Lindsey Kelk Wed 25 Jul 2018 05.43 EDT Last modified on Wed 25 Jul 2018 05.45 EDT Cyclists may whizz through traffic jams, but they can’t avoid pollutants. Photograph: Offset For office airIf you’re trapped in an office all day, you’re probably ...

Polluted air in our towns has been linked to skin conditions such as discolouration, acne and eczema. It’s time to learn how to protect yourself, says Lindsey Kelk We all want great skin and, if you’re anything like me, you’re ...

Last week, the US navy relaxed rules around women’s hairstyles, reversing a decades-old policy. Under the new rules, female sailors would be allowed to wear braids and wider buns. The US army made similar changes earlier this year. Now some ...

If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’re hot. In which case, as concepts go, this one will be music to your ears. Or rather balm for your sunburn. The heatwave has created a need for cooling off that extends ...

The typical way most of us apply sunscreen leaves our skin with less than half the expected protection from damaging ultraviolet rays, say scientists. New research has revealed that when sunscreen is applied in a typical way, it provides only ...

Max Factor Arabia and other leading beauty brands have severed ties with a popular Kuwaiti blogger after she said domestic workers should not be given days off, highlighting resistance to reforms to end widespread labour abuses in the Gulf state. ...

A lot of things have claimed to break the internet. Kim Kardashian’s bottom. The Sexy Felon. Harambe. Fashion claims to break it a lot. Already this summer, a handful of luxury accessories – including an improbably large £620 summer hat ...

New Yorkers do it. Parisians do it. Fashion types, Swedes and architects do it. In fact, name any stylish tribe and you’ll find that they do it. Wear black, that is – a colour that has come to signify so ...

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Ministers should consider an all-out ban on fur because consumers have been tricked into buying animal fur labelled as fake, a cross-party group of MPs says today. A report from the environment select committee calls for the government to launch ...