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With spring on its way I want to start the new season with healthier, glowing skin that’s hydrated, smooth and to do that, it’s time to take a closer look at my skincare routine. All skincare fanatics know that it’s important to change up your regime with each new season, as changing weather and temperatures means your skin usually needs different things.

However, no matter how carefully you’ve curated your skincare routine, we all know that nothing quite beats that just-back-from-the-spa glow that your skin always seems to have following a facial. So I decided to totally overhaul my spring skincare routine with spa-inspired skincare products from luxury brand Germaine de Cappucini to see if I could keep up that spa-worthy glow at home.

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The brand is known for its spa-quality products and treatments that are created specifically to give you a spa experience every time you use them. Now one of Europe’s leading luxury skincare brands, you’ll find Germaine de Cappucini products stocked in spas everywhere, with the added bonus of being able to shop these products and use them at home, too.

With my dry, sensitive skin in mind, I decided to pick four ultra-hydrating products that also tackled some of my other skincare concerns, including early signs of ageing and dullness. The four I chose are:

Each product is specially formulated to help bring deep moisture and hydration back to your complexion, and considering this winter has played havoc on my skin I couldn’t wait to give them a go. The very first time I used my new regime I was shocked at how instantly it improved the look and feel of my skin.

So much so that when I facetimed my mum an hour later, she (unprompted) asked if I’d had a facial because my skin was glowing so much. But of course, you need to use something more than once to really see the benefits, so I used my new routine for several weeks to make sure it really was as good as I was hoping.

How I found the Germaine de Cappucini products

The first thing I noticed about each product was that nothing smelt chemically or artificial. It had a soft, sweet and fresh smell, and each had a lovely texture that melted instantly into my skin.

The Excel Therapy O2 Comfort &amp, Youth Cleansing Milk soaked straight into my skin and rinsed off easily, without leaving any sort of film on the surface or making my skin feel dry or tight. It was also great at getting off stubborn makeup, and helps to protect your skin external aggressors and signs of ageing whilst oxygenating your face to leave it glowy – truly a does-it-all product.

For my serum, the Timexpert Hydraluronic Hyaluronic 3D Force Serum was a great choice, as it not only gives your skin 24 hours of hydration but also plumps and fills it from within. I loved that it had more of a gel-like texture than some other hyaluronic acids, which can feel sticky or gloopy. This absorbed straight into my skin, and after using it for a few weeks I really did feel like it had helped fill some fine lines and made my skin look plumper.

As anyone with dry skin knows, your moisturiser really can make or break your skincare routine. I decided to use the Timexpert Hydraluronic Plumping Moisturising Cream Rich Sorbet for my daytime moisturiser thanks to its lightweight texture and the fact it protects your skin from external aggressors, so my skin would be covered whilst out and about.

You can choose from several different thicknesses in this moisturiser, and I opted for the ‘ Rich ‘ sorbet due to how dry my skin is. It was still beautifully lightweight but really did feel like it sunk deep into my skin and plumped it, and I could still feel how hydrated my skin was by the end of the day.

My top pick from the Germaine de Cappucini products

For the evenings, I swapped to the Germaine De Capuccini Timexpert Premier The Cream, which I will admit is a big splurge for skincare at £180. However, from the first time I used it I couldn’t believe how amazing it made my skin feel.

It has a whipped-like texture that applies quite thickly, so I probably wouldn’t use it if you’re planning on wearing makeup afterwards. However as a night cream, it is absolutely heavenly.

The Timexpert Premier The Cream is designed for dry to very dry skin and helps fight the signs of ageing from the inside out, whilst giving it a big boost of hydration. It addresses everything from wrinkles and sagging to texture, uneven skin tone and dryness and I really did feel like it did all of the above.

If I had to choose one desert island skincare product, I think this would be it. It may be a little heavyweight for when we head into the summer and my skin needs less hydration, but for the colder months this is an absolute essential.

If you’re looking for something a little lighter for those warmer seasons, I also absolutely love Tatcha’s The Dewy Skin Cream which you can pick up for £67 for a 50ml tub. It’s a more lightweight hydrating moisturiser that leaves skin looking and feeling softer and brighter.

Many people have taken to social media to share their heartbreak surrounding the death of American actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa – and about one detail in particular.

On Friday (March 7), authorities in New Mexico in the US revealed the cause of death of the Hollywood star and his wife – who he had been married to since 1991. Dr Heather Jarrell, Chief Medical Examiner for New Mexico at the office of the Medical Investigator, explained in a detailed press conference that Betsy most likely died first and Gene had died a week later – with his pacemaker last recording heart activity on February 18.

It was revealed Betsy, 65, died of hantavirus, pulmonary syndrome, a rare infectious disease carried by different types of rodents. The cause of death of Gene, 95, was identified as “hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributory factor”. One of Gene and Betsy’s pets, Zinna, was also found dead at the property last month.

The dog had been receiving treatment at a local veterinary practice and was retrieved by Betsy on the last day she was seen in public, February 11. People on social media platform, X, have reacted to the news.

Pop Base shared a photo of the couple with the caption: “Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa both died of natural causes, authorities say. Betsy died first from Hantavirus. A week later, Hackman died of cardiovascular disease with Alzheimer’s as a contributing factor”.

Users were quick to voice their thoughts, with the post garnering 377 comments, at the time of writing. Several people pointed out the tragic detail that Gene was at home for a week with his deceased wife and dog.

In the press conference, Dr Jarrell shared that Gene was “in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s, and it’s quite possible that he was not aware that she was deceased”. One X user said: “So he was walking around the house with no idea his wife and dog were dead”. Another added: “Everyone saying it’s weird he lived there for a week while she was dead really has no idea how Alzheimer’s works”.

The NHS has highlighted Alzheimer’s as the main cause of dementia in the UK, a condition which can affect memory, thinking skills and other mental abilities. As Alzheimer’s progresses, memory problems become more severe and further symptoms develop, including confusion, disorientation and getting lost in familiar places, hallucinations and difficulty planning or making decisions.

Someone familiar with Alzheimer’s commented: “Very sad but people with this disease can be confused. Some will look around the house for a loved one that has died. I knew someone who did that. Tragedy”.

A fourth user commented: “Wow that’s heartbreaking, but I’m glad we finally got to the bottom of this so the families can have closure. We lost a legend and his wife, prayers up for their families”.

Others chimed in with remarks, including “this whole situation is so confusing and so sad”, “this story just keeps getting sadder and stranger” and “tragic for both of them to go out like this”.

Multi-award winning star Hackman and his wife were found dead, along with one of their dogs, at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday 26th February, and police initially said there were no visible signs of foul play. A maintenance person doing pest control at the property, raised the alarm, after being concerned because he had not seen the couple, police said.

Paddy McGuinness has addressed Gregg Wallace’s Inside the Factory exit after the comedian replaced him on the hit BBC show.

Gregg, 60, quit the show after seven series in 2023, saying he wanted to spend more time with his young son. However, in 2024 the presenter faced a series of allegations of misconduct.

In November, the BBC said Gregg would step away from Masterchef amid an external review of historical allegations of misconduct. Lawyers for the presenter have said it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature.

In his absence, food critic Grace Dent, 51, is set to join John Torode on Celebrity Masterchef. While Top Gear star Paddy had already taken up fronting Inside the Factory.

When asked if it was his predecessor’s fall from grace that landed him the role, Paddy told the Daily Mail: “No, that was not the case. Gregg had already decided to leave when they approached me two years ago. I’ve recorded two series, it’s just only one has been shown”.

And while many people may assume otherwise, Paddy explained: “I wasn’t going to go online and point this out. I don’t need to do that.

Paddy, 51, is no stranger to the production line either, having worked in factories around Bolton when he was a younger man. In one episode, viewers even watched on as he returned to a Warburtons factory he worked in as a teenager.

Paddy, who says he used to work cleaning machines in the factory, returned driving a HGV through the gates, having secured his licence while working on Top Gear. He admits fronting the hit TV show is a world away from where Paddy thought his career would go. He added:” When I worked there at 16, never in a million years did I think something like that would happen. “

Paddy rose to fame starring in a host of TV shows with friend Peter Kay. While he made his television debut during an episode of dating show God’s Gift, he subsequently appeared in Phoenix Nights and That Peter Kay Thing before starring in Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere.

He has since gone on to appear in a string of programmes, including a nine-year spell presenting Take Me Out and five series of Top Gear. The motoring show was cancelled two years ago however after co-host Freddie Flintoff suffered a serious accident.

Paddy, who describes himself as a” sentimental person”, admits he misses the show. In particular he says you become” very close “with the people working on the programme while” roughing it together”.

Paddy now hosts Tempting Fortune, which is set to return later this month. The show sees 12 contestants giving up their luxuries as they embark on a gruelling 18-day trek across Malaysia with only basic survival gear.

Each will be hoping to complete the journey and reach the £300, 000 prize. They can however spend some of the cash pot on a series of” temptations”. Viewers will watch on as they attempt to resist temptation and secure the money.

McFly singer Danny Jones liked a seductive photo of Maura Higgins weeks before the pair were filmed sharing a kiss, reports claim.

Danny, 38, and Love Islander Maura, 34, became friends after meeting in the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle at the end of last year. Months on, married Danny and Maura hit headlines after they were filmed sharing a drunken kiss at a BRIT Awards afterparty.

Danny is married to wife Georgia, 38, with whom he shares a son Cooper, seven, with. Maura is newly single after splitting from Pete Wicks, who she was dating while she was in the I’m A Celebrity jungle. Following the news of the shock kiss, it’s been reported that Danny liked one of Maura’s sultry Instagram posts – weeks before the pair were spotted locking lips.

The DailyMail claims that Danny liked a photo of Maura wearing a figure-hugging leopard print dress. The post shows Maura smiling while sporting the gown, which has a fishtail style skirt. Maura accessorised the look with a black clutch bag as she leaned against a table for the photo. Maura captioned the post with the word “ravenous” before adding a candle emoji – potentially in reference to the row of candles seen on the table behind her in the photo.

However, the apparent like from Danny is no longer visible on Maura’s Instagram post. Meanwhile, Maura has liked posts on Danny’s Instagram page since their jungle stint – including a snap of him performing on stage as part of McFly.

The post from Danny shows him with a guitar handing from a strap around his torso as he holds onto a microphone and performs to a huge crowd. As he shared the photo he wrote: “Get me back here! Looking forward to seeing you all at some shows this year”.

Maura also commented on the post with two clapping hands emojis and a black heart emoji. Maura and Danny were spotted kissing at a BRIT Awards afterparty last weekend.

Neither Maura nor Danny have publicly addressed the video of the drunken kiss. Danny has been married to Georgia for a decade and it’s been reported the kiss feels like a “slap in the face” for the former Miss England star.

“Danny and Maura insist it was totally innocent and nothing meaningful”, the source has claimed. “They got on really well in the jungle and it’s just foolish that they let themselves get caught up in something after a big party night, especially so publicly”.

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Actor Bill Murray is setting the record straight on his rumoured relationship with singer Kelis.

The Hollywood legend, 74, and the Milkshake star, 45, sparked speculation after being spotted together at a London festival. Speaking on SiriusXM’s Sway In The Morning, Murray acknowledged the gossip but downplayed any romantic involvement. “I met this girl named Kelis”, he said. “I got great press that I was dating her, which really raised my cred”.

Murray admitted he first noticed Kelis in ODB’s Got Your Money music video. “I love that video”, he said. “I kept going, ‘ That’s the silliest thing. How did I miss that when it came out in the first place? ‘ It’s so crazy, and I’m going, ‘ Who is the girl with the red hair? ‘ And it was Kelis, so I just had to meet her sometime. She’s turned out to be spectacular”.

Though the two have reconnected, Murray denied they ever dated. “No. No, but, you know, one of us could be on the rebound any second”, he quipped. Kelis, however, dismissed the speculation at the time. When a fan asked her on Instagram in 2023 about the “Bill Murray allegations”, she simply responded: “Lol no babe, I wouldn’t bother at all”.

Rumours about their connection began in 2023 when Murray was spotted at several of Kelis ‘ performances. Sources claimed the duo began spending time together at a hotel and had been “getting close for a while” after first meeting stateside.

It’s said they initially bonded following the death of Kelis ‘ second husband in March 2022, while Bill’s estranged wife died in 2021. Kelis ‘ late husband Mike Mora passed away at the age of 37 after a battle with stage 4 stomach cancer. His condition was first confirmed seven months prior and he was initially given just 18 months left to live.

Bill was spotted enjoying a concert by the songstress when she took on the Mighty Hoopla Festival in South London. Backstage at the event, the pair posed for a cosy-looking photo. A source told The Sun: “They’ve met up in the States before which got people in the industry talking, and now are meeting up in London while they’re both here. They’ve clearly hit it off”.

They continued: “But they’ve also both shared relatively recent bereavements and have that common bond between them.

” Whatever it is that has brought them together, and however unlikely it seems, they are both single and are having fun despite the fairly big age gap. “

Bill was in London at the time filming the sequel for the Ghostbusters reboot, where he reprised his famous role as Peter Venkman.

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After what seems like a string of setbacks in Annie Kilner ‘ s tumultuous marriage to footballer Kyle Walker, the 33-year-old appeared to be dealt another blow after Kyle was snapped partying until the early hours with two women in Milan. However, a source tells us the mum-of-four is standing by her man and the couple are giving their marriage another go.

But the WAG has made it clear that Kyle, 34, needs to stay on the straight and narrow. “Annie has decided she’s going to give it another go but he needs to realise he has to be incredibly careful because even the most innocent things can come back to bite him”, they claimed to OK!.

The couple haven’t had an easy ride over the years, after Kyle also fathered two children with Lauryn Goodman. He first had a fling with the influencer while Kyle and Annie were on a break in 2019, which led to Lauryn falling pregnant with son Kairo. Kyle and Annie quickly rekindled their relationship and appeared united, but it was revealed in January 2024 that he had been unfaithful with Lauryn, 34, and fathered her second child, daughter Kinara.

At the time, Kyle released a public apology to his wife and family, admitting, “What I’ve done is horrible and I take full responsibility. I made idiot choices and idiot decisions. I can’t begin to think or imagine what Annie is going through. I’ve tried to ask her but there’s pain and hurt.

” My actions have caused a lot of pain to a lot of people. I’m sorry because, as a family, this isn’t meant to happen. “But it seemed that the apology fell on deaf ears because in October 2024, Annie filed for divorce from the defender. However, by Christmas, there was a complete change of heart from Annie and the family spent the festive season together. Making a clear statement, the couple shared a cosy snap of themselves and their four sons wearing matching pyjamas.

Currently, Kyle is on loan from his home team Manchester City and is playing for Italian side AC Milan, meaning Annie and the children have been making visits from the UK to support him. But last week, just hours after his wife returned to Britain from visiting Kyle with their brood during the school holidays, he was spotted partying with two mystery women at one of the city’s top nightclubs Tocqueville 13 until 4am.

It was reported that he had treated his female guests to a” £5, 300 Super VIP “club extravagance, following a private dinner at the five-star Casa Cipriani Hotel. However, a source later cleared up any speculation, claiming that their relationship was purely platonic and that both women have long-term partners. They said”, Kyle enjoyed a late-night dinner with his agent at the private members ‘ club Cipriani restaurant. The Casa Cipriani Hotel is totally separate to the restaurant and Kyle was not there. “

They continued”, They were later joined by a big group of people who were known to Kyle’s agent. The girls pictured have long-term boyfriends and it would be wrong to link them to Kyle, or any of the other men there, in any other way than purely platonically. “

It was also said that Kyle was keen to chat about the weekend he had spent with his family and is looking forward to the future, both personally and professionally. And while this instance may have been entirely innocent, our source claims that Annie is cracking the whip with Kyle and his image.

Kyle and Annie have been together 12 years and tied the knot in Cheshire back in November 2021. The couple have sons Roman, Riaan and Reign, and Annie was pregnant with their fourth child, Rezon, when she found out that Kyle had also fathered Lauryn’s daughter, Kinara.

Despite the chaotic chapters in her marriage since Rezon’s birth, our source says Annie is prepared to put the work in to protect her family, but only time will tell whether Kyle has done enough to make it work long-term. They added”, Annie isn’t a walkover, and she’s got a lot to think about. Her boys are her priority so she’s prepared to see what can happen with their family, but it won’t be at any cost or at the expense of her own happiness. “

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