New and exclusive: Albion Parties has launched a Wild Fig luxury candle as part of their Luxury Candle Collection. Infuse your home, wedding or party with the fragrant scent of wild fig with this hand-poured, soya wax candle. Presented within clear glass, the candle has a burn time of 20 hours.

RRP £30.00. Available exclusively from Albion Parties.

Want glowing skin and sparkling eyes on your wedding day? Kickstart your January detox with expert tips from nutritionist Gabriela Peacock:

“One of the simplest things to do to look good and feel healthy is to eat more vegetables. While veggies are nutrient dense, they are not energy dense, so increasing your vegetable intake is one of the most sensible approaches to weight loss.

The fibre and antioxidants in vegetables are a match made in heaven when it comes to radiant skin. The end result is glowing, clear skin and sparkling eyes. The vitamins and minerals in vegetables also help strengthen your nails and add lustre to your hair.”

www.gpnutrition.co.uk

Need to get in shape but lacking time to get to the gym?

WaveShape, a new at-home-workout will give you the toned look of a Californian surfer chick. It’s a 45-minute, equipment-free workout that draws on the movement patterns of surfing.

Building explosive strength, endurance, balance, and flexibility, it was originally designed for professional surfers and paddleboarders. The result? A strong and toned body to have you looking perfect in your wedding dress.

www.getinwaveshape.com

Best-kept secret of the Fashion Set, Bodrum on Turkey’s Aegean coast is fast becoming the most chic destination to get married.

Set on the shore front right in the heart of Bodrum is the beautiful Macakizi Hotel (www.macakizi.com). Possibly the most serene hotel we have been too, it’s ideal for weddings, with decking built over the sea for all your guests to watch you get married, as the sun dips down over the peninsula.

Convinced yet? Here are our top tips for making Macakizi the perfect backdrop for your wedding:

Best Time To Go: April – October

Who Goes There: The elite of Istanbul, and a young, hip, international crowd.

Style: The ikat-clad rooms are on a hill bursting with bougainvillea, with stone steps leading you down to a stunning restaurant with panoramic views over the the peninsula.

Food: Turkish with an international twist, chefs cook up eggs to order, and be sure to order the ice cream sandwiches for a cheeky midnight snack.

Service: Slice of watermelon to refresh you while you sunbathe? Need more suncream? The charming army of staff are always one step ahead of you.

Best Bridal Room: The Villa Suite (Room 971) for its sculpted wooden furniture and white-and-black textured canvases. Sprays of fresh flowers with shots of pink add to the cool-coloured interior, and the views outside are dazzling.

Dress Code: Dress-down beach style by day; chic little dresses by night. Make sure you ditch heels for wedges to deal with the steps and decking.

Decking: The higher the deck, the better the views. If you’re lingering over cocktails at the bar, take a perch along the sunken deck, overlooking the fire-pit and the under-lit water.

Best Spa Treatment: Choose an Instant Radiance Booster Facial in the Nuxe Spa, followed by a detoxing scrub in the glass-fronted hammam, so you’re ready to glow on your wedding day.

Honeymoon: Charter a luxury Turkish gulet and sail around the Greek islands in secluded bliss.

Travel: Fly direct from London (4 hrs) with British Airways or Easyjet (www.ba.com / www.easyjet.com)

Celebs aren’t the only singers who can rock the dancefloor at your wedding. Check out our top 3 bands for 2015…there’s no doubt you’ll have your guests begging for more.

The Soul Jets have played at Katherine Jenkins’ wedding, Olly Murs’ birthday party, and shared the stage with Gary Barlow, Rudimental, Michael McIntyre and Artful Dodger.

The Kitts Project, regulars at Ronnie Scott’s, combines live house DJ-producer Chevy One with 5 singers, choreographed dancers, a horn section, guitar and percussion for a massive pumping dancefloor-filler of a show.

Edgy and uber-cool, Trio Manouche are the UK’s most successful gypsy swing band. For 2015, they have combined gypsy swing beats with a live DJ for their new band Electro Manouche – pioneers of the hugely popular new electro swing genre.

To book any of these bands, contact Charlotte Aitken at Albion Parties: charlotte@albionparties.com

Fashion’s forward-thinkers have started a fun new trend for blue wedding shoes.

No need to blow the budget at Christian Louboutin, get along to Zara or go online to Etsy.com, and you’ll find yourself ahead of the pack, flashing your “something blue’s” well beyond your wedding day.

Shoes featured include:

• Manolo Blahnik
• Jimmy Choo
• Christian Dior
• Nicholas Kirkwood
• Sophia Olympia
• Gianvito Rossi
• Rupert Sanderson
• Etsy.com
• Zara

For more information contact Charlotte Aitken: charlotte@albionparties.com

More spectacular than fireworks, more stunning than a West End Show, the best way to impress your guests in 2015 is with VIDEO PROJECTION – a personalised light show onto the façade of your wedding venue.

Last year, we video projected onto a number of Britain’s most beautiful houses.

Click here to view our video projection light show for a ‘Dante’s Inferno’ party in 2014.

Every show is different, with themed sections and personal photos which will bring your wedding to life. We can’t recommend this highly enough as a brilliant way to make your wedding stand out in everyone’s memory as ‘wedding of the year’.

Contact Charlotte Aitken at Albion Parties if you would like video projection at your wedding: charlotte@albionparties.com

One of our fave American brides features on the cover of The Wedding Issue of Quest Magazine, the magazine for “society and culture in New York, The Hamptons, Greenwich and Palm Beach”.

Read the full article featuring her wedding by clicking HERE.