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NEW iPHONE APPLICATION
We've just got wind of a new iphone application that will make beauty product shopping a whole lot easier. The COSMETIFIQUE uses a huge database of ingredient names and a safety profile allotted to each ingredient, so you can quickly look up ingredients and steer well clear of any nasties. It can be used with both the iPhone and iPod Touch. (continued...)
OUR SECRET FIND...
Treat your wonderful mother this Mother's Day with a personalised linen apron from the queen of tabletop companies SCARLETT WILLOW (only the very best quality counts!)....Hot Mamma, Crumpet, The Gorgeous Mrs.... are just a few ideas. Deadline for orders in time for Mother's Day is Monday 22 Feb. For all other table top items, from 
personalised place mats, beautiful linen napkins, serving mats, trays...etc www.scarlettwillow.co.uk need be your only port of call. Shhhh - it's our little secret!
BEAUTY BOOSTING RECIPES
MEXICAN PAN-FRIED MACKEREL WITH AVOCADO SALSA SALAD
Inflammation is one of the biggest causes of skin damage. Following an anti-inflammatory diet has been proven to seriously reduce premature ageing and keep skin super healthy. This recipe by Thomasina Miers puts together some of the best known anti-inflammatory ingredients – mackerel and avocados for their high Omega 3 content, ginger for its gingerols content (more specifically 6-gingerol), chilli (also high in vitamin A and C), olive oil, pumpkin and sesame seeds and oil. 
Does our newsletter bore you to death?!
Well if it does, then keep it to yourself, not only because we’d prefer you to but because people who complain of boredom are more likely to die younger...Specialists from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London found that those who admit to experiencing ‘high levels’ of tedium are two-and-a-half times as likely to die from heart disease than those who are more satisfied with their lot in life. (continued...)
MORTON METROPOLIS
If you are serious about art, this is for you!
February 10th saw the launch of Morton Metropolis, the highly awaited and exciting collaboration between Serena Morton, contemporary art specialist, and Raye Cosbert, manager of Metropolis Music (Amy Winehouse’s, Blur etc no less). The combination of Morton and Cosbert’s expertise with the visual arts and music sectors bring a new dimension to the contemporary art market for both artists and buyers alike.
The Spring/Summer season starts with powerful exhibitions by celebrated artists Gerald Lang, Rupert Shrive, Angus Hampel, Stuart Semple and Damian Elwes. Oskia were lucky enough to be invited to provide the goodie bags.
Morton Metropolis
41-42 Bernes Street London W1T 3ND
NUTRIENT OF THE MONTH
Omegas 3 & 6 are vital for health and beauty, and will keep your skin hydrated throughout this cold spell. Even the US army wants its soldiers to take more essential fatty acids...but they’re not letting on whether that’s just for the general health benefits or for a winter beauty boost!
We may not want to eat GM foods, but the EU might have found a way to reduce tree felling for the paper industry in the form of GM potatoes. It looks like European Union could approve the cultivation of GM potatoes destined to paper production as the green light to the genetically modified product has been under review by the European Commission in recent days. The announcement came from Director General for Health at the European Commission, Paola Testori Coggi, during a meeting organized by the University of Milan as part of the EC initiative "Lessons for Europe", in collaboration with the Italian Parliament and Government. The issue of authorization to the cultivation of GM crops within the EU is still open, says Testori Coggi in a statement: "The procedure for evaluating the green light to the cultivation of this GM potato is 'in progress'". This GMO "could result very important for the production of paper."