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The foetus facial: why Victoria Beckham spends £1,100 to look like a newborn

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Name: Victoria Beckham’s caviar facial. Age: Defying. Appearance: Younger, less heavy. A facial that makes you lose weight? Yes. When it’s over, you’re £1,100 lighter. Are you saying that Victoria Beckham pays that much to have someone smear caviar on ...

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The 30 best bargain skincare and body products under £15

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For the faceThe Inkey List Squalane Oil, £8.99, 30ml, CF (cruelty-free) Set aside any aversion to oil: squalane is a different ball game. Light, non-greasy, mega-moisturising but not sticky under makeup, this won’t cause breakouts or excessive shine. Use alone ...

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Get a gym glow without feeling the burn | Funmi Fetto

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I’ve never seen anyone leave the gym looking anything other than sweaty and exhausted. And yet we’ve been sold (and now covet the lie) called the “post-gym glow”. You can however, as seen at Prabal Gurung SS19, turn the myth ...

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Girls of 13 are lining up for Botox. Here’s why

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We’re living in an age where messages of “self-love” are everywhere: from high-street stationery to pop music. Yet young women’s self-esteem is abysmally low, with cosmetic surgeons becoming increasingly concerned at a spike in girls as young as 13 getting ...

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Aldi v designer beauty brands: can a £5.99 foundation compete with the £183 version?

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If there’s one thing better than a cult beauty product, it is a cheap “dupe” of that high-end favourite. Brands such as Beauty Pie are built on the premise of perfectly replicated designer cosmetics, but this week, all the buzz ...

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My Revolution Beauty makeup hasn’t arrived after three weeks

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I recently ordered makeup from Revolution Beauty’s website, having previously bought from Superdrug. They are huge in the beauty industry and supply unusual products. I am training to be a part-time makeup artist and needed the products for a graded ...

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Channel a supermodel in brown lipstick

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Browns are omnipresent – eyes, cheeks, lips… But I’ve always maintained no one looks good in brown lipstick. Spotting Kaia Gerber and co at the Moschino SS19 show, perhaps I should eat my words. The brown lip is workable for ...

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Top of the crops: the UK’s 10 best barber shops

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While you might only visit one every six weeks – to have your quiff managed perhaps, or your number 3 buzzed into a number 2.5 – the humble barbershop plays a significant role in the male experience. Consider its colourful ...

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She bangs: what Jenny Lewis’s fringe tells us about her musical direction

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Alt-icon Jenny Lewis is back! A perfect opportunity, then, to look into how the length and cut of the singer-songwriter’s bangs (the infinitely cooler American word for a fringe, guys) corresponds with where she’s at musically – honest. Fluffy child-actor ...

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After a trip to the hairdresser’s, I feel refurbished | Hannah Jane Parkinson

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There was a time when I went years without visiting a hairdresser. I know. But I found sitting bang in front of a starkly lit mirror faintly terrifying, and did my best to avoid it. Nobody enjoys confronting cavernous pores ...

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