Elsie Boat

Hi, I’m Elsie, editor of Life and Soul Lifestyle. I’m a lifestyle journalist and copywriter and have been writing about beauty and lifestyle for 10+ years.

Dating Special: Upcoming events in March

With the ever growing popularity of online dating, we jumped at the invitation to tag along to the Wheel of date, an event organised by new online dating company, DoingSomething.co.uk at the London Eye last month, to find out what happens at such events. Wheel of date was all about taking the awkwardness out of dating by creating scenarios where singles …

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Kate Moss designs special gourmet box for Sushi Shop

Kate Moss has been enlisted by French-based sushi chain, Sushi Shop to design its latest gourmet box. Kate will be following in the footsteps of Lenny Kravitz who designed a limited edition box to commemorate the chain’s first store in New York. Kate’s special box will be unveiled on the 19th of March at a private launch and will be …

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Yves Saint Laurent Launches Baby Doll Mascara

Yves Saint Laurent has launched a new Baby Doll Mascara fronted by model of the moment, Cara Delevingne. The new false lash-effect mascara comes in YSL’s distinctive gold packaging with Baby Doll written in pink down the side. Lloyd Simmons, creative director of YSL Beauty said “Mascara Volume Effect Faux Cils Baby Doll is everything I’ve ever dreamed of, it’s …

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Net-a-Porter Launches Beauty

Net-a-Porter has announced the launch of a beauty section under women’s wear from the 20th of March. The online fashion power house will be adding a highly curated selection of makeup, hair, fragrance, nail polish and skin care products from brands such as Chantecaille, Natura Bissé, Aesop, Le Metier de Beaute, 3 LAB, Beauty Works West, Philip B, Joya, Ilia, …

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The London Desire Jewellery & Silversmithing Fair

The London Desire Jewellery and Silversmithing Fair will be opening its doors to Londoners today at the Conference and Events Centre in Kensington until Sunday 17th of March. The fair will showcase work from over 120 exhibitors working in leather, acrylic, ceramics, paper, glass, copper and wood as well as more traditional silver, gold and platinum jewellery featuring gemstones, pearls, …

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Buckingham Palace to stage Catwalk Shows

Buckingham Palace will be staging four fashion shows in in July to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation. The event taking place between Friday July 12 and Sunday July 14 will showcase British style over the last 60 years and all pieces to go on display are created by royal warrant holders – a mark of recognition given …

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Gucci – Lapo Collaboration to launch in June

Gucci will launch a new made-to-measure collection in June in partnership with Italian businessman Lapo Elkann. The collection entitled Lapo’s Wardrobe is described as “a luxury sartorial service for the modern day gentleman”. Lapo’s Wardrobe will be a 27-piece collection made up of 23 looks for men and four for women – including leather goods, shoes and jewellery. Lapo’s Wardrobe collection …

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Kate Moss becomes the face of Givenchy eyewear

Kate Moss is unstoppable at the moment. She has just been made the face of Givenchy eyewear in addition to being the face of Givenchy and Versace’s Spring Summer 2013  collections. The supermodel is also the face of shoe designer Stuart Weitzman collections and the first ever face of Kerastase.  From a catwalk comeback in Paris to numerous magazine covers, …

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Steam – UK’s First Calorie Neutral Restaurant opens for one day only.

Ever wanted to experience what Calorie Neutral dining is all about? Here’s your chance. For one day only, Steam – a pop up Calorie-Neutral restaurant will open in Convent gardens in celebration of Miele’s steam-cooking appliances. Steam is all about proving that steamed foods can be healthy and have flavour as well. Meals will include healthy dishes such as scallop …

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Fashion collaboration: Paul Smith and David Bowie

Paul Smith has teamed up with David Bowie to create the official T-shirt for the musician’s long-awaited album, The Next Day, which comes out on March 11. “David Bowie has worn a lot of Paul Smith throughout his career and I was excited and delighted when asked if I would do the official T-shirt for his album, The Next Day,” …

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