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As editor of guardian.co.uk/money, a regular contributor to the Guardian and an avid bargain hunter, Hilary Osborne is a dab hand at making your money go a little further.  

Since graduating from Oxford University, Hilary Osborne has spent most of her career writing about money and what the best ways are to spend and save it. Having worked at What Money, What Investment and at the Guardian for the last seven years there are few more qualified to advise on how to get the most from your precious pennies.

It’s been a tough few years on our wallets, with rising prices for food and energy putting a squeeze on household budgets. Most of us are looking for any chance we can to save. If you’ve already done some of the big things – switching energy providers, reducing the miles you drive where you can, and making sure you’re not paying over the odds for any borrowing you are doing, it’s time to consider a few smaller savings. After all, the pennies can quickly add up.

Here are five ways to make your money go a …

Antonia O’Brien is a successful stylist and regular guest presenter on ITV’s morning favourite shows, Daybreak and Lorraine, as well as lead anchor for the Lorraine weekly fashion feature, Style Dilemma.

 An authority on upcoming trends and hot fashion news, she was spotted by Grazia magazine in 2010 and regularly appears in the feature pages. Antonia has also been an ambassador for the charity Fashion Targets Breast Cancer since 2010, working with the team on fundraising events and campaigns.

BrandAlley’s Savvy Shopper has been lucky to get Antonia’s top tips on how to shop savvy and feel good in an exclusive guest post.

I’ve worked in the fashion industry for several years now and been busy in all areas, from styling on shoots to writing fashion features and re-working people’s wardrobes. It is really important for my day to day that I know what is going on in the fashion-sphere, so I have to keep current with fashion trends and changing styles via newspapers, magazines and streetstyle blogs. I love translating the catwalk looks and re-working them from the high street, whether I am …

Beautiful skin isn’t just for summer, but now we’re getting into the supposed warmer months, it’s time to prepare. So it’s important to treat your skin to some TLC and we’ve got just the thing for you. Beauty insiders have long favoured award-winning Dr LeWinn beauty products for their quality ingredients and above all their ability to make your skin look and feel beautiful. There’s a reason they’ve been the top performing premium skincare range in Australia for the last eleven years and we’ve got them onsite today with up to 50% off!

As one of the world’s most distinguished plastic surgeons, Dr. LeWinn was often called upon to give his clients  glowing skin so he developed his own range of skincare products capable of delivering remarkable results against the visible signs of ageing.

 

It’s fair to say, most of us women want younger-looking, softer skin, but aren’t prepared to pay OTT prices dictated by some other brands. We hear of celebs spending £1000+ on tiny pots of fancy night creams, others trying radical ingredients (did you hear about bull semen – yeah! We know, we are …