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Beauty

  • Closeup of a man's eye with short eyelashes

    Blinking fools? The men who think shaving off their eyelashes will make them more masculine

    What could possibly go wrong with taking a razor to your lashes? Apart from irritation, infections and ‘eye boogers’, that is
  • Girl cuts or trims the bush (rose) with a pair of scissors in the garden

    From the perfect gardening tools to £8 mascara, what you loved most this month

  • A woman's hands around a perfume bottle above a smoke billowing cauldron

    Gamechanging beauty products: 17 skin, hair and wellness essentials the experts can’t live without

  • Victoria Moss' daughter For use in Sat Mag Body Image Feature 26/04/25. No Generic usage.

    Like me, my seven-year-old daughter loves fashion. Can I protect her from a world of impossible beauty standards?

  • The dream of a beautiful smile can become a nightmare when discount orthodontia is involved, and there’s a chance you’ll end up worse-off, or nostalgic for your old teeth.

    I have gap teeth. Should I fix them?

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    The best mascaras for longer, fuller and fluttery lashes: 10 favourites worn and rated by our beauty expert

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Sali Hughes on beauty

  • A selection of yellow fruit and veg with patches stuck on them, shot against a yellow background

    Sali Hughes on beauty: vitamin patches are all the rage, but are the effects more than skin deep?

  • OPI’s Repair Mode Bond Building Nail Serum

    I’ve never liked nail strengthener, but this one actually works

    OPI’s new serum claims to repair your broken bonds, and I’ve seen an undeniable reduction in breakage
  • A still life of a pot of skin cream and some geometric shapes in red, blue and black

    The next wave of Korean beauty is here – and it’s bigger than ever

    Boutiques are springing up everywhere offering a dizzying array of jelly moisturisers, feather-light sunscreen and face masks for every skin type
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The beauty spot

  • Female with red lipstick biting blackberry, close<br>GettyImages-478538881

    Berry products: 10 of the best

  • close up of womans eyes<br>GettyImages-462096667

    Bright eye products: 10 of the best

  • Retinol promotes cellular turnover and stimulates collagen production, diminishes fine lines, unclogs pores, and promotes even smooth and even-toned skin.

    Retinol serums: 10 of the best

  • Woman putting on face cream<br>B2R7F9 Woman putting on face cream

    New-wave SPFs: 10 of the best

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Skincare

  • Rachel Reeves visits British Steel site in Scunthorpe on 17 April, 2025. Danny Lawson/Pool via REUTERS

    One more hard-hat photo opportunity for Rachel Reeves

    Brief letters: Hard-hatting chancellor | Welcoming US academics | Water fines | Customer service | Skincare routine
  • Woman shopping in a secondhand marketplace in London.

    Set alerts, use filters and buy less: everything I’ve learned about secondhand shopping

  • A woman uses a jade gua sha

    The beauty treatments you can do at home – and the ones you really shouldn’t, according to the experts

  • Anti-ageing products that actually work: Sali Hughes on the 30 best serums, creams and treatments

  • Is it true that … showering every day is bad for your skin?

Make up

  • Joan Partridge looking in a mirror while she applies makeup.

    ‘She knows best’: 103-year-old becomes Tiktok sensation with makeup video

  • Happy birthday cake with candles

    Birthday freebies: how to cash in on UK retailers’ gifts and discounts

  • A black woman applies makeup while looking into a mirror

    Researchers solve mystery of makeup appearing ashy or grey on darker skin

  • an illustration of a cake with a bride and groom and a hand with a brush

    I don’t wear makeup but my wedding is coming up – can I go bare-faced?

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Hair

  • Barbie doll with blonde hair

    Dumb reasons for blonde stereotypes

  • A woman surrounded by hands holding beauty products.

    Too relaxed about the risks: the crisis in Black women’s hair care

  • Composite image of four hair straighteners against an orange and red background.

    The best hair straighteners for foolproof styling, tried and tested by our expert

  • Elle Hunt with the blond look she has had since her early 20s.

    The blond advantage: fair hair completely changed my life – but is it time to give it up?

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Fragrance

  • Stack of perfume bottles

    Perfume brands fighting a ‘lost cause’ against cheap dupes, say lawyers

  • Diffusers NEW

    The best diffusers for your home: 22 genuinely great-smelling diffusers for every mood and budget

  • A clear plastic travel bag with travel-sized toiletries spilling out on a pink background

    Small but mighty! The best travel-size toiletries for your next trip

  • A woman refills a plastic bottle in a shop.

    Refillable beauty is the future. Here are my top picks for a sustainable routine, from skincare to make-up

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Road test

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