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14 makeup mistakes that make you look WAY older than your years
There’s a ritual I’ve long held – after the birthday candles are blown out, the junk food cleared up (what’s a party without some seriously carb-laden chips?) and the guests sent on their way, I sit...
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Beauty emergencies: How to fix a bad-everything day
We’ve all had them. No matter how well you maintain your beauty routine – and let’s face it, things can be erratic at times – nobody escapes a pre-party zit or hungover eyes. Or you could be like me...
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How to stay warm but look cool: The 11 best beauty cures for your winter blues!
Feeling low? You are not alone. According to research, this is the most depressing time of the year. It’s cold, it’s grey and those holier-than-thou resolutions are laughing in our face. So, we could...
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What does your lipstick shade say about you?
Gone are the days when we were compelled to play matchy-matchy with our clothes and lipstick. Choosing the latter is now far more intuitive and we are more likely to pick a lip colour based on who we...
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How to really use the YSL Touche Éclat (In 16 different ways!)
You know that clicky gold pen the world and its cat have been raving about for the past 20 years? The one that’s sold somewhere in the world every 10 seconds? The one that’s supposed to cure all...
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7 Lipsticks for women who hate lipsticks (prepare to fall in love!)
Today, I met a friend who hasn’t bought a lipstick in 6 years. 6 years! As someone who probably buys 6 lipsticks a WEEK, this was almost impossible for me to comprehend. In fact, a lipstick is my...
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Meet Priyanka Chopra. Or should I say, Alex Parrish from Quantico?
The first time I met Priyanka Chopra, she was tucked away in one corner of an extremely chaotic dressing room, devouring an entire pizza. All by herself. Refusing to share. It was a shoot for...
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How to look expensive (without robbing the bank!)
Want to look fabulously high-end even when basic necessities (a tank of gas) often trump little luxuries (expensive eye cream)? It’s entirely possible with a little help from Andrea Pomerantz Lustig’s...
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Makeup products collecting dust? Try these new ways to (finally!) use those...
We all have them – drawers full of makeup that looked fab in the store but flopped at home. But it’s easy to salvage all mistakes. In fact, makeup pros customise colors and textures all the time, so...
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April 2016: The 9 beauty products I’m seriously in love with this month
While working for the glossies, I was never popular with the sales and marketing teams as a beauty and fashion commentator. The print media is heavily dependant on advertising dollars, making it no...
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OMG, OMG, OMG! This has to be the coolest ever use of a lipstick EVER
Paul & Joe sculpted them into awwwww-inducing cat’s faces and YSL fashioned them into a 330 pound cube but Chinese artist May Sum wins the cool stakes by hand sculpting individual lipsticks into...
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Flour face: My biggest beauty faux pas!
Today I was looking at the pix from a friend’s wedding – which, incidentally, was one of the hugest weddings of the 20th century – and almost every one of them showed my makeup as patchy, chalky, with...
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June 2016: The 11 new beauty products I am obsessing over this month
After a long career in magazines, I have developed a deep distrust of that particular industry’s beauty awards, top 10 lists and best-of-the-best new launch announcements. Why? Because the unwritten...
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How to banish bacteria and germ-proof your makeup bag (you need to do this NOW!)
Even if your makeup bag looks spick-and-span – no crumbly foundation or decade-old lipsticks – it could still be a breeding ground for germs and bacteria. That’s because every time you pull out your...
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10 genius ways to use Vaseline in your beauty routine (it’s not just for lips!)
Who says Vaseline is boring? Simple? Yes. Classic? Always. Cheap-as-chips and value for money? Absolutely. Boring? NEVER. And to underscore that point, the fourth limited edition of it’s cult status...
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What does your lipstick color say about you?
Gone are the days when we were compelled to play matchy-matchy with our clothes and lipstick. Choosing the latter is now far more intuitive and we are more likely to pick a lip colour based on who we...
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Deepika Padukone’s sizzling beauty secrets
On the modeling circuit, they say there is an era before and after Deepika Padukone. One of the very few Indian models who have successfully charmed all four mediums – print, television, the silver...
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Makeup trend: Is matte lipstick the new black?
Lip glosses have had their moment and the next few months completely belong to matte lipstick. But fear not, the matte formulas of 2016 bear no resemblance to the chalky, dry lips of the 1990s. This...
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Beauty emergencies: How to fix a bad-everything day
We’ve all had them. No matter how well you maintain your beauty routine – and let’s face it, things can be erratic at times – nobody escapes a pre-party zit or hungover eyes. Or you could be like me...
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October 2016: The 17 new beauty products I am obsessing over this month
The next time you pick up a magazine, do a little exercise: Just compare the editorial coverage given to that “hottest innovation in the history of the world” or the awards given to the year’s beauty...
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