What have we learned from the New York Times profile of Gwyneth Paltrow? Diane, by email Too much for one column. We could talk about the writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s beady-eyed observation that “the minute the phrase ‘having it all’ lost ...

If fashion is a reflection of the times, the latest trend identified by US Vogue is suitably bleak. “War-core” has replaced “normcore” as the look du nos jours, according to the style arbiter. Fashion’s latest neologism describes dressing for “geopolitical ...

Three Sydney children have become ill after using an imported eyeliner from Pakistan almost entirely made of lead. The Hashmi Kohl-branded product was 84% lead and also contained high levels of dangerous metals including arsenic, cadmium, chromium and mercury, the ...

The rhythm of the hair salon is singular, wherever in the world you end up. There are all sorts, and yet they are all the same in the ways that matter. The languages spoken in these establishments vary from the ...

At Eudon Choi, imperfection was encouraged. Eyeliner was jaggedy and bonkers, inspired by the idea of “an aristocratic woman who spends her summertime in her house by the sea while painting”. Which sounds rather lovely, doesn’t it? She applies her ...

Are you likely to be rolling around in dirt anytime soon? Any festivals, or gin-in-tin-fuelled afternoons of rounders at your local common? BBQs on your decking? Or perhaps you are simply prone, like me, to a grimy forehead in the ...

Two-in-one cheek and lip colours rarely feature here. They’re routinely disappointing and I can’t honestly recommend Stila Convertible Color, YSL Kiss Blush or Nars Multiple yet again and call it a week’s work. My issue with others is that getting ...

“Would you like feminine, or masculine?” asks the beauty therapist as she reclines my chair. “Masculine, masculine,” I insist, suddenly at her mercy. “Very subtle, please.” She instructs me to pull my forehead towards my hairline with my right hand, ...

When British makeup artist Pat McGrath launched her own cosmetics line two years ago, few would have predicted that her self-financed company would so swiftly overtake established beauty brands. But this month Pat McGrath Labs became a billion-dollar beauty behemoth, ...

If you believe Instagram, “festival dressing” means that the flaxen-haired among us get to wear a light cotton top from White Stuff, bottom halves from Topman and a Native Indian headdress from OMG NO! But sadly that’s a Nashville-filtered illusion. ...