Detox January – The best juices out there..

Well if you are feeling anything like us after Christmas, you may feel more like a stuffed Christmas turkey and those party dresses that you fitted into at the beginning of December are a little bit tighter than they originally looked. So we thought we would take a look at the best detox juices out there.. at first we started to look at Gwyneth Palthrow’s detox diet but after day one decided that we would probably not make it onto day two so instead took a look at some of the best recipes for detox juices.  (However for those interested we have listed the Gwyneth diet plan for those with sheer determination):

First things first, you need to know the benefits of the fruit and vegetables so we have picked the ones that work best with a juice or as part of a detox diet plan.

• Cucumbers and celery are natural diuretics
• Beets are great for liver cleansing 
• Lemons, ginger and apples aid in cleansing the entire body.
• Cranberries are good for cleansing the bladder.
• Greens nourish our cells and clean them at the same time.
• Dandelion greens are especially good for cleaning the liver.

Our top  recipes for a good detox juice plan are:

Carrot Cucumber Detox

3-4 carrots
1 cucumber
½ beet
½ lemon
1 inch of gingerroot 

Skin Perfecter

2 apples

Handful of black grapes ( seedless)

Handful of blueberries

Teaspoon of flaxseed or olive oil

  

Beet Detox

1 cucumber
3 carrots
1 beet
2 stalks of celery
1 handful of parsley
½ lemon 

Beat the Blues 

1 orange

1 small handful of blueberries

2-3 beetroots

2 pieces of fresh ginger

½ tsp of chlorella powder

Apple Detox

2 stalks of fennel
½ cucumber
½ green apple
1 handful of mint
1 inch of gingerroot 

Clean and Green

½ a pineapple
4 carrots
1 handful of mint
¼ spinach and ¼ packet of kale

Cleanse and Clean

1 beet

1 apple

½ packet of spinach

½ lemon

If these aren’t your thing, don’t forget, the great thing about jewellery is that whatever your size it always fits! Happy Juicing….

What’s Hot – Italian Riveria, Super Greens Juice and a Finer take on Jewellery

While Elle Macpherson showed off a picture of herself checking out the Italian Riviera, we decided to check out the latest trends this summer season. To be fair, it is hard to believe that ‘ The Body’ turns fifty this year and credits it partly to healthy living and super greens, it is also clear that the Italian Riviera is one of the top places to stay this Summer with it’s beautiful blue sea views.

Meanwhile Michelle Rodriguez was seen out with some of Justin Bieber’s crewe recently looking very toned, again crediting healthy living. The Fast and Furious stunner showed off her golden glow in a black bikini, black is a colour which has really hit the summer trend this season. Even though the runways are all about statement jewellery, we are seeing a turn towards finer jewellery. Michelle wears a fine jewellery necklace, a perfect accessory to a black bikini with gold. She also had a minimal make up which is a mandatory look this season.

One of the hottest places to go this Summer continues to be St Tropez where Selena Gomez along with good friend Cara Delevinge celebrated her 22^nd birthday in St Tropez. She wore a colbalt blue patterned dress along with a gold collar choker – this look has been seen a lot on the runways this season. Cara was dressed in skin tight black with a crop top, to show off her ever trim waistline. 

Central Saint Martins: Where the World’s Top Designers Come From

Ever wondered how some of the World’s top jewellery designers get to where they are? Most assume great designers were born with a god-given talent and that moving into creating beautiful jewellery pieces came easily.
Whilst their natural talent may have been in abundance, all designers – even the World’s best – have honed their skills through hard work and, more often than not, excellent tuition at design institutions.
Lolo & Galago has many links to one of these in particular, with several of our World class designers having graduated from the prestigious Central SaintMartins in London, widely recognised as one of the greatest design universities in the World.

We caught up with Caroline Broadhead, CSM’s BA Jewellery Design Course Leader, to find out how the World’s future Creative Directors are taught, and why she believes CSM stands out. 

Unlike scientific subjects, with design there are no set rules. Nevertheless, Caroline very much believes there is a process to be followed. “It’s about looking, thinking and then combining those ideas” she explains. “Designers need to have a great awareness of their interests.” To help students do this and keep constantly engaged with the World around them and its inspirations, all CSM students keep a book of inspiring text, images and photos throughout their time at the university. 

Whilst every student approaches design in their own way, Caroline explains it is important that they understand a process from initial concept right through to final design. This means developing an original idea, looking at technical details and materials – and using this technical understanding to present the concept into a first designs. Then, test the design both visually as well as physically. This allows them to expand their concept and keep iterating until a final design is created. 

With so many stages, we wondered what the hardest part of being a designer is. “The hardest part of the process is the design development: Taking your initial ideas from your head and creating that first physical concept from those ideas is tricky for a lot of students” explains Caroline. To help with this, students are given project briefs, in which they are given very narrow guidelines for a design. This forces the students to delve deeper into that specific subject rather than take a broad approach, causing them to use their imagination to an even greater level.

This is all well and good, but of course a truly talented designer creates beautiful work not only for themselves but also for their customer, and this is something that needs to be ingrained into all future designers’ ways of thinking. Caroline explains that all students are encouraged to have an ongoing dialogue with clients. One of the great things about CSM is that many fashion and jewellery firms get involved – currently they have 13 companies working on projects with students – which allows them to practice working with their customer and learning how to anticipate what will be popular.

So what makes CSM stand out amongst most other universities? “London is inspirational,” says Caroline. “There is so much to be taken from the city, and it attract sambitious and talented students from the outset, so we are starting with a lot of raw talent. We also work with industry regularly, which gives great connections and real-life experience.”

We were curious to know what the head of jewellery design thinks are the most important qualities in a designer – we were given three. “A positive attitude. You can’t give up and have to keep working. Energy and an excitement for your surroundings, awareness of trends and a feel of today’s styles.”

We couldn’t agree more, they are all qualities we see in abundance with Lolo & Galago’s designers, and from this we have created ground breaking collections that are true exotic luxury, and we are sure much of this has come thanks to CSM’s excellent early influence.