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Gazette Monday November 5, 2012 19 

WOMAN 

New 

BEAUTY 

Get your brows 

tattooed like me 

Page 27 

Dye 

another 

day 

OPINION 

MP Priti Patel 

Pages 20-21 

FASHION 

The rustic look 

Pages 24-25 

Why changing your hair colour 

doesn’t have to be 

treme

20 Gazette Monday November 5, 2012 


COOK 

Create a delish 

babaganush 

Life for female MPs with families 

LONG hours, minimal family time and thinking about the job 24 hours a day. Life as an MP is not easy. Coupled 

with juggling family commitments it is nigh on impossible feat. We spoke to some Essex MPs about the strain 

of their day-to-day work and their dedication the what they do. 

This is a great way to use up 

any unused veg that is 

loitering in the back of the 

fridge. 

Mediterranean veg is really 

tasty chargrilled and goes 

superbly with babbaganush 

Serves canapes for 8 

Prep time: 30 minutes 

Cooking time: 15 minutes 

Ingredients: 

Various vegetables you have 

in the fridge such as spring 

onions, celery, courgette, 

cucumber, and asparagus. 

Mix and match according 

to what you already have 

or what’s on offer/in 

season. 

For the babaganush: 

1 large aubergine 

1 lemon 

1 clove of garlic 

2tbsp of mild tahini 

½ tsp cumin, coriander 

Method: 

1. Start by preparing the 

babbaganush. The best way 


WOMAN 

to cook the aubergine is on 

charcoal, so light a bbq and 

let it die down to white coals. 

If not you can cook them 

directly on a griddle. 

2. Squeeze the lemon and 

mince the garlic. 

3. When the aubergine is cool 

enough to handle, peel it, 

discarding the burnt 

skin. 

Take any clumps of large seed 

out also and compost. You 

will be left a creamy beige 

pulp. Chop this roughly on a 

chopping board or pulse in a 

blender but be sure to keep 

some texture. 

3. Now, in a bowl season the 

aubergine with the lemon 

juice, garlic, olive oil, salt and 

pepper. 

Then add the tahini with a little 

water and stir in. Now adjust 

the flavourings to your taste. 

4. Cut all the vegetables into 

batons, chargrill the 

Mediterranean veg very briefly 

so they hold their integrity 

when dipped. 

Keep the crispest vegetables 

raw. Dress them with a little 

lemon juice and poppy seeds.. 

5. Serve on its own or with 

flatbread. 

Priti Patel 

“I easily work 80-hour weeks,” she 

says. “It is a dreadful situation but I 

don’t see my four-year-old son 

Freddie at all during a working week. 

It is the reality a lot of working 

women now face.” 

Priti lives in Witham with her husband 

Alex Sawyer. She counts herself 

lucky that she has support from her 

mother-in-law Kathleen with looking 

after Freddie during the week. 

“We would not be able to manage 

the childcare costs otherwise. 

“Of course people will say I have a 

choice whether or not to work, and 

they are right I do. 

“The important thing is for women to 

be happy and confident in their 

decision and do not apologise for 

them.” 

Rebecca Harris 

The Castle Point MP lives with her 

husband Frank and young son Ted. 

She is on the business select 

committee and is currently involved in 

gathering evidence on the challenges 

women face in the workplace. 

Rebecca says: “I have a six-year-old 

son Ted who I am lucky is extremely 

laid back. 

“I have had to make compromises 

and I am not such a fabulous house 

wife now, but I do not put pressure on 

myself to be ‘supermum’! 

“It is nothing new, women have been 

working for hundreds of years. 

“It will be interesting to see what 

evidence we get for women in the 

workplace and what would help 

working mothers.” 

Jackie Doyle-Price 

Jackie Doyle-Price, MP for Thurrock, 

believes that family commitments do 

affect a politician’s career. 

“It is not easy and probably the 

reason often women at the top of 

politics, such as Teresa May, do not 

have children,” says Jackie. 

“Of course there are women like 

Yvette Cooper who manage to have 

three children and do it. But it is not 

easy. She is married to the politician 

Ed Balls so maybe it is easier in a 

completely political household.” 

Jackie lives with her partner Mark and 

her 12-year-old son George. 

She says: “I I commute back to 

Thurrock every day because I like 

being home with my family. We make 

sure we have family time at the 

weekend.”



Death penalty 

MP: I’ll keep 

rattling cages 

Outspoken – MP for 

Witham, Priti Patel 

‘ 

Being 

the first 

female MP 

with Indian 

descent was 

not the point 

She said what? 

On the death penalty: 

Citing the reoffending of some murderers and 

rapists: “On that basis I would actually 

support the reintroduction of capital 

punishment to serve as a deterrent. 

“I have no issue on having a debate. I think far 

too many politicians run away from debating 

issues like this.” 

On Dale Farm, she said: “In fairness to 

Basildon Council I think they are right, I really 

do. 

“The issue here is about people breaking the 

law. We can’t have a system where there is 

one rule for travellers and one rule for 

On 

Question 

Time 

everybody 

else. There 

should complete 

fairness.” 

On stacking up £95,000 by submitting more 

than 600 written questions to Government 

ministers: “I believe it is important in a 

democracy that members of the public are 

able to have their voices heard at the highest 

levels of Government.” 

Speaking to the Sun Newspaper on getting 

women into politics: “When you have a lot of 

highly-successful woman across all walks of 

life and sectors, you have to ask why there are 

so few in Westminster.” 

WHEN MP Priti Patel 

announced that she 

supported the death 

penalty on BBC Question 

Time many viewers were 

aghast. 

Her comments last September 

were in the wake of the execution 

of Troy Davis, who was 

killed by lethal injection in 

Georgia despite a mass of questionable 

evidence. 

Priti went head-to-head with 

Ian Hislop, the editor of Private 

Eye, on the show and then 

weathered the Twitter storm 

that followed. 

However the Conservative 

MP for Witham, who was placed 

on David Cameron’s infamous 

“A-list” of election candidates, 

has never sat on the fence. 

She was elected in May 2010 

and in that time has garnered 

support and vilification in 

equal measure. 

Whether it’s her views on 

enforcing the death penalty, on 

working mothers or highlighting 

problems within her own 

party, she’s nothing but direct. 

Neither does she have any 

regrets about things she has 

said in her career. As I found 

out when I spoke to her last 

week. 

She says: “I like to challenge 

things – the system, the status 

quo, I am not going to just stop 

being a cage rattler. 

“I have not mellowed. I think 

I am even more animated than 

ever about getting my points 

across than ever.” 

She accepts this does not 

always win her friends. 

Priti says: “If you are outspoken 

you do set yourself up for 

people to disagree with you. 

By LOUISE 

HOWESON 

louise.howeson@nqe.com 

But I do not regret anything I 

have said.” 

This includes her more 

extreme views. 

“I stand by my comments on 

capital punishment. I think 

people get annoyed with politicians 

sitting on the fence and 

they value honesty,” she says. 

Priti, 40, was born in London 

to Ugandan immigrant parents, 

who fled their home country 

after being persecuted by dictator 

Idi Amin. 

Her parents ran a post office 

in rural Norfolk and later ran a 

string of seven shops. 

“My parents came to the 

country without a penny,” she 

says. 

“It taught me how to get on in 

a place where you could be an 

entrepreneur if you worked 

hard.” 

Priti went to a comprehensive 

school in Watford, then 

studied economics at Keele University, 

before going on to study 

at the University of Essex. 

“I was never a ‘wannabe’ 

politician. I was good at school 

but not incredibly academic. It 

was always expected that we 

would work hard at school and 

I was the first to complete a 

degree. 

After graduating she campaigned 

for the Conservative 

Party and later worked as 

William Hague’s PR officer. 

In 2000, she worked in the private 

sector before returning to 

politics in 2005. 

She says: “In 2005 I had 

become disillusioned with the 

party. They seemed too inward 

looking, there was no one who 

represented someone like me 

and I was a mainstream Conservative. 

“I called them and said they 

need people who look and 

sound like me.” 

She applied to over 40 constituencies 

before being selected 

as the Conservative candidate 

for Nottingham North but 

failed to secure the seat in the 

2005 election. 

She was the first female 

Asian Conservative MP and 

first Hindu female MP. 

“I am not a fan of labels. For 

me being the first female MP 

with Indian descent was not the 

point. I know the Asian community 

put a lot of emphasis on it 

and thought it was long overdue.” 

What is she most proud of? 

“No one had heard of Witham 

before and they certainly 

know about it now! Also I have 

had some very humbling experience 

working with constituents, 

on issues such as 

bureaucratic health cases.” 

She does not expect a thanks 

for doing her job. 

“You’re never going to get a 

thank you from anyone in Westminster 

because they are all 

looking out for themselves. 

“I did not go into it expecting 

it to be the most wonderful job. 

“I am a public servant and 

could be booted out in two-and- 

-half years. All I want is to 

make a difference to the lives of 

my constituents and make 

people aware of Witham.”



I’ve had to survive on just three 

spoonfuls of oats for breakfast! 


WOMAN 

The Empower Programme 

nutrition plan 

SIX weeks ago Imade a 

vowtoforgo stodgyfood 

and get fitter before the 

onset of winter. 

This wasthe opposite of my 

usual habit of letting my 

trainers gather dust in the 

chilly months and indulging 

in more comfortfoods. 

Iwas helped along the way 

by instructor Annie Mullis at 

Energie Fitness for Women. 

She got me started on the 

Empower Programme and I 

began alow GI diet and met up 

with her for weekly exercise 

sessions. 

It has not been easy and I 

have not been perfect with the 

diet. 

Afew meals out and socialising 

have tested my willpower, 

as well as my patience! 

But overall, Ihave stuck to 

Annie’s advice and I am 

happy tosay Ihave had fairly 

good results. 

Ihave lost seven pounds in 

six weeks, which was mytarget, 

and according to Annie I 

have lost ten and ahalf inches 

all over my body. 

The low GI diet is particularly 

good at getting rid of 

belly fat and Idropped three 

By LOUISE 

HOWESON 

louise.howeson@nqe.com 

inches from around my 

tummy. The diet and fitness 

regime re-educates people on 

nutrition and helps them 

boost fitness and lose weight. 

During the six-week 

regime, members of Energie 

Fitness receive in-depth 

advice on what to eat and 

weekly 30-minute exercise 

sessions with an instructor, 

where they are also weighed 

and measured. 

Annie said thatpeople need 

to focus on having “good” 

weeks, where they stick 

wholeheartedly to the programme, 

rather than “good” 

days and then having a “bad” 

day asareward. This way if 

you doslip up and have an 

occasional treat it will not 

affect youtoo much. 

Having to show Annie my 

food diary each week was a 

good incentive to be strict. 

Annie admitted that she 

was a bit shocked at how 

much Iate at the start ofthe 

programme.Idoalot of exercise, 

luckily, as she said otherwise 

Iwould have been alot 

heavier! 

My diet before consisted of 

large portions of rice, cereal 

and too much bread. 

That all changed on the diet 

as I eliminated bread completely 

and stuck tosmaller 

portions. 

It did take awhile to adjust 

to ameagrethree tablespoons 

of oats for breakfast but by 

adding chopped apple and a 

banana it wasveryfilling. 

The best bit about the low 

GI diet is that you do not get 

the same sugar highs and 

crashes as with ahigh GI diet. 

I have also found my 

appetite has reduced. 

The wholesome food gives 

you sustained energy and I 

found Ihavebeen alot happier 

and more sprightlyasaresult. 

Ihave made apromise to 

Annie that Iwill keep up the 

diet and exercise and, having 

stuck to it for the last six 

weeks,Ifullyintend to. 

Visit effw.co.uk/southend for 

further details. 

Healthy – Louise Howeson with Annie Mullis 

Examples of breakfasts 

Low fat yogurt (5 oz) and 

fresh fruit 

Porridge made with three 

tablespoons of rolled oats, 

7 fl oz water and fruit 

Examples of lunches 

2 oz canned tuna, salad, 

two Corn Thins 

humus (4 oz), raw carrots, 

cucumber, Corn Thins 

Examples of dinners 

Grilled chicken breast and 

unlimited vegetables 

3 oz of lean beef mince or 

Quorn, one jar of passata 

and 2 oz of spaghetti 

Snacks 

Two litres of water per day 

Fruit or yoghurt



The Awkward Question 

Should 

we ban 

mobiles 

in shops? 

YES 

says Keith Gunton 

FAMILY food store and deli, H 

Gunton, in Crouch Street, 

Colchester, has been going since 

1936. The shop brought in its own 

“no mobiles at the till” ban four years 

ago. 

Owner of the store, Keith Gunton, 

said: “I think the ban was a great idea 

and our customers seem to 

appreciate it. Before we introduced 

it, we’d have quite a few customers 

chatting on their phones while we 

were trying to serve them and we just 

found it plain rude! 

“It doesn’t take two minutes to put 

your phone away, let us serve you, 

and then carry it on once you are out 

of the store. It should be a rule in all 

shops – people would find it rude if I 

was serving them and took a call.” 

KATRINA Hammond, 22, 

from Great Clacton, is a 

Prince’s Trust award finalist. 

Despite being diagnosed with cerebal palsy and epilepsy 

at five, Katrina worked hard to stay in mainstream 

school and now volunteers 

as a teaching assistant, 

as well as working with 

special needs children 

at Colchester Toy 

Library. 

She is up for the 

Young Achiever 

of the Year 

award. 

Mobile menace? But is a ban a step too far? 

NO 

says Anita Hawkins 

SHOPPER Anita, 47, from 

Colchester, can see both sides, but 

isn’t in favour of an outright ban in 

shops. 

She says: “Whoever has not 

answered their mobile when they 

shouldn’t may cast the first stone! I 

am not innocent. 

“Phones in public places are 

extremely difficult to ignore but 

maybe we all need to rethink our 

mobile manners? 

“I was at the till in a shop the other 

day and I suddenly had the thought 

to buy a voucher for my friend, so I 

decided to call them at the till to 

ensure they had this shop in their 

home town. 

“I did apologise to the cashier and 

asked if they minded.” 

RADIO 4’s Woman’s Hour 

launched the Woman’s Hour 

Power List of the 100 most 

powerful women in the 

UK. 

Amongst those 

mentioned were 

Conservative MP 

Priti Patel, crime 

writer Val 

McDermid and TV 

presenter Dawn 

O’Porter, right. 

HOLLYWOOD actress Tina Fey 

spoke out about her frustration at 

the trend for men redefining rape. 

She pinpointed Missouri 

Republican representative Todd 

Akin’s claims that the female 

body is made to minimise the 

chance of getting pregnant from 

rape. 

She said: “Mr Akin, I think you are 

confusing the phrase ‘legitimate 

rape’ with the phrase 

‘competitive gymnastics’.” 


WOMAN 

BOSSES at a convenience store 

in Somerset made the headlines 

this week after bringing in a ban 

on people talking on mobiles at 

the till. But are shops like 

County Stores, in Taunton, right, 

and should outright bans be 

introduced in shops and 

restaurants?? 

OTHER THOUGHTS 

FROM FACEBOOK 

SEAN LATIMER: “I agree with 

the shop completely!” 

IN ESSEX... ...IN THE UK ...AND ABROAD 

BECKY CRANE: “A lot of bus 

drivers now will not let you on if 

you are on the phone. At the 

end of the day it's just a bit of 

courtesy not to be ignorant.” 

Who we’ve loving this week...





I wasn’t sure I had 

the front to be my 

gay friend’s Breast 

Man...but I survived 

SADIE HASLER 

Sadie Hasler is a writer, 

performer and radio 

presenter. She has 

appeared on Russell 

Howard’s Good News, Al 

Murray’s Multiple 

Personality Disorder, 

Harry Hill’s What Are The 

Chances, and CCTV 

cameras throughout the 

land... 

WHEN my friend 

Mandy asked 

me to be Breast 

Man at her wedding, 

I squealed. 

Then I stopped, confused. A 

new term. What does it 

mean, to be Breast Man? 

I wouldn’t have to get them 

out would I? Hang on – DO I 

LOOK LIKE A DUDE WITH 

BOOBS STUCK ON?? What 

does it even mean to be married? 

I’m not sure, having got 

it wrong already. In and out of 

it within a year and wondering 

how it even got that far. I was 

no model of matrimonial 

sagacity, but I was pretty sure, 

as in all things, that Love 

helps. 

It was one of these nice easygoing 

weddings where you’re 

not expected to spend a fortune 

fitting in with someone’s 

‘theme’. It was to take place at 

Brighton Pavilion, with a lowkey 

reception at something 

called The Earthship, an ecojoint 

deep in a nearby country 

park. 

It has always seemed to me 

that the best weddings are not 

those which demand things of 

people, but which inspire them 

to give something more meaningful; 

their thought. To me, 

this was what being Mandy’s 

Breast Man was; giving 

thought in the best way I could 

– nice words. That’s all I had to 

offer – a speech. 

Suddenly, after a year of 

anticipation, the wedding was 

upon us and I was bound for 

Brighton. 

The Pavilion glistened in the 

October sun, and the famous 

domed turrets seemed like the 

conical Madonna breasts of a 

new bride reclining in the 

grass. I reflected on how amazing 

it was that we were even 

here in the first place, celebrating 

the marriage of two 

women in love. 

It’s such a new thing, to have 

the courage to be openly gay. 

The culture and vibrancy has 

been there all the time, but 

had to be kept secret, or 

certainly quiet, in corners, 

and here I was with a 

bride in a top hat being 

driven by two glorious 

homosexuals, one in a chauffeur’s 

uniform bibbing at traffic 

and waving like the queen, 

and one dressed as Baby Spice 

gone bad. 

The pavilion was built as a 

testament to love by a king for 

his queen, a regency palace of 

splendour, and here we were 

squealing outside it really 

loudly. In fishnets. 

The wedding was beautiful. 

I’ve never seen faces so lit up 

by love as those of Mandy and 

Debbie, and naturally those 

ruddy lesbians completely 

ruined my sodding make-up. 

I was terrified about the 

speech. I would have read The 

Owl & The Pussycat or something 

if the public degradation 

of Edward Lear hadn’t been 

something I had inwardly 

screamed at so often at other 

nuptials. No, I couldn’t maul 

someone else’s words, I’d have 

to bleat out my own. And once 

it was out of the way, and I’d 

got a high-five from a very 

straight-speaking drag-queen, 

I knew I’d done alright. I 

could relax. The job 

was done. I could 

‘ 

Marriage 

now 

means 

whatever you 

want it to 

mean 

join in the fun 

going on around 

me like a saucy 

carousel. 

It’s quite a picture, 

you know – 

a lesbian wedding. 

I’m sure 

most of the guests 

this refers to wouldn’t 

mind me suggesting 

that they had 

‘embraced their male side’. 

That is, the emblematic nods 

to the traditional male. Short 

hair, suits, little or no make-up 

in some cases. 

I was why-curious. Why, if 

they aren’t attracted to men, 

are there so many ladies seeking 

to look like them, in 

relationships with other ladies 

who look similar? 

Is it escape from the perceived 

weakness of femininity; 

is it an emulation of power? 

Is it a revolution against 

patriarchy by taking ‘maleness’ 

over and making it their 

own? 

Is this, even, just a cultural 

phase? If open lesbianism is, in 

terms of freedom, in its 

infancy, having spent countless 

centuries as clandestine 

encounters, love to be 

ashamed of, only peeking out 

occasionally from under the 

covers in permitted sapphic 

flourishes designed for the 

titillation of men, are lesbians 

then just...teething? Chewing 

on the freedom of it all like a 

rusk until their adult teeth 

have formed? Feminists don’t 

feel the need to wear stiff polonecks 

and tut at lipstick anymore. 

Perhaps lesbians will 

soften their guard in 

time too, when it’s 

all lost that air of 

brave novelty. 

Perhaps I am a 

naive ignoramus 

and missing 

something 

more subtle. I 

might have spoken 

to them about 

it in more detail 

had I the nous of a 

BBC correspondent and 

not been so rangooned on table 

wine. 

But one thing was clear by 

the end of the day. That I know 

what it means to be married. It 

means whatever you want it to 

mean. That’s the freedom we 

have now. Love is free, free is 

love. 

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Deichmann wide brim felt 

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Fall 2012 fashion collection 

of Ralph Lauren in New York 

Forget wellies and muddy overalls, this autumn’s country- 

trend is all about rural chic. LISA HAYNES reveals 

inspired 

how to work heritage style 

If summer was all about patriotic red, white and blue, then this 

winter is a celebration of British heritage style. 

Racing greens, muddy browns and burnt oranges are key tones 

for this look. The colour palette may be more subdued, but it’s a 

winning look for autumn 2012. Shake off the city slicker vibe 

and escape to the country in style. 

GET 

THE 

LOOK 

Actress Naomie 

Harris arriving at the 

royal premiere of new 

Bond film Skyfall and 

(inset) Marios Schwab 

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WOMAN 

STREET FASHION 

Emma Woods, 20, from 

Clacton said: “I really like to 

wear fashionable clothes that 

are on trend and I probably go 

shopping about twice a week. 

“I really like High Street shops 

and it is possible to get really 

nice things that are 

affordable. 

“There are a lot of celebrities 

that inspire me fashion wise, 

such as Victoria Beckham. 

“The hat and boots I am 

wearing today are from New 

Look, so is my scarf, and my 

coat is from Top Shop. My 

leggings are from Top Shop 

and I bought the bag online.”

26 

Gazette Monday November 5, 2012 

Give your 

haircut the 

Factor 

...and you don’t 

need to be quite 

as drastic as TV 

style queen Tulisa 

COLOUR COMMITMENT 

BEWARE if you’re heading towards 

a Tulisa-style drastic 

transformation. You’ll require a 

friendly (and affordable) colourist 

on speed dial. 

But with new techniques like “finger 

painting”, “hot fringes” and “chalking” 

on hair colour menus, you can decide on 

your level of commitment. 

Galvin’s finger painting technique can add 

depth and movement, minus the pesky 

root regrowth, while chalking is a 

temporary way to dabble with brighter 

shades for parties or special occasions. 

SEASONAL SWITCHOVER 

JUST like your wardrobe, changing your hair 

colour with the seasons can give you an 

instant boost. But that can be achieved with 

a new tone or technique, rather than a full 

overhaul. 

If you’re unsure about which colour direction 

to take, the head of colour at Errol Douglas 

Salon, Jessica Speechly, says: “Wardrobe 

SHE began the current 

X Factor series as a 

brunette, picked her 

contestants as a platinum 

blonde, then kicked off 

the live shows by returning to 

the dark side. 

Tulisa Contostavlos clearly 

likes to experiment with her hair 

colour, but switching your tone 

for the new season doesn’t have 

to be quite so dramatic. 

Talking at this year’s home of 

the X Factor contestants, London’s 

Corinthia Hotel, where he 

has a VIP suite, celebrity stylist 

Daniel Galvin says your crowning 

glory shouldn’t actually be 

the “mane” attraction. 

“When you have the perfect 

hair colour, the first thing other 

people should notice is not the 

hair colour but the eyes,” he 

explains. 

“The hair colour makes that 

possible. 

“When you have the wrong 

hair colour, the first thing people 

notice is your hair.” 

“Hair colour needs to be as 

low-maintenance as possible,” 

Galvin advises, “but grey hair 

will need to be covered every 

four to six weeks. 

“Condition of the hair is also 

paramount. You can be a little 

more experimental with short hair 

as it's less damaged.” 

Be wary of so-called home colour semipermanents. 

Galvin warns: “Use a ‘pure’ 

semi-permanent. Level 2 has peroxide in it, 

which means it’s a longer-lasting semi 

permanent, but it alters the natural hair 

colour and doesn’t fade back.” 

Chalking 

decisions can be virtually 

pointless if there’s no 

hair plan in place.” 

For autumn, she 

suggests warming up 

your colour: “Blondes go 

golden, brunettes hint at 

red, and all hair types should 

be rich, glossy and warm.” 

Go red? 

MAINTAIN MODE 

WHETHER it’s a professional job or a 

bathroom sink DIY, hair colour requires 

extra upkeep to ensure it looks vibrant. 

“Immediately after having your colour 

done, wait a couple of days before 

shampooing to preserve the colour,” 

advises celebrity hairdresser Andrew 

Barton. 

Invest in shampoos and conditioners for 

colour-treated hair that won’t “strip” your 

new shade. Barton says: “Commit to 

weekly conditioning masks to nourish hair. 

“Up the intensity of at-home treatments by 

using a plastic cap or warm towel to 

increase the temperature at which the 

product works. 

Between touch-ups, coloured dry 

shampoos are a 

great way to 

disguise tell-tale 

signs of root 

regrowth. 

Asda Barton 

Protect Repair 

Mask, Asda £3.99 

Chameleon – Tulisa keeps changing her hair drastically 

How to get hair 

to dye for... 

Colour 

Restore, Boots, 

£11.99 

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Preference 

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Before... 

...during ...and after 

Fed up with your 

high-maintenance 

eyebrows? I got 

mine tattooed... 

Hollie Wakeham – she decided to tattoo her brows, above 

HI HONEYS! Eyebrows 

are the most 

important feature on 

you face. They frame 

your eyes and, with the 

right length and shape, they 

can make you face appear 

thinner, wider and longer – 

and can even make your 

nose look smaller! 

Your eyebrows can age you 

and take years off you. 

They can open up your eyes 

with an arch. With a variety of 

ways to wax, thread and pluck 

away your eyebrows to chisel 

out a designer style and then 

tint the hairs for depth and 

colour. 

But if you don’t have many 

hairs, you can spend forever 

pencilling, and powdering 

them in and even stencilling to 

create a pair of matching 

brows. 

We try our hardest to avoid 

the rain, or touch that area for 

fear of smearing an eyebrow 

across our forehead, or the 

rain washing a nice brown line 

down our face. 

Well, imagine if you could 

wake up and your brows 

where already drawn on. 

Imagine if you could 

go in the sea on holiday 

and your 

‘ 

brows didn’t 

wash or rub off. 

The answer is 

eyebrow tattooing. 

I have gone 

and got these 

puppies tattooed. 

After years of 

Take a 

photo 

with you 

of someone 

with brows 

you like 

Hollie Wakeham, who runs a salon in Colchester, 

gives us the lowdown on the latest beauty 

trends. 

She is a regular at the fashion weeks and posts 

make-up seminars on YouTube. 

Hollie Wakeham’s Beauty Lounge (next to Just 

Essentials) is located at 11A Eld Lane, 

Colchester. Call 07814965207 or visit www. 

holliespampur 

wanting them done, I’ve done 

it – and oh my goodness, I love 

them. 

I went to Dermaspa, in Milton 

Keynes, to get my 

brows tattooed. It is 

very important to 

do your research, 

because it cannot 

be erased. 

Anesthetic 

cream was 

applied to my 

brows, so they 

would go numb, 

and I then decided 

on the shape of brow I 

wanted with the beauty 

therapist. 

It is a good idea to take a 

photo with you of someone 

with eyebrows you like. 

My brows before the 

treatment were 

sparse without 

make-up. They 

have always been 

like that. I just 

wasn’t blessed 

with thick eyebrows. 

Over-plucking, 

waxing 

threading 

and 

over 

years can also make your eyebrows 

thin and, in the end, 

over time they will not grow at 

all. 

My eyebrows were 

measured to make 

I didn’t 

feel any 

pain when 

they were 

tattooed. It 

took half an 

‘hour 

sure they were 

completely symmetrical. 

I didn’t feel 

any pain when 

my brows 

where being tattooed. 

I have tattoos 

on my body, 

but it didn’t feel 

similar to that 

experience. 

The tattooing took about 

half an hour. After that, the 

stray hairs where threaded 

away. 

Mineral powders where 

applied to the surrounding 

area of my brows to calm them 

and add a little natural colour. 

I know the brows looked 

very dark to start with, but 

this is normal and the beauty 

therapist assured me they 

would be dark to start with 

until they scabbed over. 

It only lasts a week and they 

then go a natural shade.




WOMAN 

NOT 

going 

out 

Together at 

home – Jen 

Lant with her 

dog Spud 

Picture: 

ADRIAN 

RUSHTON 

CO71425_19 

JEN Lant was struck down with agoraphobia out of the blue three years 

ago. Since then the 22-year-old, of London Road, Marks Tey, has spent 

every day wondering whether today is the day she will leave the house. Jen 

is raising money for Anxiety UK and tells Vanessa Moon about the daily 

struggle to deal with her condition. 

IFEEL like time is running 

out. I really miss the 

freedom of being 

able to go out and 

socialise. 

Before I got agoraphobia my 

best friend and I used to go out 

for dinner at Sam’s Diner every 

week, we would take road trips 

together and visit Brighton. 

These days, some people I 

used to know think I am faking 

it. Most people have completely 

forgotten about me 

‘ 

because they know I can’t 

go out and just a very 

few have stuck by me. 

Since I got agorapho- 

IT 

bia I have been in one 

relationship and that 

lasted for all of two 

months. It gets really 

lonely. 

I don’t think one particular 

thing set it off. I was going 

through quite a lot at the time. I 

had been bullied at my job 

where I was a waitress, so I had 

quit two months earlier. 

My flat mate at the time was 

very abusive towards me. I had 

no money, no food in my flat and 

then I finally got a job interview 

in Colchester town centre. 

I had to take the bus because I 

can’t drive and during the whole 

journey I was feeling really anxious 

and nauseous, which was 

awful because I have phobia 

about vomiting. 

As soon as I got off the bus I 

threw up, right on Osborne 

Street in Colchester. 

I just lost it. I completely 

broke down, crying, shaking, 

hyperventilating. 

I was having a panic attack 

and my chest was tight. 

I had had anxiety attacks 

before but nothing on that scale. 

I didn’t know what was going 

on and I remember 

thinking, God, 

someone help 

me. 

But no-one 

did. Everyone 

walked 

past and 

ignored me 

or just 

stared. It 

took me ten 

minutes to get 

myself together 

and I thought it will 

get better, just go to the interview, 

so I did. 

That day, three years ago, was 

the last time I went into town. 

Surprisingly, the interview 

went well and that night they 

called me to ask if I could come 

in for a second interview the 

next day. But as soon as I woke 

up the next morning I had 

another panic attack and I 

couldn’t bring myself to go out. 

After that day I was having 

ten panic attacks a day. 

At its 

worst I 

was having 

ten panic 

attacks every 

single day 

I wanted to go out but feared I 

would have another panic attack 

or be sick and that people would 

stare at me. It got so bad I couldn’t 

even go a few steps outside to 

the corner shop. 

I ended up moving in with my 

dad for a while, before I came to 

live with my mum six months 

ago. 

It was my dad who said I 

should get my agoraphobia sorted 

out. 

I hadn’t even heard of it and 

had to research it, but when I 

finally spoke to my doctor (I had 

a phone consultation because I 

couldn’t leave the house and 

they refused to come to me) I 

told him what I thought it was. 

I have a different doctor now 

AGORAPHOBIA 

FACTS 

IS estimated that 

there are up to five 

million agoraphobia 

sufferers in the UK. 

The condition usually 

emerges between 

the ages of 20 and 40. 

More women than 

men suffer from it 

It accounts for about 

60 per cent of phobias 

Often co-exists with 

necrophobia (fear of 

death). 

who comes to see me at home 

and reviews my medication, 

antiemetics, which help with the 

nausea and vomiting. 

Now I try and go out one day a 

week. 

I can manage to get to the 

Food Company roundabout and 

to the car boot sale fields to walk 

my dog, Spud, because it is not 

too far away, but it is still really 

hard. 

I haven’t had a severe panic 

attack in 18 months now. The 

last mild one was about four 

months ago when my mum 

drove us to Tollgate to get a coffee 

from Costa. She went inside 

and I waited in the car and I had 

a panic attack. But I was able to 

get it under control. 

TREATMENT OF 

AGORAPHOBIA 

On a good day I will wake up 

at 8am, take the dog for a walk in 

the field or the garden, watch 

some episodes of the Simpsons 

or Family Guy and if I have 

some money, then I will go to the 

shop and buy myself a treat as 

an incentive to go out. 

On a bad day will sleep until 

about 2pm, take the dog for a 

walk in the garden and sit in 

front of the television eating 

junk food, feeling incredibly useless. 

I used to go to therapy groups, 

but now I just take each day as it 

comes. 

If I get out then great, if not I 

will try again another day. I 

want it on my terms, not being 

pushed by a therapist. 

Regardless of the cause, agoraphobia is a 

debilitating condition which completely 

disables the person who is suffering from 

it. 

When treated, psychotherapists 

traditionally focus on using exposure 

therapy. 

This type of therapy puts the patient right 

in the middle of their phobia in order to 

gradually desensitise them to irrational 

fears. 

This is usually accomplished gradually over 

time and is often executed with a close 

and trusted friend nearby to provide 

support.



ROCKERS 

All about vintage 

– Liz set up Junk 

Jamboree as an 

alternative to the 

high street 

BA72021 

Jamboree to feature a live band and the 

best in secondhand clothing and jewellery 

CALLING all vintage and 

secondhand clothing 

enthusiasts, the Junk 

Jamboree is back. 

Returning to Church Hall, in 

Colchester,for the thirdtime,the 

event will be jam packed with 

local retailers. 

Vintage sellers include 

Revolver, Easy Tiger Vintage, 

MaryLu, Divine Intervintage and 

What's Your Tale Nightingale? 

There will also be avariety of 

homemade items on sale, including 

jewellery, cushions as well as 

photographic prints. 

Liz Cardy set up the event in 

May after being inspired by a 

established vintage event in Norwich 

called Clutter City, 

Liz says: “I thought Colchester 

would really benefit from asimilar 

event. 

“I wanted to offer awelcome 

alternative to the high street and 

somewhere to grab a 

bargain and enjoy some live 

music.” 

Liz ran a shop in St John’s 

Street in Colchester in the late 

Nineties called Kitsch Bitch and 

has run the vintage stall Easy 

Tiger for over 20 yearsatavariety 

of festivals and events. 

She says: “There is ademand 

for individual one off pieces. 

“People are turning away from 

buying cheap clothes that could 

Handbags and gladrags Liz Cardy used to run Kitsch Bitch in St 

John’s Street in the Nineties 

be made in sweat shops and might 

fall apartinfavour of quality vintage 

clothing. 

“Things were really made to 

last. If adress dates back tothe 

1940s and it has survived until 

now more than likely itwill be 

prettygood quality.” 

Liz is an avid fan of vintage and 

secondhand clothing and her 

wardrobe is bursting with pieces 

she has collected over the years. 

Liz says: “I have always loved 

vintage clothing, before it was 

quite mainstream to do so. 

“I am not a purist about it 

though, Ilike tomix it up abit. I 

will wear anew dress and then 

maybe match it with a vintage 

handbag.” 

Also at the Junk Jamboree will 

be Jenny from Betty's Rock and 

Rollers, who will be recreating 

glamourous hair and make-up 

looks from different eras for 

willing customers. 

There will be musical entertainment 

and 

Emma from the 

Pink Vintage Tea 

Caddy will also be 

on hand to provide 

delicious refreshments, 

such as 

bacon butties, veggie 

hotdogs and cupcakes. 

TheJam Jamboree 

event has raised over 

£700 so far for Clarks 

Farm Greyhounds, a 

re-homing centre in 

Little Totham, near 

Maldon. 

Liz says: “I have three hounds 

myself so know what wonderful 

pets these dogs make. 

“With this next Junk Jamboree 

in November we’re hoping to top a 

grand.” 

The Jam Jamboree takes place 

at Church Hall on Saturday 

November 10 from 10am to 4pm. 

Thefull address is Church Hall, 

Cardinal Bourne Hall, 51 PriorySt 

Colchester CO1 2QB. 

Entry is£1and free for under 

16s. For more information e-mail 

junkjamboree@gmail.com or 

visit www.junkjamboree.co.uk 

Buttoned up 

ENJOY a leisurely latenight 

Christmas shopping 

evening at Go Bananas. 

The children’s play and 

activity centre is located in 

Mason Road, Colchester. 

On Monday, November 12, 

the store will be open from 

7.30 to 10pm. 

Visit www.gobananas 

.co.uk for more details. 

Sell your 

soles... 

IF your shoe collection is 

getting out of control then 

why not sell your 

unwanted footwear? 

Shoe shop Schuh, located 

in Culver Square, 

Colchester, is giving away 

£10 vouchers for each 

pair of shoes donated. 

The shoes will be donated 

to the Newlife 

Foundation. Culver 

Square has late night 

shopping every 

Wednesday until 7pm at 

Fashionably Late! H&M, 

Schuh, Republic, TK 

Maxx and Debenhams.



Your stars 

Gok: My hell 

over mystery 

back pain 

Fashion consultant and TV presenter Gok Wan 

talks about the daily pain he suffers from his back 

...and how his pet puppy’s helping him recover 

GOK Wan’s wrapped up 

against the cold, with his 

eyes shielded by sunglasses 

as he walks his dog, 

the flamboyantly-named Dolly 

Albertine Dishcloth. 

He jokes that the French bulldog 

puppy insists he gets up early to go 

for a walk and he’s clearly devoted 

to her. 

“She makes me come out in the 

morning, no matter what sort of 

shape I’m in or what aches and 

pains I’m suffering from,” he says 

with an indulgent smile. 

It would be all too easy to assume 

a high-octane celebrity lifestyle is 

taking its toll on the fashion consultant, 

author and 

TV presenter who 

seems to be rarely 

‘ 

off our screens, 

but in fact he’s 

currently suffering 

from a 

severe back 

I’ve 

had to 

have seven 

operations on 

my back 

problem, 

which means 

he sometimes 

has to use a 

walking stick. 

“It’s been a really 

tough year,” he admits. 

“I’ve had to have seven operations 

on my back which was a real shock. 

It started in March when I went to 

the gym and felt this pain, which 

turned out to be slipped discs. 

“I had physio treatment, but one 

morning as I bent over in the shower 

I was plunged into absolute 

agony. I was losing the feeling in 

the lower part of my body because 

the pain was so intense.” 

Within a few hours he’d had the 

first of two discectomy operations, 

where the soft part of the damaged 

disc is removed to take pressure off 

the nerve in the back, and has subsequently 

had surgery five more 

times to treat the area. 

“Most people recover within 

around five months, but mine is 

still a problem. The nerve canal in 

the spine is inflamed and hasn’t 

settled so all sorts of doctors are 

looking at it trying to work out the 

mystery of how to sort it.” 

A natural communicator and 

bubbly extrovert, he found fame as 

a consultant on TV shows encouraging 

women to love their bodies 

and dress with confidence, no matter 

what their size. In 2006, he 

starred in the first of his own hugely-successful 

shows in Channel 4’s 

How To Look Good Naked. 

He’s since written books on style 

and fashion, launched 

his own clothes ranges, 

this year presented a 

cookery show, Gok 

Cooks Chinese and is 

currently hosting a 

dating show, Channel 

4’s Baggage. 

Stoically, the 38- 

year-old refuses to see 

his back problem as 

anything more than a 

temporary setback and 

won’t scale down his 

workload. 

“No way, I’m a 

workaholic. I love my 

life, which goes at a 

million miles an 

hour, and if I’m busy 

it’s not unusual 

for me to put in 

around 100 

hours a 

week,” he 

says. 

Overcoming 

challenges 

is not 

unfamiliar 

to Gok, the 

son of an 

English mother, 

Myra, and Chinese 

father, John, who 

was brought up in 

Leicester. 

He credits his 

family with helping 

him through the 

tough times in his 

life. 

It’s partly in recognition 

of the key 

role support can 

play that Gok’s 

again supporting 

the Vodafone World 

Of Difference 

Programme. 

It gives 500 

people in the 

UK the opportunity 

to donate 

their time to a 

charity 

get paid. 

and 

To find out more 

about Vodaphone’s 

Wolrd Of Difference 

Programme, visit 

www.vodafone. 

co.uk/worldof 

difference Entries 

close November 13. 

Smiling through the 

pain – Gok Wan has 

been suffering with 

severe back problems 

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PETULENGRO 

ARIES (March 21-April 20) 

You are going to have to prepare yourself for 

things not going entirely to plan. Flirtations get 

more than a little interesting midweek. Give 

me a call to hear why you must avoid telling 

lies. Ring 0906 585 4660 

TAURUS (April 21-May 21) 

Stop looking to others for advice when the 

truth is only you have the answers you are 

seeking. Try to take your time when making 

new friends and don’t let them know 

everything about your past. Ring to learn 

things you need to know. Ring 0906 585 4661 

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) 

The things you do at this time are unlikely to 

be forgotten in a hurry. You may be best to 

leave any shortcuts until the stars are feeling 

more accommodating. Call to hear why you’d 

be wise to check your passport is up to date. 

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CANCER (June 22-July 23) 

The past is more relevant now and the planets 

indicate you may spend much of your time 

trying to figure out where one particular 

relationship went wrong. Paperwork is more 

important than usual, as is keeping a 

professional attitude. Ring for further insight. 

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LEO (July 24-Aug 23) 

Someone from your past is back, but for all 

the wrong reasons. Don’t pretend you don’t 

know everyone is talking about you. You even 

seem to be proud of what is happening in 

your life but be cautious. Phone so I can show 

you where your future lies. 

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VIRGO (Aug 24-Sept 23) 

This is a time for planning and not for doing. 

Mercury hinders but also helps and life will be 

giving you a bit of a bumpy ride. By watching 

and listening you can turn everything to your 

advantage, so think positive. Phone to hear 

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LIBRA (Sept 24-Oct 23) 

Your ruling planet Venus makes you 

irresistible to new people. You have one of the 

best forecasts for the coming week as offers 

galore come your way and make it difficult for 

you to make a bad decision. Call to better 

handle family matters. Ring 0906 585 4666 

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The current line-up of planets is going to be 

making it easy for friends to let you down, so 

leave all arrangements as loose ones and you 

will not end up feeling dejected. Love is in the 

air and will be offering you some very 

ambitious plans that may mean you acquiring 

a new look or item of clothing. Phone to hear 

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23-Dec 21) 

There is not a lot of organisation evident in 

your chart, so you may find yourself mislaying 

things of importance. If there is something you 

have to remember to do, then write it down. 

Phone to separate the fake friends from the 

real ones. Ring 0906 585 4668 

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 20) 

New ways to do your job put you back in the 

driving seat. Don’t feel disheartened if you find 

yourself going over work that you have 

already done. Better to go back over your 

efforts than to have them rejected completely. 

Phone me so we can work as a team. 

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Don’t let the Moon push you into arguments 

with loved ones. Stop and ask yourself if you 

really mean the words that are on the tip of 

your tongue. Ring to hear about that ex. 

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You may not realise it, but you are not being 

the kindest or most patient of signs over the 

coming days and so the old method of 

counting to ten is going to be your best bet if 

you want to be sure of a harmonious week. 

Have faith in a friend. Phone to hear why you 

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