It’s that time of year again so ‘get your ghoul on’, and strut your spooky stuff this Halloween October 31st Mwhahahhahahah!

Order your fancy dress online for a better deal and cashback, and buy it early before all the fake blood and fangs are sold out! Horror films are great inspiration if you are running low on fancy dress ideas so here are a few iconic horror characters that will give the other guests nightmares!

Regan from The Exorcist is undoubtedly one of the most recognisable, and terrifying female horror characters. Spooky stories of a curse on all those who acted in the film, and the unusual number of deaths during its making gives The Exorcist that added fear factor! For your Regan outfit you will need purple, green, and corpse coloured cake makeup to create a pale and sick complection that you can apply the scar/wound transfers to. To get the same hair affect backcomb/mess up your hair, and using the fake blood take a few strands and coat them in it to get that lank unkempt look. To disguise your ‘pearly whites’ use black tooth enamel and rub it round your teeth and gums, instant tooth decay! Finally to complete the look you will need a pale blue nightdress which you can spatter with more fake blood. You can get the perfect nightdresses from M&S or eBay is always worth a look.

I am a huge fan of vintage horror, and Carrie is one of my favourite films. Carrie is the school outcast bullied and picked on but she has telekenetic powers and a religous fanatic for a mother, it’s a recipe for disaster! A Carrie outfit is very quick and easy to do, M&S and Debenhams sell plain silk slips you can pick up for under £10, and New Look have a whole range of flowers on hairbands/clips for a few quid that you can use as your corsage. If you don’t have long blonde/mousey hair then invest in a long blonde wig. Once you are all dressed and ready to go ask a passing zombie to liberally drench you in fake blood, voila!

An American Werewolf In London is perhaps the perfect horror movie, it has humour, suspence, great special affects (for the time), and a little bit of saucy action too! You may think a werewolf is beyond your fancy dress skills, but I’m about to prove you wrong! Firstly to get that ‘mad dog look’ backcomb and hairspray your hair into a wild mop, then apply the werewolf hair mask to your face. Use brown face paint to fill in the parts of your face and neck that are showing through to complete stage 1. Next you will need to find an old top and trousers that you don’t mind cutting up, take the scissors to them making the sleeve and ankle ends ragged like they have been torn, and as with all halloween outfits liberally splatter them with fake blood. Finally before you leave pop in your werewolf fangs, and put on a pair of hairy hand werewolf gloves. Hoooooooooooooowwwwwl!

Best of all you can get up to 11% cashback on fancy dress

Getting kitted out to run…

Trainers – Invest in a good pair of trainers specific to the type of running you do (road or rough terrain) and they will support and help you get the most out of your run. Being a big fan of customisation my fave sports store is Nike because of their Nike ID function where you can customise Nike products to your heart’s content! These Nike Air Swift just £30.79 with 7% cashback

Leg wear – There’s nothing worse than starting a run, just to realise 5 mins in that the elastic in your tracksuit bottoms is naff, so to stop them falling down you have to tie them up and do the rest of your run looking like ‘Compo’ from Last Of The Summer Wine! These Ronhill Ladies Tights are ideal, stirrup feet stop them riding up, and 4 way stretch means they are super comfy to run in. £13.50 from Wiggle with up to 5% cashback

Base Layer – To help keep you cool as you run, or retain the heat during the colder months base layers are ideal. They can be pretty pricey so I had a quick look on eBay and found loads. This Helly Hansen base layer was just £20 and you get up to 30% cashback from eBay

Accessories - If you can’t find anyone to be your running buddy then an iPod is the next best thing to keep you interested and motivated while you run, but don’t pick anything too up beat for your play list or you’ll burn yourself out running extra fast! This electric blue 2GB iPod shuffle holds 500 songs and is just £45 with 2.5% cashback

So now you are ready to hit the road, on your marks, get set….GO!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our members, we are off on our Christmas holidays now from the 19th Dec until Jan 5th so we will see you in 2009!

Have Fun! x

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Traditionally Halloween (or All Hallows’ Even as it was originally known) was believed to be the one day of the year when the boundary between the living and the dead can be crossed. Legend has it that the spirits’ of the dead come back to cause mischief and trouble for the living!
Nowadays Halloween is seen as an excuse to dress up, play pranks, go trick-or-treating, and indulge in fright-filled frolics!
Make sure you don’t miss out on all the high jinks, go to the ‘Gadgets Gifts & Toys’ category, and click on the sub section ‘Fancy Dress’ for a fab Halloween outfit. Here are just a few that caught my eye…

This ‘bloody sugeon’ costume might be a step towards reducing hospital waiting lists!
£32.99 from Jokers Masquerade with 7.5% cashback

‘I vaant to suck your blood!’ This vampire cape will be the making of any Dracula outfit.
£22.00 from Angels Fancy Dress with 11% cashback

Gone are the days of cutting up an old bed sheet for a ghost costume!
£11.48 from Fab Party with 10% cashback

Scary size zero! Make no bones about what you are dressing as with this skeleton outfit.
£23.50 from Angels Fancy Dress with 11% cashback

]]> http://www.giveortake.com/news/2008/10/ghosts-ghouls-witches-and-werewolves/feed/ 2 http://www.giveortake.com/news/2008/07/house-of-fraser-now-on-give-or-take/ http://www.giveortake.com/news/2008/07/house-of-fraser-now-on-give-or-take/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:29:29 +0000 admin http://www.giveortake.com/blog/?p=259 House Of Fraser is a big fave of mine, they have such a stylish range of fashion from top labels and designers, it’s hard to resist! As well as masses to feast your fashion desires with they have electricals, gifts, beauty, homeware, and travel.

Right now they have an up to 70% off sale on, with 5% cashback on everything.

Take advantage of the sale and pick yourself up something nice for a night out , put on the ritz!
Check out these little combos I’ve put together….

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For the ladies …

• Crochet top by Uttam was £55 now £27.50
• Venus skinny jeans by Pepe was £75 now £37.50
• Double breasted mac by Vila was £29.99 now £17.50
• Angelica shoulder bag by Fiorelli was £55 now £38.50
• Animal print silk scarf by Linea £15 with 5% cashback on everything!

The whole look would have cost £229.99, but in the sale it’s just £136 with £6.80 cashback!

For the guys…

• Cross mallet striped polo by Ralph Lauren was £65 now £45
• 504 Azur straight cut jean by Levi was £70 now £35
• Harrington jacket by Paul Smith was £115 now £80
• Classic drop brim tweed trilby by Failsworth was £20 now £6
• Leather belt with logo by G-Star was £35 now £24 with 5% cashback on everything

The whole look would have cost £305, but in the sale it’s just £190 with £9.50 cashback!

Click here to start shopping at House Of Fraser today!

If you are seeking a silent night then you can catch some zzzzzz’s because there’s up to 30% off all beds and matresses.

With up to 30% off garden and outdoor furniture you can be eating al fresco in style. There’s up to 30% off BBQ’s, parasols, and outdoor tables and chairs. Make the most of the British summer (when it arrives!) and make your money go further.

If this summer proves to be a wash out snuggle up indoors and take advantage of M&S’s up to 20% off cushions, rugs, throws, glasswear, bedding, tablewear, and towels.

There’s also free delivery on all orders over £30!

Click here to shop at M&S

You can always count on New Look to be jam packed with ‘on trend’ styles at size zero prices. If you need a fashion fix, but don’t want to break the bank then New Look is ideal. Their high street success has prompted the launch of New Look’s online store. Hours spent pounding the pavement, and fumbling around half naked in changing room cubicles are a thing of the past. Put your feet up, log on, browse the store, and shop from the comfort of your own home – not a snotty store assistant in sight!

Since the launch of Lily Allen’s celebrity range designed exclusively for New Look the store has been back in the spotlight. If you previously pooh poohed New Look as tacky or outdated then you couldn’t be more wrong. They are masters at spotting a new style and pouncing on it like a trend tiger! Grrrrrrr…

If you don’t believe me then see for yourself, take a gander at this natty little ‘get up’ below…

(From left to right)
Ditsy Print Ruffle Skirt £20. Gladiator Buckle Sandal £20. Tank Vest £5. Stitch Wide Belt £10. Short Sleeved Cardigan £16.

Total Spend £71 with 8% cashback that gives you £5.68 cashback in your account. Huzzah!
If you apply a little ‘feminine retail logic’ then really the whole outfit only cost £65.32.

Isn’t it about time you took a new look at New Look?…

Celebs such as Kate Moss, Sienna Miller, and Kiera Knightly have been rocking out the tea dress with little tailored jackets, vintage stack heels, and clutch bags all winter, and I’m sure this look will be sticking around for the summer!

The best bit is even if your tea dress is box fresh, this old school style makes you look like you’ve spent hours rummaging through piles of pre-loved clobber to get your retro look!

Check out these beauties below…

From left to right…

Dorothy Perkins – Cream Rose Tea Dress £35 with 10% cashback
Wallis – Black Floral Tea Dress £40 with 10% cashback
Miss Selfridge – Black Ditsy Print Shirt Dress £35 with 5% cashback
Debenhams – Black & Green Flower Print Tead Dress £30 with 4% cashback
Bhs – Star Tea Dress £14.40 with 8% cashback
Joe Browns – Flutter Flirty Tea Dress £24.95 with 10% cashback