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    Holiday gift guide 2024
    Make-up artist Lisa Eldridge on how to gift beauty products

    Body lotions, bath salts and Gua Sha tools are easy wins, or step up your game with niche cosmetic brands and pampering treatments 

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    Ormonde Jayne’s Linda Pilkington has brought the exotic scents she bottles to a theatrical London landscape

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    How the classic beauty tool became a bestseller

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  • Saturday, 16 November, 2024
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    Some of the best new foundations come in a retro format

    Brands such as Charlotte Tilbury and Dior are reinventing stick foundation for a convenience-focused consumer

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
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    Eye creams that actually work

    HTSI’s beauty expert seeks out the best new products

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  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
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    Is NAD your best shot at longevity?

    It’s the super-supplement that claims to help you sleep, perform and focus. We put the latest form to the test 

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  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
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    When it comes to accessories, go tonal or go home

    11 bundles of joy 

    From top: Tiffany & Co gold HardWear Graduated Link necklace, £17,200. Maeden leather bag, £450. Maison Francis Kurkdjian Grand Soir, £185 for 70ml EDP. Gabriela Hearst cashmere socks, £1,150. Gucci suede Blondie medium bag, £2,880. Crockett & Jones leather Pembroke shoes, £565
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    Take one cake... Nigel Slater’s recipe for a festive fragrance

    The food writer has cooked up a Christmas candle. It’s something to feast on

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  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
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    Count down to Christmas Day with cocktails, perfumes… and pants

    Diptyque advent calendar, £390
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
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    Ask Adeela: can I clear my cystic acne?

    Our beauty columnist – and former sufferer – suggests the best solutions

    Acne can last into adulthood and cause considerable distress
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
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    The best blushers of 2024

    Go huge on rouge this autumn

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
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    Hundreds of cosmetic goods contain toxic substances, says EU agency

    Many retail goods contained ‘forever chemicals’ that are harmful to humans and the environment, according to report

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  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
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    Does Merit’s new moisturiser live up to the hype?

    The LA-based beauty brand has built a loyal following in just three years. We test its latest bestseller

    Merit Great Skin Priming Moisturizer, £40
  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
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    Want your house to smell like a five-star hotel? There’s a scent for that

    Claridge’s candles, Chiltern Firehouse room sprays, and an Eau de Le Sirenuse

    Claridge’s Mayfair Terrace suite
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
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    The skincare wisdom of Emma Lewisham

    From ‘Botox in a bottle’ to live-probiotic serums, her sustainable products have a cult following

    New Zealand-based natural skincare entrepreneur Emma Lewisham
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
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    Our expert tracks down autumn’s best tools 

    Anté Beauty Kanyen RF facial device, £399
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
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    Me, my mother and making scents of Myanmar

    When Kathleen Baird-Murray wanted to capture her family legacy in a fragrance, there was only one man for the job

    The author on her first trip to Myanmar in 1994
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    In-demand hairdressers are downsizing. Good luck getting an appointment

    No shopfront, no signage — the new small studios are private, personal and take only one or two clients at a time

    A man with blond curls and a beard, wearing a black t-shirt and trousers, straightens the long auburn hair of a smiling woman sitting in the chair in front  of him
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    How fragrances are becoming the mane attraction

    Hair mists are playing an increasingly important part in women’s beauty routines

    A woman in a black and white photo from the 1940s combs her hair
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
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    Like its middle-aged consumer, the company’s earnings need some anti-ageing protection

    A sales assistant helps a customer try on a lip colour at an Estee Lauder store in Shanghai, China
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
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    Bobbi Brown is en route to her second billion-dollar company

    Jones Road is another business miracle (balm) in the making

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  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    The gold rush in men’s grooming

    A wave of new brands is promising beauty for men — but are the products any different to those targeting women?

    A young bare-chested man, apparently looking in a mirror, is combing back his dark hair
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
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    The best new beauty launches for autumn 2024

    Stock up on these serums, supplements and scents

    Chanel 31 Le Rouge Matte lipsticks, £140 each
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