Beauty

Do you remember when beauty prep for a holiday amounted to as much as a decanting various Sun & Swim goodiesa into those little travel bottles from boots, only to…

Anyone else feeling new things they didn’t expect to feel after the initial feeling of excitement as we left lockdown passed? A weird set of emotions (I’m calling it the…

There are all sorts of things that happen in spring. Clocks go back. Blossom starts. Mum switches out her winter wardrobe for her summer wardrobe and vacuum-seals the stash with…

As Peleton slash Echelon is to gyms, so these devices are to salons: introducing the latest gen tech for at-home personal care experiences. It won’t be an exaggeration to say…

Supplements. The clue is in the name, really: they are designed to supplement, support and basically level up your diet. The trick, of course, is identifying exactly what it is…

Skincare: manual massage, or the latest tech? Perhaps not the most difficult option you’ve FACEd this past few months (sorry not sorry), but important nonetheless. And a useful one, too,…

2020 has been one hell of a plot twist. An unwelcome, unpredictable, slightly catastrophic plot twist, which somehow in a matter of minutes rattled through all the significant holidays and…

Mum rules. We all have them. Things we’re told to do or not to do, validated purely by the fact that mum said so, and therefore it must be true.…

I feel like lockdown went one of two ways for most people. Some (distinctly fewer as time went on, it seemed) saw the increased ‘me time’ as an opportunity to…

So, here we are. 15 weeks into the “new normal”, with ten days grace ‘til masks become compulsory in all public spaces. As someone who stuck their head entirely firmly…

Much like K Beauty before it, J Beauty focuses on skin first. Unlike the Korean export, J Beauty advises fewer products, more massage, and an altogether more low maintenance approach.…

Treatments are something that aren’t talked about enough amongst my group of friends. For some, they are considered a frivolous excess and frankly lazy way to the cut corners of…

This year, I turned 30. It was actually a little while ago, but since I’m now officially 30-and-a-half (I’m a Spring baby), the time seemed right to acknowledge the change.…

Heat + humidity + zero air conditioning = SF (sweaty face – the step up from the dreaded sweaty upper lip). Here’s make-up that won’t melt in the heat, and…

If last year was the year of the tan, and 2016 the year of the brow, then this year is gearing up to be the year of the teeth. Of…

Fake tan is a huge industry RN – but not how you might think. Gone are the obvious over-kill formulas with all their tell-tale streaks and orangey bits. 2018 tans…