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Our makeup routines do little more than plaster over the cracks

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I once went to an acupuncturist about my headaches. As I lay in my bra in the maroon-walled room, he advised on a course of cupping therapy. Afterwards, I met my friend for a drink, and pulled down my top ...

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Why French Women Feel Young at 50 by Mylène Desclaux – digested read

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C’est impossible. Un moment je was a young woman with un gorgeous lover, then I left him and met another gorgeous lover and had a child, puis I left that gorgeous lover and met yet another gorgeous lover and had ...

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Seven ways to get shiny, healthy hair

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Get enough protein As your hair is made of keratin, a protein, not getting enough protein in your diet can lead to dry, brittle strands, says the nutritionist Jo Lewin. She recommends adding chicken, turkey, fish, dairy products and eggs ...

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We love… six fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures

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The ultimate book for sneaker heads, cufflinks made from a bar of brass and Paul Smith’s first women’s tuxedo collection… Fashion fixes to invest in this week

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Clare Waight Keller triumphs at 2018 Fashion Awards

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Clare Waight Keller, artistic director of Givenchy, has topped off what has already been an impressive year by winning the British designer of the year womenswear award at the 2018 Fashion Awards. The designer, who in 2017 became the first ...

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Dress for war work – fashion archive, 11 December 1916

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The Government officials are proverbially conservative. So it is not astonishing to hear that in some of the Government offices women are accepted merely as a necessary evil. But it is not so certain that these hide-hound officials will altogether ...

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Underwear revolution: how lingerie grew up and put women’s comfort first

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In 2019 it will be 25 years since Gossard’s Wonderbra unleashed what has been called the “most iconic” advert of all time: Ellen von Unwerth’s black and white photograph of Eva Herzigova gazing down at her own marvellous cleavage above ...

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I tried the foreskin facial treatment – so you don’t have to

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I am on the phone trying to book a special appointment: a foreskin facial. The treatment is not widely available in the US, so the calls yield nothing except a series of confusing conversations. “Do you do a foreskin facial?” ...

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How to wear: the Strictly Come Dancing dress code

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I don’t really see the point in going out on a Saturday night between October and Christmas. What could you possibly do, where could you possibly go – crucially, what could you possibly wear – that would be more glamorous ...

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The best men’s party outfits for all ages – in pictures

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Standing out is the goal of party season 2018; faux fur, devoré velvet, metallic knitwear, a liberal dose of sequins all have the green light

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