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• Primark AW12 – The best dresses
  Primark have excelled themselves this AW12 with gorgeous dresses, just in time for the Christmas and party season. Embellishments, sequins and class exude from this collection. Here are two of the best dresses from Primark this season: Sequin skater dress Gold Sequin And Pink Dress […]
• Primark AW12 – Print Blazer Jacket
  Print Blazer Jacket from Primark’s AW12 collection: […]
• Primark AW12 – Floral Embellished Blouse
  There are some exciting pieces from the AW12 Primark collection coming up and hopefully we will see them in Primark Gran Canaria too. Floral embellished blouse with studded collar: […]
• Summer sales in Gran Canaria
  The Summer sales in Gran Canaria are starting this year on 2nd July and will continue until 2nd September. It’s a great time to look for bargains in Gran Canaria and the magic word to looks for on shop windows is ‘Rebajas’. Usually in the shop sales there are levels, so at first the discount […]
• Toy King Sale C.C Atlantico Vecindario
  Previously the locale for Valiram Hobbies, Toy King on the top floor of C.C Atlantico, Vecindario is having a huge sale with around 50% off items. Hello Kitty items were reduced by 30% of the original price, including stationery sets notebooks. Action figures and Barbies were reduced right down, including this Barbie On Location Monte-Carlo […]
• Claire’s Accessories to open in C.C Atlantico Vecindario
  One of my favourite shopping centers in Gran Canaria is C.C Atlantico in Vecindario. Today’s visit to the Atlantico Center for some shopping in Carrefour, proved rewarding as I noticed the locale next to GAME, which was previously Chanrai, now has a sign on it saying Claire’s Accessories will be opening soon! I think this […]
• Primark Bikinis 2012
  There are some great bikinis in Primark (Las Arenas and El Mirador, Gran Canaria) for the Summer. It’s not expensive to look beach chic this Summer when Primark are doing basic bikinis from 5€ and more colourful ones at around 12€ Here are some of my favourites: I have this black bikini below, it’s classic […]
• Good Night Triana
  Friday 4th May, the streets of Triana in Gran Canaria will be immersed in the event ‘Good Night Triana’, organised by ‘Programa Gran Canaria Moda Cálida’ in collaboration with the ‘Asociación de Empresarios de la Zona Comercial de Triana’, ‘el área de Cultura del Cabildo de Gran Canaria’ and ‘Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran […]
• Clothing Size Guide for Spain
  Sometimes it’s hard to work out what size clothing you are in certain shops. There are EU sizes, which are mainly used in Spain (along with S, M, L in shops like Bershka and Stradivarious) although in Primark the sizes are in both European sizes and UK/Ireland sizes. Just in case you were unsure what […]
• Beautik Makeup Bargains
  Many years ago I was looking for a decent mascara and found myself in a perfume shop buying a ‘very expensive’ Helena Rubenstein waterproof mascara. It was 20€ I could have spent on something else as it was no better than a cheaper mascara. These days, it’s easier to buy makeup in Gran Canaria. There […]