Want all the red carpet glamour at a fraction of the cost? Check out these insider’s tips on how to give your hair a Hollywood makeover minus the massive bill. Behind every celeb and their shiny mane is a team of (very rich) hair stylists who dedicate their days to keeping their client’s hair picture […]

A new hair colour is a great way to instantly transform your look. Updating your colour at home can be an easy-on-the-pocket option, but can also be a risky colour change. Here are a few tips and tricks to changing shades. A hairdresser will charge between $100 and $200 for colouring, so with the ever-increasing […]

Swapping your regular perfume for a naturally-derived fragrance can deliver more than just a beautiful scent. Formulated with pure essential oils, they can offer holistic wellbeing too, writes Shonagh Walker. Drawing from the age-old traditions of aromatherapy, natural perfumes are attractive for a range of reasons. As well as offering a pretty scent, they actually […]

Your makeup is beautiful, your outfit is stunning and your shoes look incredible — it’s a shame about the hair! Bad hair can ruin a killer outfit so we’ve found 10 clever ways to update your hair in 10 minutes. 1. Cut a fringe A fringe is an easy way to update your style with […]

Runway: A towering textured beehive was the ’do of choice at Lisa Ho’s S/S show: “We wanted to re-create a classic ‘60s silhouette and modernise the look with slightly raw edges around the hairline”, says Kenneth Stoddard for Redken. Real way:Let hair dry naturally, then tease locks at the crown. Pull hair back tightly, twist […]

Once upon a time cosmetic surgery was taboo; reserved for the rich or the vain. If you’d had it, you didn’t admit it and you certainly never questioned your flat-chested colleague who came back from “visiting the relatives” with ample double Ds. Things have definitely progressed over the past 10 years. Okay, so maybe it’s […]

Richard Dalton, one of Princess Diana’s closest advisers and her former hairdresser says she would hardly have been able to contain her joy in these final days before her eldest son’s nuptials. Speaking exclusively to Woman’s Day, Richard – who was Diana’s sounding board, having been her hairdresser since she was just 17 – says […]

A French make-up company has published the world’s first unretouched beauty ad. The campaign for Make Up For Ever’s new foundation appeared in US magazines this week, and marks a refreshing change from the usual flawlessly airbrushed images. In pictures: Beauties who have banned airbrushing The ad features a natural-looking model holding up a camera […]

A few months back I got a nose job. The week before the operation I told my Editor I was having it done and she took one look at me said, “great story – write it’. Gak! I wasn’t overly keen to share the fact that I was undergoing cosmetic surgery with more than two […]