Beauty: a treat you can afford | Sali Hughes
'For years, my bathroom contained a mix of high-end luxury bath brands and cheering supermarket shower bargains, but now a third strand has emerged between the two'The British are experts at mid-price...
View ArticleBeauty: makeup sticks
From unexpected nights out to casual days, a good makeup stick has multiple uses. And there are some brilliant new ones for springI love a stick. Fat, solid, twist-up makeup like something Larry...
View ArticleBeauty: brilliant tools for the job
'Muji nail clippers are one example. I've been using them for more than 10 years and won't let any other sharp implement near my nail tips'The joy of my job is that I get to recommend brilliantly...
View ArticleBeauty: fruit scents for grown-up women
'Fruity floral scents are the olfactory equivalent of the nice, boring partner you take home from school to meet your parents before meeting someone more interesting and filthy at university'Iam...
View ArticleBeauty: facial sunblocks | Sali Hughes
'In spring, it's time to up the ante from our usual SPF15 and seek out a sunblock that isn't a nuisance'Iam asked about facial sunblocks so often, I believe they're most women's beauty bugbear....
View ArticleBeauty: sheer bases
'There are alternatives to BB creams that give the same sheer colour, sun protection and minor blemish cover without the dull finish'Despite my moaning, I recognise that BB creams have answered the...
View ArticleBeauty: a new bargain makeup brand
'Makeup Revolution, a vast new range priced mostly between a quid and a fiver, is seriously impressive'An entirely new makeup brand is rare. Skincare ranges pop up weekly (organic skincare seems to be...
View ArticleBeauty: bronzer-free bronze | Sali Hughes
Women are more scared of bronzer than of wrinkles; it's time to look at alternativesI've spent the past month travelling the country, answering women's beauty questions. I've discovered they're more...
View ArticleBeauty: liquid lipsticks
'Liquid lipsticks are ideal if, like me, you associate glosses with teenagers in nightclub toilets'The buzz term in modern beauty is hybrid technology that is, products that take good skincare...
View ArticleBeauty: the do-it-all balm
'There are hundreds of non-specific emollients out there so many that I feel bad that my favourite has been around for so long now, it can't be news to anyone'I love my products, clearly, but in summer...
View ArticleBeauty: go easy on the eyeliner, and bold with the shadow
Ive returned to proper eyeshadow: soft, smudgy colour that looks grown-up and timelessI am mostly done with flicks, the vintage, black feline liquid eyeliner made iconic by Margot Fonteyn and Brigitte...
View ArticleBeauty: the new sonics
‘What is highly creditable about sonic brushes is that they make people cleanse’The principle of sonic facial brushes is the same as for sonic toothbrushes – both claim to offer more thorough cleansing...
View ArticleBeauty: grown-up glitter
‘Dark neutral or jewel tones, ideally with either a black or golden base look more sophisticated, mature, less difficult to wear’My feeling is that the opportunities to wear glitter are so scant in...
View ArticleBeauty: face facts – exfoliants are essential, skin refreshers a luxury
‘It seems I infuriated many readers a few weeks back by saying toner is useless. Allow me to explain…’It seems I infuriated many a few weeks back by saying toner is useless. I unwittingly made those...
View ArticleBeauty: festive red lipsticks without the guesswork
‘As a general rule, the darker the skin, the more flattering a blue-red; the paler, the prettier an orangey-red’I always wear red lipstick on Christmas Day. It feels festive and jolly, more tasteful...
View ArticleBeauty: all I want for Christmas is the scent of iris
‘In perfume, iris usually has that powdery, inside-a-nanna’s-poshest-handbag smell I so love’It seems impossible to begin to make recommendations for Christmas scents (and I can’t claim to be bowled...
View ArticleBeauty: Sali Hughes’s greatest hits of 2014
‘I rate all of these products so highly that I honestly can’t imagine what could trump them in 2015’As I look back on all the products I tried, loved, hated and dribbled over in 2014, it occurs to me...
View ArticleBeauty: bargain cover-ups for the New Year
Skint, tired and spotty after the festive mayhem? Well, treat yourself to a cover-up bargain that won’t entail any guiltIt’s January, which means most of us are poor from present buying, haggard from...
View ArticleBeauty: bad hair day? Try one of these brilliant cheats
‘I’m loth to admit it, but scrunchies are my best recent beauty discovery – all of 24 years after they were fashionable’Since cutting off five inches of hair, I’ve become obsessed with how much time...
View ArticleBeauty: contouring
‘It’s a trick born in old Hollywood and it certainly works, if you can spare the time’For someone who adores makeup, I find the current craze for contouring a bit saddening. It appears that not only...
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