When it comes to choosing a diamond, there’s more to consider than carats. Hood’s editor, Maxine Eggenberger, spent an afternoon with Laings esteemed jewellery experts to learn about the true worth of the diamond…
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If you are the owner of a halo of beautiful curls - lucky you! While the rest of us spend our lives trying in vain to achieve waves and twirls with meticulous heat-styling, you’ve been naturally blessed with a bountiful supply of your own.
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Today, May 8, marks World Ovarian Cancer Day, a day created to help the community of those living with ovarian cancer and survivors of the disease, as well as their families and friends, to share experiences of the illness and help educate the public about the facts and symptoms to be aware of. So, there is no better time to ensure that you, our Hood readers, are up to date with everything you need to know about the cancer dubbed ‘the silent killer’.
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When it comes to pizza, we like to think we know our way around an 18", so it makes sense that Darina Garland has long been on our radar. Co-founder and chief experience officer at Ooni Pizza Ovens, the world's first portable pellet pizza oven, together with her husband Kristian, Darina has grown her family-owned business from a start-up founded in 2012 into Scotland's fastest-growing private company. Now selling their game-changing portable pizza ovens in over 90 countries, Ooni is proving to be a hit internationally.
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April was undoubtedly the month that most us never expected to have, and at times, it’s been tough to take, there’s no doubt about that. With the lockdown looking likely to extend into May though, we’re here to keep your spirits up, your minds busy and your hearts content during what is of course a worrying, difficult and uncertain time in all of our lives.
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Our favourite coffee-based recipe is, of course, an espresso martini. And we love this twist on the classic, using Scottish dry gin Oro in place of vodka to give your espresso martini a velvety smoothness like never before. The cocktail has a smooth, light texture with the flavour swinging back and forth from coffee to gin, losing all of the bitterness, yet retaining a lovely coffee aroma.
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Springtime brings with it the ideal excuse to elevate your abode (especially seeing as we’re all spending so much time indoors at the moment), and to create a chic space to spend the season in. As such, we set about finding out the top interior trends of the season, with help of industry experts…
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