Is today the Queen’s Damascene moment? We only ask because today, as she opened parliament and laid out the government’s intention to deliver the eight bills necessary for Brexit, the Queen – long thought to be a Brexiteer – wore ...

Have you heard about Huji? It’s a photography app that takes your pics as though you were living in 1995 – it’s all warmth and grainy goodness. The softness of old photography pleases me, it makes people seem less plastic, ...

Texture, texture, texture… it’s an important subject for deliciously curly hair. Any sistas remember the crunchy days of 90s moussing? Sadly, many of today’s products that tame wild, bouncing spirals still leave hair hard or stiff. Not Vernon François’s product ...

Victoria Beckham asked Pat McGrath to give her models “fresh, flawless ‘post-spa’ skin”. This is a dewy, perfected finish, the secret to which is serious prep and a light base, ideally one that thinks of itself as skincare, too. This ...

In the world according to Instagram, fingernails are the new canvases, and nail technicians (as well as teenagers in bedrooms) are the new generation of artists. The hashtag #nailart has had close to 50m posts, and, in the fickle world of ...

Oh, the irony. Apparently, the new ideal of beauty is – wait for it – the “natural look”. Natural face, natural eyebrows, natural skin and, one assumes, a natural glow at having achieved all this … naturally. In beauty doublespeak, ...

Anna Wintour’s signature shades stay on come rain or shine. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock Best sunglasses Since the World Cup lends itself to fans painting every exposed body part in the colours of their national flag and doing their best to find ...

For women, the act of getting clean is about glamour. For men, it’s about heroism. Or so Radox would have you believe. A priest, teacher and father of two girls has called out the brand for gendered labelling on some ...

She might not know it, but Hattie White, Jay-Z’s grandmother, was the instigator of this summer’s juiciest trend. Her 90th birthday speech is broadcast on Beyoncé’s Lemonade (you’ll know the bit even if you haven’t ever listened to the album). ...

Going up Desperately Seeking Susan So on the moodboard. See Adwoa Aboah’s Serpentine summer party look. Depilatory admin, done right Razor brand Billie pushes back against the “pink tax”on women’s hair removal products. Its starter kit costs $9 and looks ...