Vogue subscription offer (and magazine musings)

I buy a hell of a lot of magazines. Very few are off limits for me; I have even in my time been known to purchase Easy Living (actually quite a good read), though I think I need a few more years under my belt before I graduate to Woman's Own and Good Housekeeping.

Those I buy with regularity include Elle Decor (the covers always win me over - though I'm not so keen on Elle magazine), Red (a good mix of fashion, food and life stuff), Harpers Bazaar (I like the writing in this and the photography), Look (a good trashy read but actually the fashion and beauty pages are quite good) and, of course, Vogue. I also have a subscription to Living Etc which my boyfriend bought me when we were doing up our house, which although I read I find the way its written quite irritating, and the contents not hugely inspiring.

I don't normally pay much attention to subscriber offers, as I prefer to pick up random mags, when out and about. Most of my mag 'hauls' take place in WHS Smiths in Euston or Victoria whilst waiting for a train up north. Magazines are not great all the time, most of them have dud issues with not much in them (In Style is particularly bad for this I find!) and so I like to pick and choose when I buy them.

However all that changed when, flicking through this months Vogue, (cover price £4), I noticed their current subscriber offer. £19.99 for ten issues (so half price - less than £2 an issue!), then £19.50 for six issues after = £3.25 an issue. Still a lot cheaper than full price. But that's not all - the thing that caught my eye is that there is currently a free gift with subscription - a bottle of Aromatherapy Associates Revive Bath and Shower Oil - RRP £34.75.

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This has been added to my shopping basket on Beauty Expert on several occasions (I'm a sucker for anything oily and anything turquoise!), but the price has put me off. I was naturally thrilled, then, when I saw this offer, and ten minutes ago I had an email from Vogue confirming my subscription. I'm already dreaming about my first bath with tealights, a glass of wine perhaps and this oil... and I also now plan to start a little Vogue collection, a la Carrie Bradshaw, in my living room. They do look so chic stacked on top of one another - just the thing for our new bookshelves.

If this offer has tempted you as well, you can subscribe to Vogue here. Looking through my magazines, I realised that I have every issue of Elle Decor from this year, so I've also placed a subscription for that. No free gift sadly but only £22.80 for 12 issues (£1.90 instead of £3.80 per copy) then 25% off cover price. Seems like a no-brainer really.

Do you subscribe to any magazines?

Beauty moments - Scarlett Johansson in Vogue (2009)

This is one of my favourite beauty shots from recent years - Scarlett Johanssen on the cover of Vogue. I adore everything about it - the beautiful auburn hair and the soft curls (kind of my dream hair), the deliciously dark and smoky eyes with the perfectly defined brows, the creamy skin and unexpected matt peachy lip - and don't get me started on that ultra-luxe knit and bangles, which she carries off to perfection in those decadent poses.

This for me is a perfect autumn / winter look - although suprisingly it was from French Vogue last Spring.

I don't think I'd class Scarlett as one of my beauty icons (though maybe this post suggests otherwise!), but I admire the way she can carry off so many different looks (is there any hair colour she hasn't tried??). I have to say, I prefer her dark - I adored this look on her.

But she also looks very feminine and natural with soft blond hair in the new Mango ads.

My least favourite colour on her is probably her highlighted blond to platinum shades, which I think can mask the individuality of her face a bit. But that's just me!

What do you think of these looks?