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Style Awards: Newmarket’s best dressed contest is back!

25 May 2023
Style Awards: Newmarket’s best dressed contest is back!

Style Awards: Newmarket’s best dressed contest is back!

25 May 2023

Could you be Newmarket’s best dressed? With stellar prizes to be won, the challenge is on. . .


Beauty: How to master a pastel palette

12 May 2023
Beauty: How to master a pastel palette

Beauty: How to master a pastel palette

12 May 2023

There’s no surer way to refresh your makeup look for spring/summer than shifting to a palette of pretty, playful pastels. . .


Homes: Two new Cambridge candle brands to love

12 May 2023
Homes: Two new Cambridge candle brands to love

Homes: Two new Cambridge candle brands to love

12 May 2023

Meet the founders of two new - and already acclaimed - Cambridge candle brands


Coronation: Our regal cover shoot at King’s College, Cambridge

05 May 2023
Coronation: Our regal cover shoot at King’s College, Cambridge

Coronation: Our regal cover shoot at King’s College, Cambridge

05 May 2023

Get into the Coronation spirit with our regal cover shoot at King’s College, Cambridge


Food: Coronation specials on the local menu

02 May 2023
Food: Coronation specials on the local menu

Food: Coronation specials on the local menu

02 May 2023

Coronation specials on the menu in Cambridge and Bury


Win: Wine-tasting for two in Cambridge **CLOSED**

01 May 2023
Win: Wine-tasting for two in Cambridge **CLOSED**

Win: Wine-tasting for two in Cambridge **CLOSED**

01 May 2023

Cambridge’s Wine Rooms is giving you the chance to win a pair of wine-tasting tickets – worth £60


Win: A month of pizza at Duxford’s Lodge **CLOSED**

01 May 2023
Win: A month of pizza at Duxford’s Lodge **CLOSED**

Win: A month of pizza at Duxford’s Lodge **CLOSED**

01 May 2023

Fancy winning free pizza – for a whole month? Here’s your chance. . .


Win: A box of Chin Chin Bakery doughnuts **CLOSED**

01 May 2023
Win: A box of Chin Chin Bakery doughnuts **CLOSED**

Win: A box of Chin Chin Bakery doughnuts **CLOSED**

01 May 2023

We’ve teamed up with Cambridge’s Chin Chin Bakery to give away a box of fresh filled doughnuts – worth £24


Win: A designer Artemisia Hwang handbag **CLOSED**

01 May 2023
Win: A designer Artemisia Hwang handbag **CLOSED**

Win: A designer Artemisia Hwang handbag **CLOSED**

01 May 2023

It’s the accessory holy grail: a handbag that works for all occasions. Read on to win. . .


Win: A luxury trip to Ragdale Hall Spa **CLOSED**

26 April 2023
Win: A luxury trip to Ragdale Hall Spa **CLOSED**

Win: A luxury trip to Ragdale Hall Spa **CLOSED**

26 April 2023

Need a treat? Enter our competition to win a night at Ragdale Hall Spa – worth £694!


Recipes: Make TikTok star's signature bakes

20 April 2023
Recipes: Make TikTok star's signature bakes

Recipes: Make TikTok star's signature bakes

20 April 2023

Eloise Head, aka Fitwaffle, is TikTok’s most-watched UK recipe creator. To mark the launch of her cookbook Baked in One, we’re sharing three recipes


Fashion: Meet star jeweller Shaun Leane

11 April 2023
Fashion: Meet star jeweller Shaun Leane

Fashion: Meet star jeweller Shaun Leane

11 April 2023

He's famous for collaborating with Alexander McQueen and judging TV jewellery talent show All That Glitters. Velvet chats to Shaun Leane


Fashion: Local style icons - as seen by an artist

06 April 2023
Fashion: Local style icons - as seen by an artist

Fashion: Local style icons - as seen by an artist

06 April 2023

Captured by Sarah Smart - a Saffron Walden-based illustrator who’s worked with Vogue - three local fashion icons share their ‘it’ looks for spring


Win: A boutique scent gift set - worth £135 **CLOSED**

04 April 2023
Win: A boutique scent gift set - worth £135 **CLOSED**

Win: A boutique scent gift set - worth £135 **CLOSED**

04 April 2023

Cambridge-born brand To The Fairest is giving Velvet readers chance to win a luxury gift set in Aubine, the perfect fragrance for spring. . .


Win: £50 to spend at Cambridge's cutest cafe **CLOSED**

04 April 2023
Win: £50 to spend at Cambridge's cutest cafe **CLOSED**

Win: £50 to spend at Cambridge's cutest cafe **CLOSED**

04 April 2023

Read on for your chance to win a £50 voucher for Barbarella, the small and perfectly formed Chesterton cafe famed for its cakes and croissant sarnies


Win: A luxury preserved flower bouquet - worth £58 **CLOSED**

04 April 2023
Win: A luxury preserved flower bouquet - worth £58 **CLOSED**

Win: A luxury preserved flower bouquet - worth £58 **CLOSED**

04 April 2023

Part of the new spring collection at Shida, the Bury St Edmunds-based preserved flower brand, you could win the stunning Amaya bouquet


Win: Gourmet mallows and chocolates - worth £27.50 **CLOSED**

04 April 2023
Win: Gourmet mallows and chocolates - worth £27.50 **CLOSED**

Win: Gourmet mallows and chocolates - worth £27.50 **CLOSED**

04 April 2023

Fancy a treat? Enter our competition to win a gift set of gourmet marshmallows and filled bonbons from Saffron Walden's Bitesize Bakehouse


Shoot: Dressing for joy with Walden boutique Blue

31 March 2023
Shoot: Dressing for joy with Walden boutique Blue

Shoot: Dressing for joy with Walden boutique Blue

31 March 2023

Modelling SS23 looks from Saffron Walden boutique Blue, Velvet’s contributing fashion editor Rohiny Belani dresses happy at Cambridge Union Society


Easter: This year's choccy eggs put to the test

31 March 2023
Easter: This year's choccy eggs put to the test

Easter: This year's choccy eggs put to the test

31 March 2023

We put a clutch of this year's eggs (and a few extra sweet treats) to the test. If it’s your job to play Easter Bunny, read on. . .


Open Days: Best gardens for blossoms and bulbs

31 March 2023
Open Days: Best gardens for blossoms and bulbs

Open Days: Best gardens for blossoms and bulbs

31 March 2023

A chance to see behind usually closed gate, National Garden Scheme open days are taking place across our area this month. Alice Ryan enjoys a preview