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Beauty: rosacea treatments
'Rosacea needs treating with a great deal of kindness, using very mild and gentle products'If you have rosacea, you've probably had a grim time of late, because this maddening skin condition tends to...
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Beauty: non-lipgloss lipgloss
'I associate glosses with teenagers who've yet to cut their teeth on proper lipstick'My relationship with lipgloss has been less one of enduring love, more an extended run of booty calls. Sometimes it...
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Beauty: roses
'Rose-scented smellies divide opinion, but I happen to love the smell of true rose oil (not synthetic copies, which are reliably ghastly)'At this time of year, beauty companies release a selection of...
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Beauty: fashion show backstage essentials
'While the on-catwalk fashions change drastically from season to season, the same beauty products are used over and over backstage'I attended my first London fashion week in 1990 and it's interesting...
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Beauty: illuminating powders
'Avoid any with too much sparkle – it's naff'It's a strange thing when everyone in beauty has the same idea at the same time. Sometimes (like last year with BB creams) it coincides with the arrival of...
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Beauty: new skincare products
'The beauty industry's love for Bioderma is devoted to the point of slavishness. This no-frills pharmacy brand is adored for its super-gentle cleansers, sunscreens and moisturisers'Last year I arrived...
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Beauty: new spring makeup
'Sometimes, a new take on a classic can be more thrilling than anything'I may have lured you here under false pretences. I love makeup more than the average pageant toddler, but having been shown an...
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Beauty: the best budget makeup
'It's neither savvy nor cool to take your eyes off cheaper makeup ranges nowadays'There was a time when teens wore makeup from 17, grew into No7, then, if life was kind, graduated to an adulthood with...
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Beauty: new perfumes
'If the new Marni perfume were a person, it wouldn't put out until the third date'I meant to write a column three weeks ago about my favourite new perfumes, specifically the signature scent from...
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Beauty: hyperpigmentation
'I've seen great results following laser therapy and over-the-counter serums have become far more effective in recent years'Hyperpigmentation. A fancy word for what your nana called sunspots – the...
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Beauty: night creams
'I invariably look as though I've smeared my face in Lurpak before I hit the hay'Night cream is my favourite skincare product. There's something so pleasing about removing the day's filth and cosseting...
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Beauty: feelgood nails
'Flamboyant nails are a great way to give your style some quirk and edge without breaking professional dress codes or looking like mutton dressed as lamb'I love a £5 bargain that makes me squeal more...
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Beauty: timesavers
'I have mixed feelings about timesaving products, but the speedy tricks I do use are invaluable'I think people assume I spend hours a day putting on makeup. Understandable, given my job, but in reality...
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Beauty: liquid cleansers
'Micellars are used backstage at fashion shows because they cause minimal stress to a model's skin'When I get home far too late and knackered or, as my grandmother would say, "a tad fresh", I can't...
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Beauty: the new bases
'Just one little pot of concealer can make a bad-face day a great one'Ask any woman which makeup item she can't live without and there's a good chance she'll say mascara. Much as I like a flutter...
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Beauty: cheek sticks
'There's something satisfyingly infantile about smearing colour on your cheeks with an oversized bingo marker'Few makeup items are as much fun as a blusher stick. There's something satisfyingly...
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Beauty: exfoliating toners
'The point is to sweep away dead cells that exacerbate fine dry lines and blocked pores, leaving skin brighter and smoother'Iam on record as saying toners – those perfumed waters peddled as the...
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Beauty: modern facial sunblocks
'I can tell you with all sincerity that sunblocks have changed and it's high time you got involved'I have worn a different sunblock on my face every day for the past five weeks, so you don't have to....
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Beauty: eye creams
'It's important to treat the eye area (it's usually the first to wrinkle)'I am asked for eye cream recommendations more than anything else, yet I am somewhat reluctant to endorse them wholesale. I...
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Beauty: bronzing powders
'I wear it practically every day; it makes skin look lit from within'I've known the word bronzer make women recoil in horror. We associate it with Towie-style Ronseal body dips, faces artificially...
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