
Platinum Live
If you love reading Platinum every month, then imagine stepping into our world. Pour yourself a glass of vino and join the team for a virtual afternoon as we dive into your favourite sections of Platinum.
Get set for guaranteed laughs aplenty, expert advice and bags of fun as you join us, from the comfort of your own home, on a journey through some of Platinum’s best bits — virtually.
You can expect…
- Join Valentina Harris for a cook-a-long fresh pasta masterclass
- Learn all there is to know about skilled wine tasting
- An in-depth health chat with our resident GP – Dr Dawn
- Self-care advice and yoga demonstration for all ages and abilities
- Ways to feel beautiful and stylish with our fashion and beauty experts
- Our expert Gardener answers all your gardening questions
Join us for our first ever live event!
Key Dates
26 Mar 2021 | VIRTUAL EVENT |
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COOKERY MASTERCLASS WITH OUR RESIDENT CHEF – VALENTINA HARRIS
Join our pasta cook-along with Valentina.
All you need is;
200g pasta flour or plain white flour, plus a little semolina
2 large eggs
1 hand cranked pasta machine or a rolling pin
1 small bowl
1 fork
Clean hands!
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Behind the scenes fashion shoot with Boo
Learn ways to feel even more beautiful and stylish with our fashion expert.
Any questions for Boo simply email
events@platinum-mag.co.uk
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Dottie will be revealing her top beauty products and techniques
To ask her a question simply email
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In-depth health talks with Dr Dawn Harper
NHS doctor and face of Channel 4 Embarrassing Bodies, Dawn has a wealth of knowledge.
Our health expert will break through the jargon to tell you about wellbeing issues that matter to you.
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Delicious wine tasting experience with Joanna Simon
There’s no one better than Joanna for need-to-know drinks — after all, she was a wine critic at The Sunday Times for two decades.
Pour yourself a glass of wine as she guides you how to expertly taste and smell your favourite tipple.
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Create a hanging basket with Mark Lane
Recognised for his work presenting on BBC Gardener’s World, watch Mark for practical advice on keeping your garden blooming.
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Fitness Advice and yoga with Barbara Currie
Five decades after she started teaching yoga, 78 -year old Barbara is performing the same stretches she did in her twenties. You can turn to her for essential tips o n how to stay strong and healthy
Vionic
www.vionicshoes.co.uk
Vionic shoes provide essential stability and addictive support. With contours seamlessly engineered into each and every pair–from flip flops to heels–Vionic helps support natural alignment from the ground up, in looks you’re going to love.
For over 40 years, Vionic has created life-changing footwear and this season is no different. Spring/Summer 2021 provides feel-good, look-great comfort for all occasions and all weather. Equally stylish and supportive, the collection spotlights vibrant animal prints, pretty pastel colours and luxe touches.
Designed to support you and made to move you, Vionic are committed to well-being with every step. If you are not satisfied with the results within the first 30 days of wearing your new Vionic shoes, you can return them for free, for a full product refund, even if you have worn them outside!
Discover the Vionic Difference for yourself!
Cotton Traders
www.cottontraders.com
Starting to think about your new season wardrobe? There’s never been a better time as we’ve teamed up with fashion retailer Cotton Traders for our 1st ever virtual event. The much-loved British brand is back with a spring summer collection that’s effortlessly stylish without compromising on comfort, encapsulating everything from beautiful boho day dresses to printed and pleated swishy skirts so versatile you can wear them five ways.
Renowned for their unrivalled quality, value and range of sizes, wherever the season takes you, stop off at their website first to shop the full collection.
Known globally as the Neck-Xperts, PRAI Beauty pride themselves on helping skincare lovers understand why using specifically created products for the most forgotten areas is so important. PRAI have a solution for all your targeted skincare needs. Whether you want to disguise feathering lip lines, smooth deep-set décolletage creases or reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, they have developed a complete collection of products to help lift, firm, brighten and tighten your skin.
The undisputed hero of the range, the Throat & Decolletage Creme, is packed full of shea butter, hyaluronic acid and Sepilift, and with one selling every 60 seconds, is an international bestseller. PRAI Beauty is proud to be 100% cruelty free and support animal foundations around the world.
Visit Prai Beauty websiteDr Nestor is one of Scotland’s most experienced Aesthetic Doctors, an international speaker, author and UK trainer in Aesthetic Medicine. His surgical background and skill combined with his passion for Aesthetic Medicine founded The Medical & Cosmetic Centre.
Dr Nestor’s treatments focus on non-surgical facial rejuvenation, quietly enhancing our patients, helping them to not only ‘age well’, but to fulfil their aesthetic potential, equally for women and men. Never ‘done’. Always discreet. The aim is to restore youthful features. Not to look younger.
Dr Nestor has dedicated his career to Aesthetic Medicine and patient care, training with some of the most eminent global surgeons and doctors. Dr Nestor opened The Medical Cosmetic Centre in April 2016 in Edinburgh city centre. It has since grown to be one of the largest aesthetic clinics in Scotland and has won several awards including ‘Best New Clinic 2017’, ’Most Innovative Clinic 2018’, and ‘Best Clinic Scotland 2019’, with Dr Nestor himself winning “Cosmetic Doctor of the Year 2018”. Dr Nestor also holds regular fortnightly clinics in London.

Vionic
www.vionicshoes.co.uk
Vionic shoes provide essential stability and addictive support. With contours seamlessly engineered into each and every pair–from flip flops to heels–Vionic helps support natural alignment from the ground up, in looks you’re going to love.
For over 40 years, Vionic has created life-changing footwear and this season is no different. Spring/Summer 2021 provides feel-good, look-great comfort for all occasions and all weather. Equally stylish and supportive, the collection spotlights vibrant animal prints, pretty pastel colours and luxe touches.
Designed to support you and made to move you, Vionic are committed to well-being with every step. If you are not satisfied with the results within the first 30 days of wearing your new Vionic shoes, you can return them for free, for a full product refund, even if you have worn them outside!
Discover the Vionic Difference for yourself!
Cotton Traders
www.cottontraders.com
Starting to think about your new season wardrobe? There’s never been a better time as we’ve teamed up with fashion retailer Cotton Traders for our 1st ever virtual event. The much-loved British brand is back with a spring summer collection that’s effortlessly stylish without compromising on comfort, encapsulating everything from beautiful boho day dresses to printed and pleated swishy skirts so versatile you can wear them five ways.
Renowned for their unrivalled quality, value and range of sizes, wherever the season takes you, stop off at their website first to shop the full collection.

Known globally as the Neck-Xperts, PRAI Beauty pride themselves on helping skincare lovers understand why using specifically created products for the most forgotten areas is so important. PRAI have a solution for all your targeted skincare needs. Whether you want to disguise feathering lip lines, smooth deep-set décolletage creases or reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, they have developed a complete collection of products to help lift, firm, brighten and tighten your skin.
The undisputed hero of the range, the Throat & Decolletage Creme, is packed full of shea butter, hyaluronic acid and Sepilift, and with one selling every 60 seconds, is an international bestseller. PRAI Beauty is proud to be 100% cruelty free and support animal foundations around the world.
Visit Prai Beauty website
Dr Nestor is one of Scotland’s most experienced Aesthetic Doctors, an international speaker, author and UK trainer in Aesthetic Medicine. His surgical background and skill combined with his passion for Aesthetic Medicine founded The Medical & Cosmetic Centre.
Dr Nestor’s treatments focus on non-surgical facial rejuvenation, quietly enhancing our patients, helping them to not only ‘age well’, but to fulfil their aesthetic potential, equally for women and men. Never ‘done’. Always discreet. The aim is to restore youthful features. Not to look younger.
Dr Nestor has dedicated his career to Aesthetic Medicine and patient care, training with some of the most eminent global surgeons and doctors. Dr Nestor opened The Medical Cosmetic Centre in April 2016 in Edinburgh city centre. It has since grown to be one of the largest aesthetic clinics in Scotland and has won several awards including ‘Best New Clinic 2017’, ’Most Innovative Clinic 2018’, and ‘Best Clinic Scotland 2019’, with Dr Nestor himself winning “Cosmetic Doctor of the Year 2018”. Dr Nestor also holds regular fortnightly clinics in London.
Visit Dr Nestor’s Medical Cosmetic Centre website