Candle adorned baths are relaxed and romantic, but can quickly be ruined if the dinky tea light gets pushed overboard with your big foot (or is that just us).

For those who do not like sharing their bath with runny wax Crazy about gadgets has come up with a perfect waterproof solution.

Spa lights are gorgeous floating bath lights which come with handy little sucker feet that allows the lights to be stuck on the side of the bath above the waterline, or completely underwater.

The spa lights come in packs of two and a choice of two colours - blue which glows golden or colour changing pink.

Two AAA batteries will keep a light going for 120 continuous hours but that doesn’t mean to say you have to stay in for that long - shrivelled prunes are not a good look girls.  

April 26, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (1)

Now don’t get us wrong, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a passion for fashion.

However, if like us, you are more geek chic than fashion freak, preferring to spend all your money on LG rather than Louis Vuitton then we think we might have found you a perfect opportunity.

Celador Productions are on the hunt for tech loving ladies who spend a vast majority of their money on gadgets for a new BBC series.

As part of the programme, they will be taken on a journey to find out how gadgets are produced following the progress from the source to when they land on shelves.

Now, Celador have been looking for people since the beginning of the year but we have been informed that the boys are applying more than us gadget goddesses, so come on Techboutiquettes, do us proud.

Contact Catherine Lucock at Celador, nab yourself a spot on the programme and show the world that we gadget girls are proud to be around. Oh, and good luck.

April 25, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (0)

Oh how we mocked our big brothers at Gizmodo when they wrote about the Bling Bluetooth headset for girls.

Well we hope they have forgotten the extent of our jibes because we are now following in their footsteps with news of the blinging Motorola Bluetooth headset.

Created by the Crystal Chick, it contains double the Swarvoski crystals, of the prementioned (anything you can do boys, we can do better) and has up to eight hours talk time.

Not is it a sparkling sight but will also make you a good law abiding citizen – yes you should know by now girls that using a mobile phone when driving is illegal.

See we told you Tech Boutique was educational.

April 20, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (1)

Now don’t get us wrong, we love the summer, and the fact that it has been trying to sneak its way into our lives this month is a welcome intrusion.

However, we are sure you’ll agree that the one bad thing about such an early arrival is that we are not prepared.

No were not talking about clothes- they can easily be sorted with a quick click on ASOS at your desk - not that we do that or anything Mr Boss- we are just talking about a friend of a friend…. Ahem.

Anyway, before we dig our hole deeper than we have, and security comes to escort us from the building let us get to the point.

So no, we’re not talking about clothes but about the tan, because there is nothing worse than wearing that new ASOS top with white pasty arms and faces.

Of course, there is always the sun tower but if like us, you loath the 7 minutes of standing and rotating like a cooking chicken then the USB Desktop Tanning Centre, created by ThinkGeek, is a perfect alternative.

Now again we are not encouraging you to do naughty things whilst you are working (reading Tech Boutique is ok because it’s educational) but we couldn’t resist telling you about it.

The USB Desktop Tanning Centre has two base units that attach to either side of your monitor each with 4 WOLFFE Ultra-violet 100 watt bulbs (that’s a lot of tanning quality). It also has a variable rate knob for those who are fair or dark.

If this wasn’t enough it also comes with those goggle thingies they make you wear.

Sound too perfect? Well we have just realised it is.

Being gullable we tried to buy it – for home use of course – only to be told it was a trick.

Oh dear, it’s nearly as bad as finding out that Santa isn’t real.

April 20, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (0)

What do Tom Cruise in Top gun and Danny Zuko in Grease both have in common? 

Yep that's right, they both look darn good in leather jackets. 

Now, were not saying everyone can just swing a leather item on and look good, but  if you are a laptop the leather SOHO line available from iSkins, may just make you look that extra bit special.

Techbotiquettes, a word of warning - this jacket won't turn your lovable laptop into a leather clad hunk. However, it will protect it from the bumps and bruises of everyday life - as long as it isn’t bigger than 15” (Goodness even jackets want small people.)

The bruise control lies in the protection - the Soho range features a multi-layered design that consists of a durable outer layer, a reinforced padded centre and a plush inner lining – oh er missus.

All three features then work together, like a group of burly  bodyguards,  to encase the laptop and keep it safe from the dangers of everyday life. Hmm - perhaps Prince Will’s should replace his entourage with one of these now that he is newly single.

April 18, 2007 in Notebooks | Permalink | Comments (1)

Come on admit it, we all like a bit of bling – well we wouldn’t be girls if we didn’t like a bit of sparkle now and again, and whilst diamonds are a rich girl’s best friend, Swarvoski crystals are ours.

So imagine our glee when we stumbled across a newly launched site that encrusts a range of gadgets in these little gems.

Yes, yes we know, there are hundreds of companies exploiting our little buddies and doing the same thing but what makes The Crystal Chick so different is the fact that all items can be personalised to suit your tastes so you can be as bling or as subtle as you like. 

Now we are usually quite calm but we nearly had to be escorted out of the building whilst on this site - jumping chimpanzees are clearly not allowed in the Techboutique office.

The site is like a treasure chest. As well as the standard encrusted earphones it also contains other treasures such as jewel encrusted mini mice (keep your eyes peeled for a review later on this month) and iPod Nano covers with Swarovski cartoon characters – oh dear someone hide our credit cards now.

April 11, 2007 in Websites | Permalink | Comments (29)

Good news girls! You no longer need to brave the snobby assistants in Bond Street or the tempting food hall in Harrods to get your hands on Prada.

In fact all you have to do is downgrade to upgrade because the LG Prada phone is now available across high street mobile phone shops such as Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U.

Yep that’s right, designer at uh, highstreet stores.

But before you get excited there is of course a catch, because like any designer trinket worth having there is a waiting list - if you still don't know why this phone is the sparkle of everyones eye we suggest you read up sharpish.

We can’t currently tell you how long it is but for a phone such as this we can imagine you might be waiting for a while, oh well you know what they say about good things coming to those who wait….. Well it’s always kept us calm in the MacDonald’s drive through queues. 

April 11, 2007 in Mobile Phones | Permalink | Comments (0)

Techboutiquette’s we have to apologise for neglecting you the past week, we tried to escape to Mexico with the Lin and Leo lapbag but we got caught.

But fear not, we are back safe and sound now, coincidently with news about another funky laptop bag.

The Champs Elysees is a quilted satin purple bag from MetStyle and fits any 14” laptop. It also comes equipped with ultra-shock absorbing memory foam for those of us with butter fingers.

The side of the bag has two small padded pockets, perfect for holding CDs, DVDs or other smaller items - that'll be our lippy then. And for those of us who like to keep the whole contents of our make up bag on us there is also a handy zipped mesh area on the iniside too - genius.

Hmm we see trouble ahead, because this bag is quickly becoming one of our favourites and we all know what happens when this is the case - yep, you better start  raising some bail money for us.

For those who do not fancy running accross Mexico, the bag is priced at £35 and available from Laptop Stuff.

April 5, 2007 in Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (0)