On first look, colour correctors are threatening, dangerous things. With them comes the very real possibility of stepping out with purple polka dots on your chin and a carefully shaded lemon-coloured nose. The trick is to go gentle. Pale green ...
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The first international beauty contest judged by “machines” was supposed to use objective factors such as facial symmetry and wrinkles to identify the most attractive contestants. After Beauty.AI launched this year, roughly 6,000 people from more than 100 countries submitted ...
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Acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi makes her catwalk debut on the opening day of New York Fashion Week on Thursday. She was invited to take part by FTL Moda, a fashion production company committed to challenging industry stereotypes of beauty. ...
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Tiny pieces of plastic in personal beauty products, that end up in the oceans and are swallowed by marine life, will be banned from sale in the UK by the end of 2017, the government is to announce on Saturday. ...
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A poll from Greenpeace found that almost two thirds of people in the UK think microbeads should be banned. The beads are already banned in the US, but are still common in Britain. They’re a threat to marine life and ...
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Few beauty launches have been as carefully and strictly orchestrated as Victoria Beckham’s limited-edition makeup line for Estée Lauder. Before the unveiling, I had to sign two legally binding agreements not to share with a soul what lay behind the ...
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I love a bath, and if I am putting my hair up it’s better if it’s a bit dirty, so I won’t wash it. I backcomb and make a big bird’s nest of a hairdo, and spray it with Tresemmé ...
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When I was seven years old, I would put my school book bag on both my shoulders and had it sit plumb in the middle of my back, as backpacks were made to do. One morning, when it was so ...
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As if the Great British high street weren’t enough of an assault course, lined as it is with tourist dawdlers, charity hawkers, freesheet sellers, sample-pushers and assorted leafleteers, shoppers are having to negotiate a new obstacle: the lugger. Certain luxury stores ...
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I’m not sure my grooming regimen really counts as a regimen: it takes six minutes, and the hottest product I own is a Lynx Africa gift set left over from Christmas. I’m aware this kind of blokeish indolence is fast ...
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