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Shopping: Spend a little or splurge – bargains on the web and high street

Givenchy Prisme Libre Mat-finish & Enhanced Radiance Loose Powder, Mousseline Pastel - Chinese New Year Edition, available from Escentual.com
Givenchy Prisme Libre Mat-finish & Enhanced Radiance Loose Powder, Mousseline Pastel - Chinese New Year Edition, available from Escentual.com

This week, celebrate Chinese New Year (February 8) with these Asian-inspired must-haves

SPEND

:: Me old china... By Sainsbury's Oriental Medium Bowl, £5, Sainsburys (larger stores)

:: The silk route... Oriental Print Pouch Bag, £12, Accessorize (uk.accessorize.com)

:: Chinese whispers... Oriental Bloom Stationery Set, £15, The Great Gift Company (www.thegreatgiftcompany.co.uk)

SPLURGE

:: Full of Eastern promise... Givenchy Prisme Libre Mat-finish & Enhanced Radiance Loose Powder, Mousseline Pastel – Chinese New Year Edition, £36, Escentual.com (www.escentual.com)

:: Chic chinoiserie... Cole & Son Chinese Toile Wallpaper (100/8038), £80, John Lewis (www.johnlewis.com)

:: Year of the Monkey... Fornasetti Scented Candle – Scimmie, £115, Amara (www.amara.com)