Cast your mind back to 2023, when we were in the high season of bob fever. Everywhere you looked, hair was being chopped, with celebrities from Hailey Bieber to Zendaya, Gigi Hadid to Lori Harvey hopping on the short hair train. Whether it was sharply cut and razor straight at the jaw or wavy, longer…
I would gladly forfeit every single product in my vast makeup and skincare collection if it meant I could have the hair of my dreams. Waist length mermaid hair has always been the fantasy, but bleaching for over a decade has meant that any significant growth takes me years to achieve—and that’s without regular trims…
I’ve just spent £72 on a Chanel hand cream that I do not need. Why? So that I could get my hands on the limited-edition denim case the cream is housed in. I chastised myself about wasting money, but I went ahead and bought it anyway. This moment of frivolous spending, not to mention my…
It’s no secret that as a beauty editor, I am extremely fortunate to receive hundreds of products each week. From the latest K-beauty drops to uplifting fragrances that brighten my mood. However, over the years, I have found my favourites—the products that I can’t live without. The hair serum that delivers unparalleled smoothness, the retinol…
Known for pioneering results-driven formulas and cutting-edge ingredients, South Korea’s beauty industry has once again delivered with an innovation that promises serious skin benefits: spicule skincare. Microspicules have been used in K-Beauty for over a decade, but the popularity of brands like Medicube and VT Cosmetics in the West means that Google searches for ‘spicule…
When you get invited to experience a Lena Bratschi facial, you do not dilly-dally. Bratschi is a facialist to the stars—her roster of clients this year includes Jessie Buckley, Elizabeth Debicki, Alicia Vikander, Kristen Wiig, Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Peltz Beckham and Regé-Jean Page, to name just a few. In fact, I saw her right…
I’m 41, but I look 25. I’ve discovered that’s the consensus of nearly everyone I meet. Rather annoyingly, it’s become a habit of mine to casually drop my age into conversation with new people just so I can see their amazed reactions. Regardless of whether we admit it or not, it’s pretty much a universal…
Many of us have fallen into the habit of rebooking our gel manicure appointments every two to three weeks. We have a fresh coat applied, then it’s removed after a fortnight or so, and before our nails have a moment to breathe, a new colour is reapplied. And whilst the gel polish isn’t a problem,…
We all want what we can’t have. Whilst I spent my whole adolescence coveting pin-straight hair, I had countless friends lusting after my loose waves and sleeping in plaits to achieve the same finish. Now that I’ve had almost three decades to get used to my waves—and experimented with a lot of products to enhance…
In Ayurveda, each individual is considered unique — no two people share the exact same internal composition. This distinct balance of energies or doshas (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha) that we are born with is known as our Prakruti, or natural constitution. Just like fingerprints, this constitution never changes throughout life. It defines our physical structure,…