Forget neons or pastels – it’s all about khaki, moss and avocado shadesGreen is still a huge thing in fashion (blame Bottega Veneta), and now it’s coming for our makeup bags. We needn’t be talking lurid greens and faddy neons here – we’re looking at a …
Ding dong, Avon now calling with ‘omni-channel’ cosmetic sales in a digital age
Spurred on by the Covid pandemic, the traditional doorstep retailer is training its ‘reps’ in new techniquesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAvon may soon be calling you into shops and live-streamed shopping events as well as…
Tan France: ‘People assume I’m older than I am’
The designer who made his name on Queer Eye, talks about his heritage, becoming a father and how to keep your eyebrows looking greatWhen I was young, my focus wasn’t on my queerness. It was more on being south Asian. I was raised in a small town in Sou…
Readers reply: what evolutionary advantage comes from women having considerably less body hair than men?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhat evolutionary advantage comes from women having considerably less body hair …
The devil’s in the detail: hair horns become summer’s hot new trend
Anime inspires bold, edgy look with a nod back to punk and emo styles worn by the Bromley Contingent and the Prodigy’s Keith Flint This year has brought many unexpected hair trends. First came the shullet (a cross between the 90s shag and the harder 80…
Viking beauty kits and Neanderthal contouring: the secret history of male beauty
Fashion and beauty expert David Yi has written a book that reveals how prejudice has kept men’s beauty routines hiddenThe history of the male beauty ritual has been largely undocumented – and forgotten about – due to a combination of gender prejudice a…
Here’s the rub: facial massage can have benefits but not for your skin
Touted as an anti-ageing treatment on social media, it is relaxing, but dermatologists say other claims are ‘fundamentally mythological’Whether it’s with a jade roller, a gua sha or simply your fingers, facial massages are all over social media, from T…
Swiftarc Ventures launches beauty fund aimed at women-led startups
The $10 million Swiftarc Beauty Fund supports female founders leading the next wave of beauty and wellness brands.
The best long-lasting lipstick | Sali Hughes
Budge-proof colour with outstanding staying power – I have truly never known the likeAs much as I miss lipstick (and a hundred other things I will never again take for granted), I plan to keep my lower face covered until we’re further out of the woods….
Man with a Movie Camera – Spectacular 1929 silent movie by Dziga Vertov
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention. (SLYT) “It made explicit and poetic the astonishing gift the cinema made possible, of arranging what we see, ordering it, imposing a rhyt…