{"id":18725,"date":"2025-05-05T09:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/from-the-perfect-gardening-tools-to-8-mascara-what-you-loved-most-this-month\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:37:49","slug":"from-the-perfect-gardening-tools-to-8-mascara-what-you-loved-most-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/from-the-perfect-gardening-tools-to-8-mascara-what-you-loved-most-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"From the perfect gardening tools to \u00a38 mascara, what you loved most this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We gave you gardening tips, a spring fashion edit, the ultimate guide to anti-ageing and more. Here are the picks that inspired you most in April<\/p>\n<p>The year always seems to pick up pace in spring, with the big house and garden tidy-up becoming all-consuming. 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