30 minutes of activity, 5 days a week. We all know how much we should be getting but actually making sure that happens is a different matter. My local gym is Everyone Active Westcroft and together we’ve partnered up to showcase the very best (and fun) ways of leading a healthy and active lifestyle for all the family.

We already spend a fair chunk of our week at Westcroft as Boo has swimming on a Monday and Ballet on a Tuesday. Plus our local library is attached which means even if Boo hasn’t got a class, a trip to Westcroft is often an extension of the walk home from school.

Whether it’s the most state-of-the-art gym equipment, sports facilities, ASA accredited swim programmes or fun activities for children; Everyone Active has something for everyone to enjoy. As part of our partnership I’m taking full advantage of the gym and have also started personal training session with Nick. Today is our second session and I can already say it’s a very strong love/hate relationship: I hate the pain but love the results – I’m hooked.

If you want to find out just how much craziness is within Nick, my personal trainer check him out smiling (yes smiling, who actually does that!!) while on spin bike.

So whilst you’re all crying because it’s raining on the first day of summer I’m getting ready to head to Westcroft for another PT session where there’s a guarantee of puddles of sweat and dropping it like it’s hot; and psyching myself up for my first spin class later this week in over a year – there is nothing that can prepare you for the pain that awaits you in the saddle! You know what they say: summer bodies are made in British summers.

Disclosure: I’ve been given complimentary membership and personal training sessions.

Silky, smooth, healthy hair is the holy grail that if you’re anything like me then you’ll have spent years trying to find the answer and thanks to Wendy Iles’s UK launch of ILES FORMULA the solution is here.

The high performance luxury hair care was born from Wendy’s need to transform tortured celebrity hair she frequently encountered working with her high-demand clientele. The result? A miraculous 3-step system that instantly transforms all hair types into Wendy’s signature ‘spun silk’ finish. And best of all… it works instantly and on all types of hair.

Myself along with a handful of bloggers were invited to Urban Retreat at Harrods last week before the store opened for the official UK launch.

Firstly Wendy is as brilliant in real life as she is online – it’s immediately obvious just how much passion she has for her product which has taken years to develop and she was determined to not compromise on any aspect and it shows; from silk proteins from Japan to Pracaxi oil from the Amazon the ingredients create the haute performance hair care that will transform your hair after the first use.

There are 3 steps to achieving ‘spun silk’:

Step 1 – Shampoo – Free from harsh detergents, sulfates and silicons, this powerful high-performance shampoo instantly detangles, repairs and protects whilst cleansing hair without drying or stripping away colour. Wendy’s convinced that this has to be one of the only sulfate free shampoo that will lather, as long as you add water to help activate the rot juices.

Step 2 – Conditioner – The jewel of the ILES FORMULA hair care line is the conditioner and the reason this collection was born. The ultimate repair care for hair, it instantly repairs all hair types as the product is combed through the hair, for maximum shine and a voluptuous effect and Wendy’s signature sumptuous ‘spun silk’ finish – Wendy insists this is one the of the most important steps and akins the new range to a Ferrari “Just like a Ferrari, ILES FORMULA is a high performance product and you need to know how to use it – missing just one step out or using them incorrectly won’t give you the results”.

Step 3 – Finishing Serum – Applied to wet or dry hair, this light weight paraben free formula is designed to protect against heated tools, humidity, chemical and UV environmental damage without weighing the hair down. The serum is the finishing tool in Wendy’s hair care and repair arsenal.

The discovery pack is a great way for doing just that… it contains trial sizes of all three products plus the ILES FORMULA comb, perfect for realizing that spun silk hair is only a wash and style away.

ILES FORMULA is available exclusively at Urban Retreat in Harrods.