Cold weather is the nemesis of silky skin – but ditching the hot showers, exfoliants and woolly jumpers might helpWrap up against the coldColder, drier air during the winter months means the water in your skin evaporates faster. Scientists have estimated that your skin loses more than 25% of its ability to hold moisture in winter, making it feel drier...
‘I have to refresh my curls each morning, otherwise they aren’t as bouncy as I like,’ says All Ages model Leah Alexxanderr-Caine. So how does she get on with the latest curl creams?Ialways use curl creams with other hair products, such as a leave-in conditioner, then put my hair in twists to let it dry. I also use...
The New York representative has a six-step skincare routine – and isn’t afraid to talk about it. What does it say about those who subscribe to similar multistep regimes?Last week, towards the end of her first month in office, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a five-page Instagram story on her skin routine and it split the internet.It wasn’t the use of retinol...
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, I suppose, that if you were a person who needed to be told that the US had a National Sleepover Day, you wouldn’t find out...
Watch out for the radical new shades: but first get your buzz cutThese are not little girl pastels, the faded greens of pretty dresses and country wallpapers. Pastel shades at Marc Jacobs extended from the eyes and cheeks all the way to the hairdos, where bleachy pink dye jobs added a supernatural quality to the 60s-inspired show. More than...
These Korean skincare-inspired cooling gels are great for hormonal skin both young and olderI confess I was initially snippy about the craze for jelly-textured moisturisers, mainly because I felt I’d been here before. The first wave of moisture gels invariably combined silicone that peeled off the face with high levels of alcohol that stripped it dry. I couldn’t see...
‘I don’t often splash the cash on products, so I was interested to see if any of these face masks made a noticeable difference,’ says Dewi Rees, our All Ages modelMy job means that I have to look after my skin, but I don’t often splash the cash on products, so I was interested to see if any...
Many argue that towels spread bacteria and air-drying leaves skin clearer. We ask the experts if it’s really more hygienic to let the air do the work after washingIs there a God? Is cloning ethical? Is the nuclear deterrent infrastructure fit for purpose? These are some of the big questions. Add to that one more: should we be...
More and more companies are offering skincare products free from ‘toxic’, ‘nasty’ and ‘suspicious’ chemicals. But are these ingredients really dangerous?Their lids gleam under the shop lights: bottles made of elegant black or vivid green glass stand alongside white tubes with bold, minimalist lettering. These beauty products make many claims: to “defy” age, minimise pores, block pollution, plump...
Eyeshadow flew off in a new direction on the Burberry catwalkWide slashes of pointed eyeshadow winged from the eyes of models at Burberry’s SS19 shows, which would have looked terribly dramatic were they not in gentle shades of bronze and taupe. Beige, for so long the safe option, whether on pale eyeshadow or living-room sofa, has turned edgy this...
