Frederique

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Great Mobile Massage Services

There’s no shortage of massage therapists in London. However, like hairdressers, there might be plenty, but it’s sometimes difficult to find the right one: experts in massages that relieve stress but are also really efficient at fighting muscle or joints pain, who present well, are on time and don’t feel compelled to chat the whole time. Chic-Londres has tested some of those mobile services offering massages and lists below its two favourites. Ultimate luxury: no need to go to them, as they will come to your house to dispense their therapy. read more

Outings

Polo Goes Electro: Groove Armada and Pete Tong at the Westchester Cup

It might well be the after party of the season: Groove Armada and Pete Tong will play headline DJ sets at the Boujis after-party, following the Audi International Polo at Guards Polo Club, near Windsor, on Sunday 28 July 2013. Superstylin!

What A party organised by South Ken’s private club Boujis, featuring sets by Groove Armada, one of the most commercially successful act of the London’s electro scene, and by DJ legend and Radio 1 presenter Pete Tong, who brought house music to the Ibiza and London party scene.

When and where On Sunday 28 July, from 6pm to 11pm, following the challenge between England and the USA on the field for the Westchester Cup, polo’s oldest international trophy, which will take place on the manicured ground of the Guards Polo Club, near Windsor. read more

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Märta Larsson: Raw -but Sophisticated- Jewellery that Rocks

I first fall in love with my friend Märta’s jewellery last summer, when I noticed her wearing one of the most extraordinary rings I ever saw: a huge raw amethyst encaged in dainty wired gold. At the time, Märta -a former ballet dancer from Lapland who also composes and sings for her band Streetly Electrix- was contemplating creating her own line. One year on, she has just done that, with the very recent launch of her own eponymous brand, a stunning collection of earrings, necklaces and bracelets which combine unpolished, raw stones with delicate silver and gold.

The stones Märta uses might be raw and unpolished, but it doesn’t prevent her creations from being highly sophisticated.

She sources pyrite, calcite, amethyst, black tourmaline, clear quartz and red agate from South Africa, Brazil and Uruguay, and encases them with gold plated brass, silver and gold filled wires, which give them a delicate, feminine edge.

They are all made to order in London and hand crafted by Märta herself, with the added benefit that they are all unique, as no stones are ever completely similar. read more

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