22.02.2013 BRILLIANT NEWS!

After much deliberation, Katie has picked a winner for her Christmas Fairy competition: Congratulations to Hayley Jones and her entry:

That everyone can have the simple pleasure of pulling their xmas cracker with someone who cares enough to give them their paper hat.

Hope you enjoy the fabulous prizes!

KATIE’S CHRISTMAS FAIRY COMPETITION

The run up to Christmas is always super stressful.

With that in mind Katie has picked her top 10 pampering treats for one lucky person to win as well as signed copies of Start Your Day With Katie and Things Get Better:

St Moriz Self Tanning Mousse
Sanctuary Spa Escape & Unwind Gift Set Bath & Body
Body Shop Reviving Foot Soak
Batisse dry shampoo
L’Occitane Shea Butter Pure Shea Butter 150ml
Bourjous Nail Varnish
Carmex mint flavour lip balms
Rimmel eyeliner
Lush bath bombs
Sally Hansen tights in a can leg makeup

To be in with a chance to win we just want to know if you were a Christmas Fairy what one wish would you grant?

Dust off your magic wand and leave your email address and answer below. We’ll pick the best one on 1st January!

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

Click here for our full terms and conditions.

KATIE ON THIS MORNING

The amazing Katie Piper was on This Morning yesterday talking, among other things, about her amazing new book Start your Day with Katie.

Check out her brilliant appearance on The show here.

START YOUR DAY WITH KATIE
365 Affirmations for a Year of Positive Thinking
Katie Piper Publication date: 4th October Price: £9.99
Katie is one of the most inspirational people I have ever met. – Simon Cowell

Positive affirmations helped me in my darkest times to focus on my health and happiness, and to remember I was not alone. I know how well they worked for me in regaining my life, and now I want to share them with you. – Katie Piper

Start your Day with Katie is a page-a-day book of Katie Piper’s most powerful inspirational thoughts, plus quotes and poems that helped give her courage and hope after her rape and acid attack.

With Katie’s guiding messages, you can begin every day on the right track. Let these affirmations help you find happiness and inner strength.

They are one of the tools that Katie Piper used to rebuild her life. Keep this book with you or by your bedside table to turn to any time you need a little help in finding peace or inspiration.

Katie Piper is a presenter and charity campaigner. In 2008 she survived a rape and acid attack that left her facially disfigured.

Her moving Channel 4 documentary was watched by 3.5 million viewers.

Katie founded her own charity to help people living with burns and scars and recently received a prestigious Woman of the Year award.

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FIRST EVER KATIE PIPER SIGNING ANNOUNCED

Quercus Publishing and Selfridges are delighted to announce that Katie Piper will be hosting her first public book signing in Selfridges, Oxford Street on Thursday, 24th May from 5pm-6pm.

In this her second book, Things Get Better, Katie shares her own stories and letters she has been sent to help describe the key steps and support that led to her emotional recovery.

Whether suffering a breakup of life change or more serious trauma Katie acknowledges the pain we have all felt at times, whether physical or psychological, grief or trauma, and shows with spectacular compassion, encouragement that we can all find the strength within to carry on.

Jenny Heller, Publishing Director at Quercus says: ‘We are thrilled about Katie’s first book signing at Selfridges. We look forward to meeting her many fans at this event.’

Things Get Better is published on the 24th May and signing will take place in W H Smith at Selfridges on the Lower Ground floor.

KATIE PIPER LIVE AT GOOGLE
Exciting news! On the Google Play page at 3:30pm (GMT) on Wednesday 23rd May, Katie Piper will be having a Hangout!

Hangouts are live video chats. Katie will be talking to some of her fans, but you’re all invited to watch and listen and send in your own questions!

All you need to do to join the Hangout is to join Google+ and add both Katie and Google Play to your circles.

If you would like to be shortlisted for a space in the Hangout, please post your question for Katie in the comments below the announcement on Google+. We’ll be in touch closer to the time to let you know if you have been successfully shortlisted. For those you miss out, don’t despair, the Hangout will be broadcast from the Goole Play page which means you can watch the discussion in real time.

(For those who haven’t used Google+ before, it’s really simple to use. Here’s a link to a site that helps people get started as well as providing simple tutorials on getting to grips with Circles and Hangouts.)