Can’t deal with the cold? It’s time to rediscover your busy bathing schedule
It’s far too freezing to go out, so instead stay in and indulge yourself with a daily regime this winterI cannot deal with the cold weather. Please, save me.Me, my deskI don’t know if...
Aldi v designer beauty brands: can a £5.99 foundation compete with the £183 version?
The discount supermarket’s makeup and skincare range unashamedly apes Yves Saint Laurent, Elizabeth Arden and other labels. We put five copies of cult favourites to the testIf there’s one thing better than a...
The latest trend in skincare: anti-pollution makeup sales soar
As city air becomes more toxic, sales of a new type of product are boomingDemand for anti-pollution beauty products is soaring as Londoners wake up to the impact of toxic air on their complexions. Microscopic particles...
Virgin Atlantic drops mandatory makeup for female cabin crew
Airline says crew can work without makeup but must follow chosen palette if they doVirgin Atlantic has told female cabin crew they will no longer have to wear makeup in the air.The airline will also...
It’s a lie that beauty is power. So why did I let my parents...
When life hurts, I blame my face. And also my body. My skin, hair, nails – it’s all fair game. That’s how women are conditionedIt’s the summer of 2016 and things aren’t going well....
Use a painter’s restraint with powder-blue
How to get expressive with colourful eyeshadow, plus easy smoky eyes, and a new mascara that’s caused a sensationWhile bright powder-blue eyeshadow (or any bright shadow for that matter) is a minimalist’s nightmare, for...
Beauty sleep: why there’s no escaping makeup
Bare Minerals is selling makeup to wear in bed – meaning women may never have to show their real, unadorned faces againIt’s a real thing, apparently, and it was yesterday. It was inevitable,...
Well done, Virgin Atlantic – now all companies must ditch their makeup rules for...
Requiring flight attendants to wear makeup forced them to do two jobs at once – actually look after passengers and play at being stereotypical air-hostessesYou always knew that Virgin Atlantic must have required...
Does the ‘foreskin facial’ mark the end of the world?
Kate Beckinsale is the latest celebrity to try the treatment, which uses a serum derived from babies’ circumcised penises. Has anti-ageing finally gone too far?Name: The foreskin facial.Age: At least a week old.Appearance: A serum cloned from...
Beauty tips: dusty eyes for winter
Get the sultry feline look with artfully smudged eye makeupIf you’re not so much leaping into the new year as dragging yourself grimly through the winter, then the dusty eye is for you. At...
