Jilly's Halloween fun and games

Hi everyone!

I love Halloween as it's a chance to have parties for the kids and dress up. We usually have some of the children's friends round and play party games. We've even been out for dinner with all of the kids dressed up in their costumes! Here's a snap of my children dressed up for Halloween, ready for trick or treating.

My favourite game is getting the kids into pairs, giving them two toilet rolls and it's the first pair to wrap each other up as Egyptian mummies that win! It's great fun.

We only trick or treat people we know, and last year we rang my sister's doorbell and she opened the door with a werewolf mask on! Everyone screamed (including me!), as we weren't expecting it!

What spooky fun do you get up to at Halloween? I'd love to hear all about it! Just leave me a comment below.

Love Jilly x

Dale's spooky story for Halloween

Hi everyone, since it's Halloween I thought I would share my spookiest story with you.

It happened way back in the '80s when I was an estate agent. I went round to value a beautiful old coach house and was welcomed in by a mum and her young son.

Over a cuppa I said how lucky they were to live in such a quirky old house. The little boy looked up from his sandwich and said, "Yeah it's great, except the ghost really annoys me!"

His mum looked embarrassed and told me that they had experienced something spooky in the house, but didn't talk about it for fear of people thinking they were strange. She went on to tell me about the time the kitchen stool moved of its own accord across the kitchen. I must admit, it gave me goose bumps!

Brand-new beauty range from Linda Papadopoulos

Linda Papadopoulos is a popular celebrity psychologist, well-known for her appearances on morning chat shows, Loose Women, Big Brother and Celebrity Fit Club.

With an avid interest in beauty and both looking and feeling great, she's launching her new beauty range Psy Derma and we're lucky enough to have it on QVC! We spoke to Linda to see what it was all about...

Describe your new range in three words

Unique, effective, ground-breaking and luxurious (oops, I know that’s four but I couldn't fit it all into three)!

Share your top three skincare secrets

1. Make time for yourself - this is important both for the well-being of your skin and your mind.
2. Learn how to look in the mirror - you'll feel a lot better about yourself if you focus on things that you like rather than on things that you don't.
3. Don't see skincare as a chore, see it as a treat.

Tova replies to customers about her signature fragrance

Dear everyone,

I want to assure those of you who have written comments about changes to the Tova Signature fragrance. This fragrance is as close to me as it is to all of you. It has my name on it and so the integrity of it is equally important to me. Neither the formula nor the fragrance has changed at all, that I can tell you with confidence.

When I celebrated the fragrance's 25th Anniversary I introduced a new art  deco bottle. The original had a frosted, opaque finish and the new one is completely transparent. With a new bottle, it's easy to perceive the fragrance differently. It's like eating ice cream from a bowl you don't usually eat it from - you think it tastes differently!

Dale Franklin reveals his most embarrassing moments

Hi guys, Dale here,

Well, there have been far too many embarrassing moments to mention ranging from guests using profanities on air and scenery and guests falling over, to a kid's ball of jelly exploding in my face and countless embarrassing callers, usually after midnight.

There was also the time when Claudia Sylvester's stockings fell down during a show. I tried my hardest to carry on while she could hardly contain herself, laughing uncontrollably and looking like Nora Batty!

QVC UK's 15th Birthday tap dance

For anyone who missed it the first time round, here's the moment you all voted for - when Julia, Claire and Catherine tap-danced for your pleasure to celebrate QVC UK's 15th birthday. You go girls!

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Apology to everyone who entered the Beauty Day competition

Dear customer,

Thanks to everyone who entered our presenter top picks competition on Sunday 12^th October 2008. Due to a technical error, not everyone who entered was put into the prize draw and entrants may have received an email stating incorrectly that they were too late to enter or had emailed the wrong address.

We are very sorry for any confusion caused by this. To be fair to everyone who entered, we have re-entered all correct entries into a second prize draw for the same prize offering. You can find out the names of both winners now by going to our competitions page.

Best wishes,

QVC Internet Team

Get Sarah Chapman's celebrity skincare tips

High-profile beauty expert Sarah Chapman is introducing her new beauty range to QVC, and we can't wait to check it out! Sarah regularly contributes to glossy magazines like Vogue and appears on TV, most recently Channel 4's 'Ten years younger', plus she has her own clinic so she's a real source of knowledge.

Sarah's launching her new beauty range at QVC this Sunday and we caught up with her during the week to pick up some beauty tips...

What do you enjoy most about being a beauty expert?

I love the challenge. It's really rewarding when clients get satisfaction and happiness with their skin’s improvement and you really can change the way they feel about themselves.

I also enjoy researching different aspects of beauty, working with the media on news stories, and writing advice columns on latest treatments and products.

Guess the presenter revealed...

Hi everyone,

We had a very mixed bag of guesses this time, but we can reveal that the young presenter is... Catherine Huntley!

Here's another pic of her when she was younger sporting the same haircut as she has now!

Ask Alexis from L'Occitane your beauty questions

Calling all beauty fans, here's your chance to have your beauty questions answered by our L'Occitane expert, Alexis.

Whatever your skin type, whatever your dilemma - all you have to do is post up your beauty question. Ten lucky commenters will be picked and answers from Alexis will be posted up soon. Good luck!