Tala has also worked at Grazia Magazine Middle East, Tom Ford HQ in the UK andthe Halston HQ in New York.

Twitter: @myfashdiary

Twitter: @hipandhealthyuk

Twitter: @MaySmooch

Twitter: @FashionFilth

Twitter: @fashedatlarge

But in June of 2009 therattle.co.uk went through a redesign not only in the look of the site but also their mission statement.  From that monumental day in internet history therattle became a exclusive FilmBlog and began to take the world by storm.  Shortly after it’s weekly podcast 35mm Heroes sparked into life where myself, Ian and Noel flood the airwaves each week with our vast knowledge and strong opinions on everything that is going on in film that week.

At the end of 2009 therattle would go through another massive change as it gave birth to EatSleepLiveFilm, same people new site.  I really hope you enjoy our little site and return to it for you film needs over and over again.

Twitter: @aggy84

Twitter: @JRosellenM

Twitter: @tackyblueeyes

Twitter: @smudgetikka

Alongside a place to plug in a phone, use the latest Intel laptops (thank you) to blog on, or simply chill for a while: we also had some great appearances from beauty and fashion brands who helped our bloggers to unwind before they hit Somerset House. Spring collections, manicures, massages, makeup, skincare and movies – the Handpicked suite had it all!

The bloggers who came along enjoyed trying on all the new collections from Warehouse and Ted Baker, as well as a selection of gifts to take away from Gielly Green, EtreUK, Ole Henriksen, Versace Fragrance, Blanx, Simple, Kopi, OSKIA, Vaishaly, Shu Uemura, Khiels, Biotherm & Hip Hop Watches.

Twitter: @BeautyGeekUK

Twitter: @InthePowderRoom

Twitter: @ParkLifeBlog

Twitter: @ZoeandDrew

Twitter: @SundayGirlBlog

Twitter: @dianaanastasia

Twitter: @Super_Gorgeous

Twitter: @jopayton

Twitter: @SusieAmy

Having problems understanding Blogger? Want to know more about using Google Analytics? Want to alter the layout to your site or move to a new publishing platform? Whatever your problem or query our new monthly Tech Tips and Tricks for Bloggers newsletter for our Handpicked Community will answer many of your pressing tech problems.

Faye from Girl Does Geek has an ‘unhealthy obsession’ with all things tech and she will be pulling together mini-tutorials and answering the most commonly asked questions that you all have via our newsletter once a month.

If you have any problems or queries that you want Faye to answer please comment on this story and we will pass them through to her. She won’t be able to answer things personally but will make sure that the most often requested questions and problems are all covered off – so don’t forget to take a look at the Tech Tips and Tricks for Bloggers newsletter when you get it!

So, what’s your problem?

For the registered user, TV Pixie brings a little touch of magic to the visual entertainment experience. The site offers you personalised recommendations of what to watch, so you can save time trawling endlessly through the programme guide.

Twitter: @TVPixie

Twitter @dollybowbow

FashionBite was originally launched as part of London Fashion Week’s 25th anniversary and focuses on designer fashion news, luxury & premium brand interviews, new product launches and lifestyle/beauty/travel features.

FashionBite editor Emily Seares was included in VOGUE’s Online Fashion 100 list for 2012 (featuring the “most influential names and faces” from the online fashion world). VOGUE’s Digital Powerlist was launched during Online Fashion Week in December 2011.

Emily launched On|Off’s first London Fashion Week blog in 2010, FashionBite for On|Off which she continued to write until February 2011. She also wrote for On|Off during its debut catwalk shows at Paris Fashion Week in September 2011.

Emily previously worked as a news reporter for fashion industry bible Drapers, where she specialised in online, and prior to that Retail Week. Emily continues to freelance for both titles.

FashionBite was voted one of the Top Ten London Fashion Blogs by Spoonfed in August ’10. FashionBite was featured in Fashion 100′s Guide to the Most Influential Bloggers of 2011.

Follow FashionBite on Twitter at FashionBite
Become a fan of FashionBite on Facebook

Twitter: @milkteef

Online since April 2009, 2011 was a banner year for the site – with national press and television quotes for both 20th Century Fox’s Horrible Bosses, Dreamworks’ Puss in Boots and the UK’s very own Horror Channel. Plus this year we’ve been nominated for a Total Film Blog of the Year Award, a Richard Attenborough Film Award for Best Film Blog. We’re also ranked in the Top 5 cinema blogs in the UK by social media analysts eBuzzing.

Twitter: @backstagebiz

Hi everyone! Just a quick note to say that Handpicked Media is officially on Christmas break starting today (22/12/11).

We’ll back and open for business again beginning 3rd January 2012.

If you need anything in the meantime please use the following contacts:

Ad operations: chris@handpickedmedia.co.uk

General inquires: dil@handpickedmedia.co.uk

Everything else: krista@handpickedmedia.co.uk

Have a brilliant Christmas and a happy New Year!

Aussie's going BIG! A warm welcome at our Aussie event...

We had a brilliant night with Aussie this week to celebrate the launch of their new BIG sizes. Since we all can’t get enough of them, Aussie have released super sized versions of their best-selling shampoos and conditioners including Colour Mate and Miracle Moist.

Aussie Ambassador Liz Taw (who, among other celeb clients, has been styling dreamy Gary Barlow on this year’s X Factor) was on hand for individual haircare/styling tips – check out this stunning 5 minute ‘do on Katie from Katie’s Beauty Blog!

Styled by Liz Taw for Aussie

Thanks to Aussie for a very fun and informative evening – keep an eye on our blogs for their bespoke tips and tricks from Liz!

Twitter: @scaredcrows

Twitter: @BeautyFulfilled

The site was first launched in September 2009 under the name The Beauty and the Feast as a hobby and soon became a full time occupation. It was soon transferred from a blogspot address to a co.uk and the readership (and support) has grown in leaps and bounds.

Twitter: @liz_randell

Occasionally there are posts on fashion, books and films but a post on my new favourite eye shadow or lipstick is never far away.

Twitter: @amymcjohnson

It doesn’t get any deeper than that.

Twitter: @lollipop26

Twitter: @msbudgetbeauty

Twitter @Sophieismadeup

Just a quick post to say thank you to everybody who attended Handpicked Media Gets Social today! We had brilliant and inspirational talks from Garry Davis, Rebecca Miskin, Sháá Wasmund, Mark Borkowski and Jane Cunningham as well as lively discussion and debate on our Beauty and Fashion panels.

Better still, #HPMSocial trended on Twitter nationwide 3 separate times during the event! A huge success all round, thanks to all who tweeted/re-tweeted and a special thanks to our speakers and sponsors.

Keep an eye on this site for updates, pictures and video from the event in the coming week.

If you represent a brand and are interested in supporting the next #HPMSocial event, please contact Krista at krista@handpickedmedia.co.uk

If you’re a blogger or agency and would like to register your interest to attend the next #HPMSocial, click here to submit your details!

South of the River Mum loves story-time and making yellow submarines out of cardboard boxes as well food, wine, reading, travel, skiing and making the most of London.   She is interested in news on maternity issues, education, theatre, parenting, days out and after-school activities.

Twitter @southrivermum

As a by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of mama, I am passionate about encouraging, uplifting and inspiring mothers – at every age and stage, and in all the amazing forms motherhood takes – to feel their happy, healthiest best! (And chocolate, cakes and carbs are DEFINITELY allowed. In fact, they’re required).

It’s all in the mix here – from express beauty tips to fashion finds, foolproof recipes (if I can pull them off, I promise you, they are) to fresh ideas for family fun – and I’d love it if you’d share yours, too!

It’s a little bit random, and definitely unpredictable. Can you relate?!

Twitter @nonstopmama

We are pleased to announce that yesterday we officially launched our Handpicked Community.

There are so many great blogs that we want to include in our Handpicked family but some are just not quite ready to join our Collective. By building our Handpicked Community we can stay in touch with you and hope that the community will become a useful stepping stone to help bloggers grow and expand their blogs further, with a view to eventually joining Handpicked Media Collective. The HPC is a collection of fledgling  and established blogs which although are not part of our collective have still been handpicked by us to join.

Members of the community will receive press releases about brands,  invitations, samples and exclusives but only from us here at Handpicked Media, we will not be passing your details on to third parties.

We are excited about this new venture and from last night’s Twitter activity we can see you are too! Click the image below to see what our new community members have been saying about it all!

If you are a blogger and wish to apply to join the Handpicked Community please email debbie@handpickedmedia.co.uk

If you are an agency and would like to enquire about our Handpicked Community outreach service please do email Debbie at the above too.

Many of us will have trials to overcome during a lifetime, but thankfully most of us will only have one trouble to deal with at an time. Jessica Jones, editor of Chemo Chic, initially set up the blog as a method of coping with her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Soon it became a bit more than that turning into a forensic investigation of the beauty products in her bathroom. She has now published her memoir, ‘The Elegant Art of Falling Apart’, which tracks addiction, a broken love affair, emotional upset and living with cancer. Her story of strength and recovering is truly inspiring, visit Chemo Chic and look out for the novel which is published by Hachette Australia.

Come join us at the best blogger event of 2011, #HPMSocial!

When – 21st November 2011
Where – RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects): 66 Portland Place, London W1.

Handpicked Media has hosted over 40 highly successful blogger events with our exclusive collective of bloggers and now we’re putting on our largest event to date – open to all with a passion for blogging!

Handpicked Media Gets Social is the place for bloggers to meet, mingle and enjoy sessions with a host of some of the best people in social media plus some of the biggest brands.

For Bloggers
The day will include sessions on how to grow your blog, how to form relationships with companies and brands and PR’s. Find out what makes a truly great blog and how to turn your blog into a brand. Meet & listen to some of the most successful fashion & beauty bloggers in the UK.

For Brands
This is not just another Social Media Conference, we will be pulling in an audience taken from our own stable of highly influential and successful bloggers and mixing it up with those that are on their way to joining them.

For more details and to book tickets head to handpickedmediagetssocial.com

Twitter: natalyafgm

For the Young Dude – a name shamelessly taken from Mr. Bowie – is simply a place for me to share all the things that interest me. I couldn’t find a place that does it already so I did it myself!

It’s all the stuff I think a Young Dude needs to know, or this one at the very least.

Stick around, it’s fun here…

Twitter @ForTheYoungDude

I love cooking and baking all sorts of food but if pushed to name a favourite I’d say puff pastry for the cathartic, repetitive action and deeply satisfying sight of the layers rising in the oven. Add some sausage meat to the puff pastry and I’m in heaven. I am also slightly addicted to making sugar paste animals to adorn the top of cakes.

Twitter @HollyBellMummy

In an unfamiliar part of town and looking for something interesting and different to do? Look no further as Culture Compass has launched! This virtual compass, launched by  Courvoisier The Future 500 members Loma-Ann Marks (founder and editor of online arts and culture magazine Culture Compass, formerly Open Magazine and member of Handpicked Media) and David Prior (technologyspecialist) will direct you to your next exciting culture event while inviting you to become a Culture Spotter and suggest your own creative happening, be it a gig, play, exhibition, reading or recital – you decide what fits the term ‘culture.’ Since 2008, Courvoisier The Future 500 has challenged members from different backgrounds to come up with an exciting and innovative business proposition and in 2010 awarded the winning concept £10,000 to bring it to life. The result of 2010’s competition is Culture Compass.  So join this community of culture aficionados connecting, sharing and shaping the cultural landscape at iTunes or on Android visit here.

Twitter @MovieMoron

This is a brand that’s been around a long, long time (50 years to be precise) and it’s always great to get together with the Creative Beauty Director of  Head & Shoulders, Peter Lux. Peter is a creative whizz and once everyone had relaxed with a fairly lethal cocktail or two, they all had a chance to create (under Peter’s watchful eye of course) some really impressive looks with a ‘head of hair’ dummy and a selection of styling tools. In homage to the age of the brand, we all created a classic ‘Audrey’ then moved on to a more on-trend look straight from the catwalks with a sort of Rock ‘n’ Roll meets Forties up-do. Several more lethal cocktails and a few mini-burgers later and the Handpicked Media bloggers left The St Martins Lane Hotel with some great pictures and blog post inspiration.

Twitter @westlondon_mum

We promise to push your beauty buttons with lots of exclusive competitions, thought-provoking features, breaking beauty news, and tried and tested reviews.

Twitter @BeautyPages

Twitter @Sarah_Berryman1

Twitter @bestforfilm

Twitter @FashionNBarbie

Twitter @vipxo

Hopefully my blog will teach you a few new tricks, introduce you to a few great products and stop you from buying the not so great ones. I do also like adding a few posts about a fashion and lifestyle which are just a bit of a change from my normal beauty posts.

Twitter @sabrinalovesyou

Twitter @ShirleyBEniang

A recent graduate now working as a Fashion Designer. BIG passion for both fashion and beauty.

Twitter @stylesuzi