Easy Living Easy Reading (Easy Living Magazine)

Member Name: nayland

Product:	Easy Living Magazine
Date:	25/06/09 (78 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Full of different features which are different from the usual mags,plus great free gifts !

Disadvantages: Not enough time to sit and read it in one go, some might think it is pricey but it is monthly!

I don't usually buy glossy mags (they are a bit on the pricey side and seem to be full of adverts),I usually go for Heat,Closer or Reveal. A few months ago my husband rang me to say he had found this voucher in a newspaper where you got Easy Living Magazine For a £1 ( I think it was for a £1 anyway) and it was giving a bag away. So I said go for it, I hadn't heard of this mag before.

When I saw the magazine it was quite thick and very glossy. Straight away I thought I'm not going to like this (but I couldn't say as it had been brought for me!). To made things worse when my children saw it they said mum you are getting old as they thought it looked like an older womans mag, but much to my surprise it was'nt like the other glossy ones on the shelves.

It has 188 pages which are set out into sections ;

In the Know;
This is a section about whats new this month ( as an example in the July one ), What to wear at Glastonbury, Different websites for weekends away and gardening equipment. There is also a page were a well known person writes what books they like to read when on holiday.

Emotions;
This has horoscopes, plus stories about real people who have had to overcome completely different things in their lives (as an example in the July one ), A woman who would wear only turquoise, a woman who is to depressed for sex and a woman addicted to junk food. Quite a different variety!

Fashion;
There are about 30 pages on fashion, from hats, shirts sarongs to shoes.
They vary in price from not so expensive to some that are, a bit of a mixture
so it is interesting to see a variety.

In Depth;
They will have a celeb talking about their lives and problems (not a wag in sight so far!) plus things like adults getting braces fitted, men being grumpy ect.

Beauty;
The beauty is particularly good as it covers all kinds of beauty from fake tans, perfumes, nail varnish, face wipes and hair products, there are again about 30 pages on these items.Some are reasonable some are expensive.

Health;
Health covers the usual items like dieting what diets are about at the moment, what to look out for in freckles , what the pill does to our body and different body issues.Plus there is a health notebook at the end that covers
a variety of different things.

Food;
The food section has a nice selection of different recipes to make which are easy. They do cooking with the things that are available now and in season.
Plus there are new items to look for in the shops!

Homes;
Homes covers inside the home like decorating , materials and nic naks. It then goes outside to cover gardening like what flowers have the best scent in what places. Also different gardening items.

There is also a letters page at the beginning, all in all you get quite a lot squeezed in this magazine. There are a few adverts but some of these have free samples on which is always good!
I have signed up for it for 12 months in which you get it at a big discount
and a free gift, I got some very nice hair products which were full size!

So all in all it wasn't like some womens weekly and at £3.50 a month it works out not such an expensive mag as I first thought!

Summary: A good mag to sit in the garden with and flick through all the different ideas!