When the X Factor entourage needed some cotton buds for making Matt Cardle and Dannii Minogue up, they dropped in on Beauty @ Fringe Benefits in Earls Colne Business Park.

Director Diane Shore and her staff helped out, as Matt used the golf and country club at the site as a base during the day, before heading out to Colne Engaine’s Five Bells pub and then Charter Hall, Colchester.

* for pictures, see tomorrow's Daily Gazette and Halstead Gazette