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Our buying team have trying to track down all the loveliest souvenirs with which to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. Our favourite so far is this gorgeous jug by Jan Constantine. See all our ideas here.

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Tag: Feel Good February Giveaway
£10 off Your Order until Midday Tomorrow & Yesterday’s WINNERS ANNOUNCED
We’ve had an almost impossible task choosing our final winners, but 3 comments particularly stood out for us. Lynn Fancy we loved your poem, we hope you have many sunny moments with your sun lounger. Our second winner is Lorna Peppiat – we hope our activity wrap makes the perfect gift for your goddaughter. And [...]
Posted: March 1st, 2011 under Competitions.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway
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WIN a prize of YOUR CHOICE & Friday’s winner announced!
Thank you to everyone for sharing your favourite cocktail recipes and the memories that you associate with them! We’ve picked one we’ve never even heard of but are definitely eager to try – Diana Cotter’s ‘Pancake’ cocktail! We love this one because its so unique, and has got us excited about Pancake Day, which is [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2011 under Competitions.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway
Comments: 2
WIN our bestselling Rechargeable Electric Corkscrew & Yesterday’s WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
It’s been a really tricky one this morning – you’ve picked some of our all-time favourites and we’ve enjoyed reading all of your comments. The two comments which really made us smile were from Nicola D Seary and Jane Thomas – great film choices and original comments. Congratulations to you both! We’ll be in touch [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2011 under Competitions.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway
Comments: 2
WIN our RockQube Speaker & Yesterday’s WINNER ANNOUNCED!
Thanks to everyone for sharing your fave feel-good songs, together you’ve created the ultimate feel-good playlist! Our choice was easy in the end; Handpicked’s Emma has been singing ‘Do you like piña coladas’ around the office ever since Janie Boanson-James’ comment. Good thing she’s a good singer! Congratulations Janie, we’ll be in touch shortly.
Continuing on [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2011 under Competitions.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway
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WIN a Play & Display Album Frame & Yesterday’s WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
We’ve found judging your delicious chocolate cake recipes an impossible task so we’ve drafted in our foodie panel to make the decision for us. They’ve picked Karen Scammell with her Malteser cake and JoJo Young with her simple recipe as their winners – congratulations! We’ll be in touch shortly. We can’t resist testing out some [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2011 under Competitions.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway
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WIN our Hummingbird Bakery Cupcake Kit & Yesterday’s WINNERS ANNOUNCED
We’ve picked up so many great make-up tips, thank you to everyone for sharing your secrets! Congratulations to Nicole Punch, we’ve been getting this wrong for years! And congratulations to Lexy Law – most of us have had an orange-palmed disaster at some point! We’ll be in touch shortly to get your details.
Today we’re on [...]
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under Competitions.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway
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WIN our Ila Bag Hook and Mirror! And Friday’s WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Hope everyone had a lovely weekend. We’ve had great fun reading your natural beauty tips – the weird and the wonderful! We’ve chosen Gemma Westacott and Karen Scammell as our winners – congratulations to you both! We’ll be in touch shortly to get your details.
We’ve saved our favourite theme ‘til last – our theme [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2011 under Competitions.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway
Comments: 1
WIN Our Lavender-Filled Silk Eye Mask! AND Yesterday’s WINNER ANNOUNCED!
Yesterday’s winners are Sophie Muncaster and Jude Edwards – congratulations! Sophie, your comment is a great reminder that there’s often plenty to do right on our doorstep and Jude, we love the idea of your theatre group. We’ll be in touch to get your details. Thank you so much for all your comments.
Our last topic [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2011 under Competitions.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway
Comments: 2
WIN our Yoga Mat and Tote! And Yesterday’s WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Thank you so much for all your comments, there were some really good ideas and so useful to share any knowledge or experience that each other has in a dangerous situation. We chose Sandra Nixon, Nicola Clare and Andy Williams to win an ila alarm each. Congratulations!! We’ll be in touch shortly to get your [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2011 under Christmas.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway
Comments: none
WIN one of 3 ila DUSKS! And yesterday’s winners announced!
It was a tricky decision today, some really original ideas. In the end we chose; Marty Miskimmin, Diana Cotter and Angela Farrey. Congratulations!! We’ll be in touch shortly to organise your ILA Sport Prizes!
Today we’re giving away THREE of our ila DUSK Personal alarms, one of our bestselling products. The idea is that the [...]
Posted: February 15th, 2011 under Competitions.
Tags: Feel Good February Giveaway, Ila Dusk, ila Dusk Personal Alarm
Comments: none

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