ELLE’s Off-Duty Extras...

Once Team ELLE checks out of the office for the night/weekend/holiday, weve got strong opinions on the best reads, eats and beauty treats.

By ELLE UK and NonePublished: 11 July 2011

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Want to find out where we go to play? Take a look at these tips that we just couldnt fit into the August issue...

WHERE WE'LL BE GOING FOR... BEAUTY TREATS

Avril Mair, associate editor: I dont like the feel of much make-up on my skin and so I never, ever used face powder - until I went to interview Peter Philips, creative director for Chanel make-up, who insisted I try Chanel pressed powder in Translucent. Its totally sheer but it just does something; its like a kind of a genetic blessing in a compact.

Annabel Brog, acting deputy editor: Fashion stylist Deborah Brett literally marched me to Selfridges and made me buy Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Red Square, rightly claiming the strong orange-red is the best way to ramp up a face with no other make-up.

Suzanne Scott, beauty writer: Ive recently re-discovered my love of a French manicure and manicurist Marina Sandoval at Jo Hansford on Mount Street is the best. She can transform even the tattiest of nails. Enq johansford.com

Georgia Collins, deputy beauty editor: The Wellington Centre in Hastings, Kent, is owned by Jo Fairley who founded Green & Blacks chocolate, so she knows a thing or two about indulgence. Treatments range from acupuncture to reiki to yoga. Enq thewellingtoncentre.com

WHERE WE'LL GO FOR... INSPIRATION

Andrew Falconer, managing editor: Latin American music is summer to me. Put some sunshine in your life with the 1964 eponymous debut album from Os Ipanemas.

Lisa Rahman, designer: The Pick Me Up con

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