Competition | Win a VIP package to The Good Life Experience

A VIP package to The Good Life Experience is the prize up for grabs for the winning designer of our fifth patch

These are our four happiness patches. Each one is a visual reminder of the things that can help us find greater contentment – whether it’s being active, connecting with friends, learning something new or taking time to notice the little things.

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You can buy one, two, three or all four patches here – to keep or to give; spread the joy and share the fun.

Design our fifth patch

Our fifth patch – currently blank – is all about giving. Doing something nice for someone or getting involved in your community can make you feel good and help you to build strong relationships with those around you. So, how would you capture the art of giving in a patch? You have until 16 April to get creative! Our downloadable PDF has all the instructions you need to enter, including a patch template that shows you the exact size the finished patch will be.

The prize

The winning design will be turned into a sew-on patch. We’ll add it to our collection of patches to buy and give, and all the profits will go to charity. The lucky winner also gets a VIP package to The Good Life Experience festival in September, including festival tickets for four, camping accommodation and tickets to The Simple Things Picnic Feast. If you’re not lucky enough to win, or want to find out more, details and early bird tickets for The Good Life Experience are already on sale here.

The small print

The closing date for entering is 11.59pm on 16 April 2018. The winner will be chosen after this date from all complete entries emailed, and notified soon after. The prize includes four tickets to both The Good Life Experience and The Simple Things Picnic Feast, as well as festival accommodation in a four-person bell tent. The prize can’t be transferred or swapped for cash, and it doesn’t include travel costs – you’ll need to make your own way there and back. Oh, and the judges’ decision is final. You can find more terms and conditions here. Good luck!

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Competition | Win meat boxes for a year with Coombe Farm Organic

WE’VE TEAMED UP WITH COOMBE FARM ORGANIC TO OFFER ONE LUCKY READER MONTHLY DELIVERIES OF ORGANIC MEAT AND MORE 

Enter our competition for your chance to win a year’s worth of organic meat. The winner will receive one delivery a month for 12 months, on the day of their choosing, of award-winning organic goodies – a great prize, worth more than £400.

How to enter

For a chance to win a year’s supply of organic meat, enter below before the closing date of 11.59pm on 14 February 2018. The winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries after this date and notified soon afterwards. The prize is a monthly delivery of Coombe Farm Organic goodies for 12 months.

You can’t swap it for cash but you can choose the day for delivery.
Find out more at coombefarmorganic.co.uk

Find full terms and conditions on page 129 of the January issue and at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules.

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Win a legendary weekend in Wales worth £500

So many epic things to do this autumn. But only so many hours in the day. What you need is some legendary Welsh hospitality. One of the best ways to experience Wales is from the comfort of a Welsh Rarebits country house, seafront hotel, boutique bolthole or restaurant with rooms.

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Terms & Conditions: 
•       Welsh Rarebits Gift Vouchers MUST be presented at time of arrival at the property to enable the property to validate the voucher. The property reserves the right to refuse the voucher if presented at any other time.
•       Welsh Rarebits Gift Vouchers have an expiry date of 12 months from date of voucher issue. This date is shown on the individual voucher. Under no circumstances can the voucher be extended beyond the date stated. Please contact Welsh Rarebits before the voucher expires if you are having difficulty booking your stay. No refund will be given in the event on non-redemption during the 12 month validity period.
•       Change is not given on purchases which cost less than the value of the Gift Voucher presented.
•       Gift Vouchers cannot be exchanged for cash.
•       Gift Vouchers will be subject to verification at time of presentation and each individual property reserves the right not to accept any voucher that have or appear to have been forged, damaged, defaced or otherwise tampered with.
•       No responsibility will be accepted for lost, stolen or damaged Gift Vouchers and such vouchers shall not be refunded. To deface a voucher will render it invalid.
•       Welsh Rarebits gift vouchers can only be redeemed for accommodation and food at Welsh Rarebits properties that have a current Welsh Rarebits membership at the time of redemption. Welsh Rarebits gift vouchers CANNOT be used at any Great Little Places or Rare Hideaways properties.
 

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WIN! Christmas all stacked up - Natural Spa Factory

Exclusively for readers of The Simple Things, Natural Spa Factory have created the ultimate home-spa gift bundle to give away.

Make sure that all of your friends and family feel the love this Christmas!

Christmas All Stacked Up is bursting with favourites including the heady Amber Noir candle, edgy black glass reed diffuser, fig & vanilla lotion & potion hero set and a trio of the new pure & organic face oils, RRP of the gifts is £120. 

To enter simply head to the Natural Spa Factory competition page - ENTER NOW

The closing date for this competition is December 1st 2017.

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Competition | Win a denim Susie pinafore apron from The Stitch Society

In November’s issue of The Simple Things, we meet Charlotte Meek of The Stitch Society in our Job Well Done feature, who tells us about how her passion for vintage fabrics inspired her to create a business making aprons celebrating Yorkshire’s textile heritage.

All The Stitch Society aprons come with a 10-year guarantee and are all made in Yorkshire from UK sourced fabrics. We’re giving away a denim Susie pinafore apron, worth £49.

How to enter

For your chance to win a denim Susie pinafore apron from The Stitch Society, enter below before the closing date, 29 November 2017. The winner will be chosen at random and notified after this date. You can find full terms and conditions on page 129 of November’s The Simple Things and at  icebergpress.co.uk/comprules.

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Competition | Win a year’s worth of cheese

To celebrate their new range of clothbound cheeses made with Cornish sea salt, Quicke’s have come up with an irresistible prize

Calling all curd nerds! This summer, Quicke’s are excited to announce a new partnership with Cornish Sea Salt. With only four ingredients involved in cheese making, Quicke’s believe each one should be the very best. Cornish Sea Salt is both low in sodium and rich in natural sea minerals. Its purity adds a rounded brightness to the complex flavours of Quicke’s award-winning clothbound cheddars.

Enter our competition for a year’s supply from their artisanal range and see for yourself. The winner will receive a box of cheesy goodies monthly for a year. You’ll be spoilt with a selection of award-winning Quicke’s clothbound cheddars, as well as accompaniments such as delicious crackers and handmade chutneys, all delivered directly to your door.

How to enter

For your chance to win a year’s supply of Quicke’s cheese, enter below before the closing date, 13 September 2017. The winner will be chosen at random and notified after this date. The prize will be cheese-based and delivered monthly, but subject to change, as stock allows. You can’t swap it for cash either. You can find full terms and conditions on page 129 of August’s The Simple Things and at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules.

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Competition | Win a stay at Bude Hideaways in Cornwall with i-escape

Cornwall, tranquillity, coastline, countryside, luxury: is there anything in this list not to like?
On page 68 of July's The Simple Things (out 28 June) we visit Bude Hideaways, tucked into the Cornish countryside. Fancy a visit yourself? Entering this prize draw to win a three-night stay there is a good place to start. 

What you could win

The winner will stay in Red Barn, which sleeps up to four guests and a baby in one double and one twin room. One of two contemporary conversions on site, it features white walls, bold art, Eames chairs, Orla Kiely homewares, underfloor heating and wood-burners. Everything you could possibly need has been thought of. 

Owners Conrad and Karen live nearby and are warmth itself – totally discreet if you prefer to be anonymous, but there if you want tips on all the quaint villages, great eateries and beaches it has to offer.

Best of all, their gorgeous seven-acre smallholding is an enormous, safe haven for kids, with large lawns for kicking a ball around, free-range chickens strutting around, even a woodland den to discover – all of which gives parents the chance to relax, read books, admire the wildflower meadow, or simply do nothing at all. 

In good hands

Bude Hideaways is part of i-escape’s hand-picked collection of boutique hotels and stylish self-catering rentals. i-escape’s passionate team is dedicated to helping you find and book unforgettable places to stay, and all the properties in its portfolio are visited and reviewed in honesty.

For your chance to win…

Enter online at thisisyourkingdom.co.uk/competition/bude-hideaways before the closing date, 9 August 2017. The winner will be chosen at random and notified after this date. The prize does not include travel, food, drink or any extras aside from your three-night stay, which must be taken before 1 August 2018. Some weeks are excluded; find full terms and conditions online.

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Competition | WIN! A year’s supply of award-winning meat boxes from Pipers Farm

From the green hills and red soils of Devon, Pipers Farm produces slow-grown, 100% pasture-fed meat. And the farm is offering readers the chance to win a meat box every month for a year, including native Red Ruby beef, Saddleback pork, properly free-range chicken, Suffolk lamb and gluten-free sausages and burgers.

Pipers Farm believes in producing food in harmony with nature, encouraging a diverse ecosystem to inhabit the farm alongside the livestock. So fields remain small, with 400-year-old hedgerows marking their boundaries. And Pipers Farm has championed other small family farms who are raising native breeds in a traditional way.

With a commitment not only to high animal welfare but also to creating a truly delicious product, Pipers Farm has received high praise from foodies such as Jamie Oliver (being featured on Chicken Out and Jamie Saves Our Bacon) and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and was named as one of Rick Stein’s ‘food heroes’.

WINNING DINNERS

The farm is also one of the most decorated food producers in the country, having scooped a multitude of awards, including numerous Great Taste gold awards for its range of delicious meat.

Choose from boxes including The Big Breakfast, Student Survival , BBQ, Wellness or Offally Good – they even do a Doggy Bag box for your pet.

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How to enter

Enter below by 14 July 2017. You can find full terms and conditions on page 129 of June's The Simple Things and at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules. The prize comprises a meat box delivered to your door once a month for 12 months, packed with seasonal cuts, to arrive on a day arranged with the winner. Each box is Pipers Farm’s ‘box of the month’ and is worth £30. 

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Win a holiday for four worth £2700!

Breathe in the fresh air and explore the mountains above Lake Lucerne, courtesy of Inntravel. 

The refreshingly laid-back village of Engelberg lies in William Tell country in the heart of Switzerland. With snow-capped, 3,000-metre-high peaks towering above sparkling lakes, gushing streams and green meadows filled with chirring grasshoppers, it’s the sort of place that fills you with a tingle of excitement. We have teamed up with Inntravel to offer you the chance to win a week away with your family exploring the mountains surrounding Engelberg. The winner will stay in the village at the friendly three-star Hotel Edelweiss, where families with children of all ages are made to feel instantly at home.

There’s so much to see and do. The village has an open-air swimming pool with amazing views as well as an indoor pool. There’s a traditional dairy where you can watch cheese being made and the nearby historic town of Lucerne has a superb transport museum to captivate all ages. But, with such stunning mountain scenery on your doorstep, this is a place to get back to nature and enjoy the great outdoors, be it walking along a wonderful botanical trail around a lake, mountain biking, kayaking or admiring the simply jaw-dropping views from the Titlis Glacier.

Let Inntravel’s expert guide notes show you the way. You won’t be disappointed.

HOW TO ENTER

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The prize is for a family of up to four* and includes seven nights’ half-board accommodation and return P&O Ferries Dover-Calais crossing for car and passengers. 
Valid for dates between 17 June and 30 September. Closing date: 1 June 2017. 
Find full terms and conditions at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules.

* Prize is valid for no more than two adults and at least one child. Find full terms and conditions online.

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Competition: Win with Nature's Path Organic cereals

No need to keep a beautiful sunrise all to yourself: photograph one and share for your chance to win Nature’s Path Organic cereals

With winter comes a handful of treats in nature: grass silvered by frost, trees at their most bare and dramatic, and magnificent sunrises. Through crisp, clean air, winter sunrises arrive in full colour, their vibrant spectrum unhindered by the haze and higher pollution levels of warmer mornings. And with shorter days, you needn’t get up quite so early to catch one either.

CELEBRATE AND WIN
To celebrate this simple pleasure, Nature’s Path wants you to share your pictures of a sunrise for the chance to win a year’s supply* of its organic cereals and granolas. All of Nature’s Path products are organic and do not contain artificial additives or GMOs. Its cereal range includes the UK’s bestselling gluten-free cereal Mesa Sunrise, deliciously indulgent organic granolas and child-friendly breakfast cereals Os and Munch. Every recipe contains a range of wholesome and nutritious ingredients, diverse in taste and texture – great for starting the day with.

HOW TO ENTER
For your chance to win, share your sunrise picture (from your walk to work, an early run, or wherever you start the day) by tagging @naturespathuk and using #simplesunrise. There’ll be a prize a month* during February, March and April.

START THE DAY WELL
Mesa Sunrise is a nutritious combination of flaxseed, buckwheat flour and quinoa. It’s also organic and gluten-free and is the ideal way to start your day. You can find it in the Free From section of all leading supermarkets and a selection of health food stores.

Find out more at naturespath.co.uk and @naturespathuk

* Each of our 3 winners will receive a selection of 6 boxes of cereals and granolas each month for 12 months. Prizes are not for resale and you can’t swap them for cash. A winner will be picked from all entries submitted each month during February, March and April 2017 and notified shortly afterwards. You can find all our terms and conditions on page 129 and online at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules

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Competition: Win the entire range of Pukka teas!

Tea is the world’s second-most- consumed drink – after water – and there are more blends and more styles of drinking to explore than ever before. The key to a great cup of tea (or mug – you won’t find any receptacle-ism here) could be water quality, it could be brewing temperature, and it’s certainly about the ingredients contained in those little bags of flavour.

Pukka Herbs prides itself on not using any synthetic flavourings in their range of 40 teas, only sustainably sourced, organically grown and fairly traded tea, herbs and fruit, which is of real importance to Sebastian Pole, Pukka’s master herbsmith and co-founder. For Sebastian, creating a Pukka blend is about capturing the vibrancy of the tea, herbs or fruit – an appeal that is reflected not just in the taste, but in its aroma, look and feel, too. Each of Pukka’s organic teas comes jam-packed with nature’s finest ingredients that smell mesmerising when you open the beautiful packaging and translate into taste with delicious depth. Wellbeing is high on the agenda, too, with teas such as Detox and Night Time blended to give specific physical benefits.

Green teas – particularly matcha blends – are increasingly popular. Reflecting this, new additions to the Pukka range include matcha greens blended with ginseng or mint. New Turmeric Gold is a blend of whole-leaf green tea with queen of protective spices turmeric, plus cardamom and lemon. Find your favourites blends online at pukkaherbs.com.

HOW TO ENTER
Enter our competition for your chance to win the entire range of Pukka organic teas. One lucky winner will receive one packet of each tea currently available at pukkaherbs.com. 

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
There is one prize of the full range of Pukka teas delivered to your door. No cash alternative is available and the prize cannot be transferred. The competition closes on 17 May 2017. The winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries after this date and notified soon after. You can find full terms and conditions on page 129 of the April issue and at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules.

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Competition: Win a colour consultation with itsmycolour® worth £100!

Love colour? Love clothes? Have you ever wondered what colours really suit you or what look and style is best for your personality? 

Mandy Griffiths of itsmycolour.com is offering one lucky reader a colour consultation at her Essex studio worth £100. 
 
What’s a colour consultation? 

Mandy will take you through the theory and impact of colour, help you understand your best colours against your skin tone and eye colour and find the perfect foundation, blusher and lipstick to ensure your whole look works. In addition, you will have some fun practising putting colours and outfits together so you look fantastic and confident! You will get your own personal fan with your seasonal colours and details of your best colours and make-up.
 
 

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You’ll need to enter before the closing date, Wednesday 19 April 2017. 
Prize is for a Colour Consultation for one person, subject to availability, and is to be taken by 31 July 2017.
No cash prize alternative will be offered.
 
Reader offer:
Book an itsmycolour® consultation before 30 June 2017 and you will receive a complimentary scarf, in a perfect shade to suit you. Contact Mandy for your personal consultation by calling 07967399996 or email mandy.griffiths@itsmycolour.com.

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Win! A good night’s sleep with the Wool Room

The Wool Room is giving away three luxurious sets of duvet, pillows and mattress protector, for a cosy, healthier snooze

Wellbeing is not just something to consider while you are awake: how and where you sleep can also have a profound effect on overall wellness. The Wool Room’s woollen bedding range can guarantee a better, healthier night’s sleep than alternative forms of down, feather or synthetic bedding. They are offering readers the chance to win one of three sets of wool duvet, mattress protector and pillows, worth up to £515 each.

Wool does so much more than keep you warm – this amazing natural fibre guarantees a better night’s sleep than with synthetic bedding. Wool’s clever ability to regulate skin moisture and temperature levels as we sleep prevents waking from becoming too hot or cold during the crucially regenerative stage 4 REM sleep. We use this stage of sleep to recover and recuperate and persistent disruptions can result in health issues.

Allergy friendly

The Wool Room’s bedding is approved by Allergy UK as being effective at eliminating house dust mites and other allergens, making it a great choice for eczema and asthma sufferers. It is also the first naturally flame resistant mattress range that complies with British safety guidelines, doing away with the need for flame retardant chemicals found in many other mattresses.

How to enter

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Each Deluxe All Seasons Bedding Set includes a wool mattress protector, two adjustable pillows and a duvet in the size of your choice. There are three sets to be won. Closing date: 14 March 2017. For full terms and conditions, see icebergpress.co.uk/comprules

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Competition: Win a copy of The Wicked Plants Coloring Book

Some plants are the root, berry and bark of all evil. In January’s Miscellany we take a look at the darker side of horticulture.

In The Wicked Plants Coloring Book, Amy Stewart and Briony Morrow-Cribbs offer up 40 menacing plants in gorgeous, vintage-style botanical illustrations to colour. from the vine that ate the South to the weed that killed Lincoln’s mother to the world’s deadliest seed. 

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WIN! A walking holiday worth £600

Have a breath of fresh air and head into the hills with a three-night guided walking break with HF Holidays

There’s a drama that comes with mountain ranges and rolling hills. Snowdonia, the Scottish Highlands, the Lakes... the UK is home to some spectacular mountain scenery – close enough to home to be enjoyed in a short break. Walking specialist HF Holidays has teamed up with The Simple Things to give away a guided walking break for two, staying at one of its 19 country houses. Your first challenge? Deciding where to go... 

HF Holidays has been organising walking trips for more than a century, so the company knows its stuff. All of its UK guided walking breaks come with a choice of walks each day – easier, medium, harder – which means you can pick a route to suit your mood/the weather/energy levels.
As well as bases at Derwent Water in the Lakes, Glencoe and two properties in Snowdonia, highlights include escapes in the Yorkshire Dales, the Cotswolds and Peak District, and coastal getaways from Northumberland to Dorset. All HF Holidays UK locations are within National Parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its country houses can be as sociable or relaxed as you like. 

Walk together during the day or explore independently. Meet up in the bar before dining with fellow walkers. Each house offers a different experience; from legendary packed lunches to dedicated boot rooms, maps and books galore… If you’re new to walking, opt for one of HF Holidays’ taster breaks – self-guided and guided walks, from gentle rambles to longer hikes. And there are experts on hand to give advice on everything from boots to routes. 

For more info, visit hfholidays.co.uk/taster or call 0345 470 7558

HOW TO ENTER

For your chance to win a three-night guided walking break for two on a full-board basis at a country house in the UK, courtesy of HF Holidays, enter below

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The winner gets to choose from any of HF Holidays’ UK country house locations, subject to availability and some peak-season restrictions. You have until 31 October 2017 to take your holiday. And you cannot transfer it or swap it for cash. The closing date for entries is 8 February 2017.

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Competition: Win a wintry weekend in Wales worth £940

Enjoy a gathering of friends or family on us… Fforest is giving away a two-night stay in its fantastic farmhouse in Pembrokeshire

The festive season serves as a reminder of the simple pleasures of getting together with family or friends. Enter our Christmas competition and you could be doing it all over again, only this time in luxury in west Wales.

Tŷ Fforest is a Georgian farmhouse, restored in 2015 with a swish, ski lodge-style interior. This is a luxurious retreat for families, full of cosy corners and gathering spaces, wrapped in thick slate walls. It has a large slate-floor kitchen with massive inglenook fireplace and a woodfired oven. Its suite, two doubles, family room and bunkroom sleeps up to 14 people.

Out in the country
The farmhouse is the newest addition to Fforest farm, a 200-acre estate bordering the Teifi marshes nature reserve and Teifi gorge, and a few minutes’ drive away from the town of Cardigan as well as the wilds of the Pembrokeshire coast.

Fforest farm has lots of accommodation, sleeping two to 14, from domed tents to cosy crog lofts – all designed to engage with the delights of outdoor living. In Cardigan itself, there are one- and two-bedroomed granary lofts. These smart apartments border the river, with views across to the castle.

The properties lend themselves to cosy gatherings: no wonder, then, that Fforest is offering hygge weekends, seizing on the Danish idea of simple, everyday happiness and togetherness. Blankets and logs for the fire are provided, and you can order a hygge hamper, full of local produce. The Simple Things readers can save 10% on a hygge weekend, too. 

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HYGGE WEEKENDS FOR LESS 
10% exclusive discount at Fforest: To book a hygge weekend in Tŷ Fforest, use code SIMPLETY.
To book a hygge weekend in any other Fforest accommodation, use code SIMPLE10.

COMPETITION DETAILS
Competition closes 21 January 2017. The winner can take a two-night break at Tŷ Fforest in February or March 2017 or from 1 November to 18 December 2017, if available. The prize doesn’t cover any travel, expenses or insurance, and you can’t transfer it or magic it into cash. Now all you need to decide is who to take.

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Competition: Win a luxury stay for two with Taylors of Harrogate

Taylors of Harrogate’s range of six great tasting fruit and herbal infusions, in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, brims with vibrant flavours and fresh aromas, Spiced Apple, Sour Cherry to Sweet Rhubarb.

This autumn, make the most of the colder weather by cosying up with the fruit and herbal infusion range from Taylors of Harrogate. The Spiced Apple variety blends delicious apple pieces with the warmth of punchy ginger root, cloves and star anise to make a sweet and spicy flavour infusion that is perfect for the run up to winter.

To celebrate the turn of the seasons, we’re giving you the chance to win a snugly two night break with dinner for two at Grovefield House, Buckinghamshire, as well as your own personal stash of Spiced Apple speciality tea. 

For your chance to win, answer the following question:

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Taylors of Harrogate Fruit and Herbal infusion range is available to buy from Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Ocado and Morrisons, RRP £2.99 for 20 teabags. For more information visit www.taylorsofharrogate.co.uk.

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Competition: Win £250 to spend at Sass & Belle

This month, four lucky readers will each win £250 to spend on gorgeous homeware

Winter is one of our favourite times of year. When it’s cold and dank outside, we can revel in hunkering down indoors, away from the elements, and really enjoy our home comforts and the interiors we’ve so lovingly created. 

To help you get the most out of the season, we’ve teamed up with innovative gift and homeware brand Sass & Belle to offer four lucky readers the chance to each win a £250 online gift voucher – a great opportunity to find those perfect finishing touches for your home. Perhaps you’ll choose from the Modern Artisan collection, new for autumn/winter 2016, which includes stylish terrariums, planters and coasters that combine gold brass with marble to create a simple, hand-crafted aesthetic with a modern twist. Or maybe you’ve been hunting for lighting to add mood and atmosphere to a room? 

Amongst its huge range of exciting and original products Sass & Belle offers a wide collection of fun designs, from quirky flamingo and cacti wall lights, to pineapple night lights, wire and paper shades and strings of fairy lights. And that’s not all – a quick browse will unearth all manner of mugs, mirrors and furniture and storage, as well as a bounty of desirable and affordable gifts for Christmas. 

Sass & Belle’s promise is to create lovable, design-led products you may have never known you wanted, so why not take a look and see what you can find? And don’t forget to enter the competition online for your chance to add a little happiness to your home, or to someone else’s. Good luck!

HOW TO ENTER

The prize consists of four £250 online gift vouchers to spend at sassandbelle.co.uk. The vouchers will expire three months after the date of issue and cannot be exchanged for cash. Competition closes on 15 November 2016. You can see Iceberg Press’ full terms and conditions on page 129 and at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules

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Competition: Win a £500 Autumn wardrobe from HUSH

WOMENSWEAR BRAND HUSH IS OFFERING ONE LUCKY READER THE CHANCE TO WIN A FABULOUS AUTUMN WARDROBE

The change of seasons is often a tricky time in the wardrobe department. After all this time in the bright colours and pretty prints of summer, it’s easy to forget how even your most basic staples function. Which top went with those trousers? Does this coat really go with those shoes? And why did I buy that enormous oversized jumper? Think how much easier the transition would be if you could treat yourself to an entirely new wardrobe.

Thanks to this great competition from hush, one lucky reader will be able to do just that, choosing £500 worth of clothing from its new autumn/winter 2016 collection. A marriage of the classic and contemporary with beautiful cuts, soft fabrics and hush’s trademark, laid-back sense of style, the collection takes inspiration from 1940s cinematic glamour and 1970s boho chic.

Since hush’s debut in 2003 (after Australian founder Mandy Watkins had lived through her first British winter), the brand has become a pioneer in relaxed fashion, specialising in stylish, wearable pieces you can feel truly comfortable in. Choose from slouchy V-necks or super-soft knits as well as skinny leather leggings, maxi dresses, sweats, scarves and more. Luxurious fabrics and contrasting textures in a carefully selected colour palette give you the freedom to coordinate pieces across the range to create your look, whatever your style. 

Enter below by 9 November 2016

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Competition: Win one of three natural skincare hampers from MOA worth £110

Enter our competition to win one of three natural skincare hampers from MOA - Magic Organic Apothecary!

Read our interview with the creators of MOA and find out more about their natural skincare products.

Where and how are your products made? 

We are a British brand, all our products are made in the UK and our signature herb, organic yarrow, is grown in Somerset. We even sow the seeds by hand, at the farm where it is grown. We are cruelty free certified. Our packaging comes from sustainable sources, mostly made in the UK and printed with vegetable based inks, as we try our to make our products as eco as possible.

Why you do what you do? 

It was our mission to make yarrow, our hero herb, available within a skincare product. Yarrow is such a miraculous and healing herb, but not found in many products all, despite being a favourite amongst many herbalists because of its numerous properties. Our original product, The Green Balm harnesses the powers of yarrow in a multi-purpose balm. We enjoy making natural skin care which is affordable and effective whilst also attractive and magical to behold.

What inspires you?  

Nature, magic and folklore, all of which we celebrate in our products, our marketing and our packaging.

What's special about your designs? 

I illustrate the drawings by hand and combine them with vintage apothecary inspired design, so it makes our style pretty unique. Our potions are developed with lots of imagination and care. We’re only ready to sell them when we are truly smitten with the product, and happy that it is both therapeutic and effective. And lastly, a sprinkling of magic makes them very special too!

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