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These new lip balms from Figs and Rouge caught my eye with their pretty vintage style tins and pastel colours.

There are four gorgeous flavours to choose from: Wild Cherry, Aloe and Mint, Coco Vanilla and Pomegranate. They are 100% organic and they are Soil Association Certified.

With restorative tea tree and soothing peppermint, they are the perfect thing to pop in your handbag to help moisturise and repair sore or chapped lips.

Price: £4.99 each and available from www.feelunique.com from the end of March

From mirrors, prints and textiles in our bedrooms to beautiful furniture, books and hand-knits in our living room, we can’t seem to get enough of vintage chic. Even our kitchens, with all their latest technology and appliances, are adorned with items that remind us of days past and of good, old times.
Thanks to online eco-chic interiors brand, Milk and Honey, we can add a touch of vintage style to our bathrooms. Combining traditional chic with practical storage solutions, this new collection of bathroom accessories includes cast iron towel rails, toilet roll holders and tissue box covers. 

Vintage Toilet Roll Holder, £14.95

Vintage-towel-holder, £17.95

Rattan Tissue Box Cover, £9.95

All available from www.milk-and-honey.co.uk

Each chic birthday card is custom printed on lovely pearl shimmer card with a fabulous vintage chandelier print & is hand tied with a romantic lace tie & finished with a spectacularly lavish cluster. The perfect birthday card for fabulous vintage ladies.

prices from £4.50 www.madewithlovedesigns.co.uk

Gone are the days of high-end polished homes, this pared-down aesthetic is all about mixing vintage pieces for a home that screams creativity not money. 

This style would work great in any room and is perfect if you’re planning some home renovations as it won’t cost the earth.

So here’s TrendLife’s guide to vintage utility on a budget:

Tiles: Metro Brick Tiles are perfect and they’re cheap, check out www.tilehq.co.uk  for a selection, prices start from just 30 pence!

Lighting: Bare bulbs and factory-style lighting are right on trend; SkinFlint Design has a great selection of vintage lighting solutions.

Furniture: Metal reclaimed furniture and up-cycled pieces work best; The Old Cinema has some gorgeous pieces.

Finishing Touches: Cushion and throws in natural materials help soften this look, Biomelifestyle have a good selection of eco-friendly cushions.

Cushions from a selection at www.biomelifestyle.com

Lighting from a selection at www.skinflintdesign.co.uk

Furmiture from a selection at www.theoldcinema.co.uk

Tiles from a selection at www.tilehq.co.uk 

Keep the kids entertained the old-fashioned way with these fab Ladybird Activity Kits from Truffle Shuffle. This one comes complete with a ‘vintage guide teaching young sprouts the mechanics behind toy snake crafting and the assembly of a pair of stilts.

£11.95 on www.truffleshuffle.co.uk

Well the truth of the matter is, I don’t know. Neither does Supermarket Sarah, the merchant responsible for selling this happy couple. All we know is that they form a remarkable pair of Finnish tapestries, cross stitched and framed, and an inspired choice of wedding gift.

£48 www.supermarketsarah.com

The Gluggle jug is a tradtional water pitcher first made in England from the 1870s. They experienced a huge surge in popularity after a special pair of jugs were commissioned to give to the Queen and Prince Philip on their visit to Britannia Naval College in 1958 and have henceforth enjoyed collector item status. The odd nameof the jug comes from the ‘glug glug’ sound made by water trapped in the fish’s tail when you pour!

The Gluggle is a highly versatile jug, made from durable stoneware it can be used as a water jug, vase or utensil jar and makes an ideal gift (well if it’s good enough for Lizzie…)

£24.95 www.thepresentfinder.co.uk

With this in mind the “Vintage Tea Party Set” from http://www.bedcrumb.co.uk/ is possibly the best present anyone could receive.

The gorgeous set comes complete with vintage tea cup & saucer and a recipe card for the perfect cupcake.

Any girl is sure to adore this set.

Vintage Tea Party Set For One, £15.00

Vintage Tea Party Set For Two, £25.00

Both from http://www.bedcrumb.co.uk/

Think of it as ‘upcycling extreme’; a coffee table crafted from a trolley cart and an old Victorian factory floor. This has just got to be about the edgiest coffee table on the market. Granted, It’s not for everyone (imagine wheeling this beauty out for tea with the vicar), but for those whose indoor space allows for this kind of artistic deviation it is a piece to be marveled.  

£550 www.theoldcinema.co.uk

Beginning life as a traditional statuette (the type your Gran may have sitting on her mantelpiece) it has undergone a paint dousing in true Sarah fashion, demonstrating the true merits of clever upcycling.

www.supermarketsarah.com £35