Tag: Beauty Influencers & Experts
Trust Us—These Are The 12 Skincare Brands That You Can Always Rely On
As a bit of a rule, us beauty editors don’t like being asked ‘What’s the best…’ questions. Not because we don’t know what the best products around are, but because tastes and preferences vary so vastly. While the best retinol for one person might be something gentle, for another that product might seem ineffective. Most of the time, when someone asks after the best anything, we’ll have to ask what your requirements are first.
However, when it comes to … Read more
The 5 Basic Skincare Products You Need in Your 20s
It’s been nearly two years since I found myself on the precipice of my 30s, yet I vividly remember the way that the transition into my fourth decade left me feeling in a wholly reflective mood. Cliché? Maybe. But there’s something about approaching the end of a decade that shifted you out of your teenage years and propelled you into adulthood that feels monumental. Of course, there were plenty of fundamental learning curves along the way (including accepting a … Read more
I Tried Every Product From The Ordinary—These Are the Ones I'd Recommend
It was when I was singing the praises of a certain £6 product that had converted me to eye creams that I took the time to actually look at my bathroom beauty stash properly. Upon doing so, I realised just how many other products from the same brand had a permanent home in my skincare rotation.
As I’ve mentioned previously, The Ordinary is an affordable beauty brand offering up high-performance formulations with ingredients at its core. Ask any beauty or … Read more
From Botox to Brow Lamination, We Just Tried 8 of the Buzziest Beauty Treatments
I don’t know about you, but post-lockdown there was one thing that I was desperate to get back out and enjoy: IRL beauty treatments. Sure, there are plenty of treatments that we can do at home when necessary (nails, brows, and hair colour, to name a few), but there’s nothing like letting a professional go to town at what they do best. There’s no denying that in-salon treatments can be costly. (And for good reason—your treatments are being conducted by … Read more
These Are the 35 Best Products of 2021 So Far, According to Beauty Experts
2021 has been a big year for beauty. With groundbreaking new brands launching at a rate of knots and innovative formulations emerging from some of our favourite more-established brands, it’s an exciting time for the beauty lovers amongst us. However, if you don’t speak beauty editor then I understand that the seemingly endless amount of products on the shelves (virtual or otherwise) might seem frankly overwhelming. And if you ask me, shopping for beauty should always be joyful rather than … Read more
Singer Mahalia Just Shared Her Favourite Beauty Products With Me—They're So Good
Say hello to Unfiltered, a fresh, new beauty series where you’ll get an exclusive glimpse into the dressed-down beauty routines of our favourite celebrities. They’ll reveal their guilty-pleasure beauty practises, the five-minute-routine product lineup they can’t live without, the one good-skin tip they’ll be forever thankful for and so much more. To bring every conversation full circle, we ask each celebrity to send us a selection of self-shot, filter-free photos of their choosing to capture the essence of their Unfiltered
We Were Sceptical About Ingestible Beauty Until We Tried This Cult Brand
There’s no denying that one of the biggest trends to emerge in 2021 has been the rise of ingestible beauty products. In fact, when we asked experts at the start of the year to predict the biggest trends in the skincare space, almost all of them called out skincare supplements and products that focused on the inside as trends to watch. This really comes as no surprise. As a lot of our traditional beauty routines have been stripped-down and pared-back … Read more
Tons of New Products Landed on My Desk This Month, But These 10 Were the Best
There’s no doubt that the very best part of being a beauty editor is getting all of the latest beauty products sent to your front door for you to try. From bronzers and eye shadows to super serums and cleansers, virtually no new launch goes untested. But with so many new launches every single day, each with claims as groundbreaking as the next, how is anyone actually supposed to know what’s any good?
Well, my friends, that’s exactly what I’m … Read more
I Turned 41 This Month, so I Had a Thread Lift—Here's Why I Recommend It
First of all, let me speak about the elephant in the room. At age 41, I am still young and have healthy skin (thanks to a stringent routine of cleansing, toning, treating, moisturising and sunscreening since age 14), and quite honestly, I feel better in my skin than I ever have. But there’s no denying the collagen depletion and bone loss that comes with age. Yes, that’s right. Apparently, bone mass peaks around ages 25–30 years and declines gradually thereafter … Read more