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“Confidence breeds beauty.” – Estée Lauder. Ms Lauder was right on the money. Makeup is a simple but powerful tool to help you stand that little bit taller in your everyday life – so long as you have the right products and know how to use them to maximum effect. Sound daunting? Let me help! As […]
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I’m the first to admit that being a beauty editor sounds like a fictional job – you get to test the latest lipsticks, lotions and perfumes and legitimately call it work. I have spent over a decade playing with products, researching ingredients and grilling the world’s top skin, hair and makeup experts with why and […]
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Here’s one of the most useful lessons I learned as a beauty editor: you don’t need to spend big bucks to look expensive. Trust me, it’s nigh on impossible to tell if your lips are sporting designer label gloss or a bargain bin find. Good things do come in budget packaging too. If you’re short […]
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“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.” – Coco Chanel. As cliché as it sounds, French women are the masters of beauty minimalism. That covetable kind of cool that’s so imperfectly perfect: minimal makeup, mussed up hair, skin that looks bare but somehow still flawless. Is it possible to learn to pull […]
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“Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist.” – Helena Rubenstein. She’s dead right – makeup isn’t meant to be applied with a heavy hand (even if the more-is-more camp are determined to prove otherwise on YouTube). Gosh, even science says the natural look is best. […]