tantastic!

Finally ladies something that will put a smile on your face!

Whilst enjoying some retail therapy, my friend shrieked "oh my god! Have you heard about the new injection which makes you tan?" confused I replied "no." So I decided to go away and research the phenomenon that was going to change women's lives across the UK.

The unlicensed drug is being used by many women to create an even all over body tan. Despite Melanotan injections being illegal in the UK, it can be easily bought off the internet and found in some beauty salons and gyms. Health experts are warning women not to use it as clinical trials are ongoing.

The injection is easy to use and the results are quick and effortless. It works through women injecting Melanotan into their arm once a day for 10 days. If after the first ten days you are happy with your colour then to maintain it inject yourself once a week. However if you want to be darker then continue injecting yourself once a day for another 10 days.

Melanotan mimicks the effect of a hormone, once it is injected it increases the amount of Melanon your body naturally produces. Melanon is the dark pigment in your skin that makes you go brown. Side effects like hot flushes, lack of appetite and nausea are common.

It would seem the celebrity 'airbrushed' culture has forced women to strive for the same look, regardless of the risks. Over the years, spray tans, lotions and sunbeds have been a popular and cheap way of achieving a tan, despite lotions leaving an annoying patch of streaky tan and sun beds UV rays increasing the chance of skin cancer.

For now it seems spray tans, beds and lotions will be overlooked. However it is unlikely the injection will be legalised in the near future.

Do you think it's a good idea or not?

Was it a tactical vote?

For those of you who watched X Factor on saturday, you will have seen the controversial sing off between Laura White and Ruth Lorenzo.

As all X Factor fans know the two worst singers battle it out in the final sing off to sing in next weeks show. Shockingly, the two best contestants were unforgivably in the bottom this week. Even Simon Cowell said "I honestly do not know what went wrong with the voting tonight."

After two outstanding performances both contestants waited for their fate to be revealed. My gut reaction was the Spanish senorita would be waltzing off, clearly not... Simon obviously chose big busted Ruth to stay, Cheryl inevitably wanted to save her act Laura, Danni likewise saved her act Ruth. The final decision was left up to Louis.

Like all judges Louis wants one of his acts to win the show, so you eradicate the competition that act as a barrier to the prize. When betting shops said Miss White is favourite to win the show, other competitors felt disheartened that the competition was against them. Ruth whose been in the bottom two before suggests she's not popular with the public, despite being a fantastic singer.

After thinking this theory through, Louis decided to send home Laura "regretably". Laura kept her head up high, whilst sour faced judge Cheryl grunted "it was a tactical vote"! Just goes to show Cheryl doesn't take kindly to losing. Well personally, Laura isn't one of my favourite singers, but I don't think she deserved to have been voted out of the competition at such an early stage. Ruth deserves to win, regardless who the public vote to save! As for Daniel, well, I can not believe why the public haven't voted him off? Simon and Louis are as baffled as myself, in all fairness it the good ones which are leaving so he can howl in the microphone week after week.

Do you think Louis's vote was tactical?

Remembering the ones who helped us...

Inevitably this time of year is the saddest occassion for people whose loved ones died in WWI. Regardless of age, ethnicity and relationship with the soldiers who died 90 years ago in the trenches, people across the world will gather to pay their respects, to those who braved the treacherous conditions.

Rememberance day, other wise known as poppy day, is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war today. Behind the trauma, after the war ended, the League of Nations was created as an international organisation to avoid future wars occurring. Societies across the world breathed a sign of relief, that future differences can be solved in a diplomatic way. Obviously, WWII rejected this notion.

Above all, we must remember that 'our soldiers' endured extreme conditions for the sake of peace. A staggering 60 million people died within the 4 years of battle. Tomorrow at 11 am across the country a 2 minute silence will be held to remember the ones who helped us. Wear your poppy with pride!