments available for us to use in our own bathrooms – woop, woop. I am currently treating my skin to the brand-new Champneys Calming Skincare range.  Formulated with active ingredients for a calm, clear, matt complexion, the Calming range targets the symptoms of troubled skin caused by stress and life-stage hormonal imbalances – perfect-o, non?

Prices start at £6.00 and prods are available from Sainsbury’s stores nationwide and www.champneys.com

Read an entire book in one sitting – this is my biggest Chill, Chica indulgence, especially since I had a copy of Sarra Manning’s debut novel for grown-up girls, Unsticky waiting to be read.

The blurb - Set in a London that, more than ever before, sets the haves against the have-nots. Money makes the world go round. At least, that’s what Grace Reeves thinks. Stuck in a grind where everyone’s ahead apart from her, she’s partied out, cynical and in debt to the tune of five figures. If she’s dumped by one more rock-band wannabe, squashed by anyone else at the cut-throat magazine where she works, or chased by any more bailiffs, Grace knows she’ll fall apart.

Welcome to being a twenty-something in twenty-first centuryLondon.

So when Vaughn – older, suave, and above all wealthy, Vaughn – appears, she can’t help but be intrigued. She could handle being a sugar daddy’s arm candy, couldn’t she? But there’s no such thing as a free lunch, and Grace is startled to find herself catapulted into the role of Vaughn’s mistress. She’s at his beck and call in return for thousands of pounds a month in gifts, clothes — and cash. She’s in out of her depth. Where do you draw the line between acting the trophy girlfriend and selling yourself for money? And more importantly, does it matter?

This book is freakin’ awesome – go buy it now in hardback £17.99 at Amazon.co.uk or wait until May 14th when it comes out in paperback!

Breathe – I know it sounds silly, but sometimes, when life turns into one big to-do list we forget how to relax – here’s my simple 20 minute Sassy Minx de-stress technique…

• Make yourself comfortable, either sitting or lying down.
• Start to breathe slowly and deeply, in a calm and effortless way.
• Gently tense, then relax, each part of your body, starting with your feet and working your way up to your face and head.
• As you focus on each area, think of warmth, heaviness and relaxation.
• Push any distracting thoughts to the back of your mind; imagine them floating away.
• Don’t try to relax; simply let go of the tension in your muscles and allow them to become relaxed.
• Let your mind go empty. Some people find it helpful to visualise a calm, beautiful place such as a garden or meadow.
• Stay like this for about 20 minutes, then take some deep breaths and open your eyes, but stay sitting or lying for a few moments before you get up.

Pamper your body – I LOVE sweet-smelling prods, they make me feel dee-lish, that’s why I spent the weekend washing, scrubbing and moisturising with prods from the new Boots Extracts range. Not only are these gorgeously fragrant and super luxe bathing and bodycare prods made to leave your skin feeling and looking fabu, they’ve been developed to make a difference too, using key ingredients that are community traded and sustainably sourced.

My prods of choice are: Extracts Brazil Nut Body Wash 400ml £4.00, Extracts Coco Butter Sugar Scrub 400ml £7.50 and Extracts Bergamot Body Butter 200ml £7.50 and are available from Boots stores nationwide or at www.boots.com

Get some shut-eye – sleeping rocks, especially when it’s done in true Audrey Hepburn style. This darling sleep mask by my BBFs (Best Boys Forever) Fred Flare is totally reminiscent of Miss Holly Golightly herself!
$14 www.Fredflare.com

Watching movies under a duvet with your gal pals – Miss Aimz and I spent Friday afternoon under a duvet watching movies – totes bliss. We watched Beaches, The Way We Were, 13 going on 30 and Gentleman Prefer Blondes, insert the title of your favourite movies here…..