If your fed up of boring celeb mags, try Essentials. (Essentials)

Member Name: charltonFC

Product:	Essentials
Date:	10/01/09 (155 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A great magazine at a great price

Disadvantages: None - I LOVE IT

I came across this magazine a couple of months whilst sitting in my dentist waiting room. I had never heard of the magazine before so wasn't sure what it would be like. You can normally see me reading Heat or OK so i wasn't sure if this magazine was my sort of thing, but i can honestly say i loved it and now buy it every month. The magazine is priced at £2.50 and has a very eye catching front cover.

Essentials is a great women's magazine packed with great easy tips to make your life that much easier, every single day. The magazine has great tips on affordable fashion,great beauty buys and advice, real life solutions, hair and beauty inspiration, home and food ideas, great holiday ideas and money saving tips. The magazine also has a brilliant 'How to' section where you will find recipes for every day cooking or when entertaining, and it also gives you 'can-do' tips for your home and wellbeing.

~ Fashion and Shopping ~

The fashion and shopping section gives you lots of different fashion ideas that are in at the moment, and ideas on how to glam yourself up for less. If your a High Street women, you will love this section. Lots of affordable fashion ideas which won't break the bank balance.

~ Real Life ~

In the real life section you can read about all sorts of every day problem solutions and ways to improve your life.

~ Hair and Beauty ~

My favourite section. I particularly love this section because it gives you lots of different beauty sections, from new tricks, trends and good buys.

In this months issue i love the article about "The 5 minute make up bag updates". If your make up bag is anything like mine, its old and in need of a good update with all the make up that's recommended by make- up artists.

~ Your Health handbook ~

Another great section in this brilliant magazine. It gives you great exercise tips and tricks to get you looking fab. It also has a section where you can write to Essentials very own resident GP for advice on health problems.

~ Consumer Know-how ~

Great expert help and great savings tips to be found in this section.

In this months mag you will find Best Supermarket basic buys. This is great if you are looking to save money on your supermarket shop. We all trust the big brand names and never think about trying supermarkets basic ranges. I have tried several of the products on the list, i.e. Tesco baked beans in Tomato Sauce. I usually go for the trusted Heinz, but decided to give Tesco Value a try, and i was surprised to find i couldn't really tell the difference between the two. So save your money, and go basic.

The best section has to be the 'How to' section..

If you love cooking, and trying new recipes to feed your family, then you will love this part of the magazine. Every month you will find yummy mouth watering recipes, that al look very easy to make.

It also has a section on you and your home which covers everything from cheap chic ideas for the home and making money ideas online. Every month this changes, but you can normally find a money making idea in this section every month, which i just love.

~ Overall ~

If you like a magazine which covers fashion, health and beauty, food, money saving, then this magazine is one you need to try. At £2.50 a month, you really cannot complain.

This month i noticed a fab subscription offer which offers 20% off the retail price and includes a rather fab free gift. To sign up it costs you £13 every 6 months. It doesn't seem a big saving, as its only £2 saved every 6 months, but over a year its £4 saved, and if you sign up when they offer free gifts, you won't be unhappy.

Summary: A very easy read with great tips