The Right Way To Clean And Look After Your Makeup Sponges And Brushes
By half past three the foundation has gathered in the creases beside your nose and gone patchy across the cheeks, even though it looked fine at half past eight. Most women blame the foundation. Often the real culprit is sitting in a…
How To Judge A Hair Dryer Like A Specialist Before You Buy One
There is a drawer, or maybe a shelf in the airing cupboard, holding two or three hair dryers: the one that came free with a straightener set, the one your mother handed down, and the newer one you bought after the last…
How To Get Better Results From The Gel Nail Polish You Already Own
There is a drawer in most bathrooms with four or five bottles of gel polish in it, most of them three-quarters full, all of them slightly gluey around the cap. The colour chipped within four days, or it peeled off in one…
How To Choose Everyday Foundation: A Beginner’s Guide To Getting It Right
Most women's bathroom shelves hold at least two foundations that were worn once and abandoned: one too orange, one that vanished by lunchtime, one that sat in the creases beside the nose like a small warning. If you have stood under the…
The Right Way To Apply Volumising Mascara (And The Mistakes That Undo It By Lunchtime)
Check the mirror at midday and the volume you built at eight o'clock has usually gone. Lashes look flattened, a little clumped at the outer corner, maybe a smudge low on the lid. The bathroom drawer probably holds three or four half-used…
How To Choose A Long-Wear Lipstick That Actually Lasts
You know the moment. Coffee at ten, and by half past your lipstick has migrated to the rim of the cup, leaving your actual mouth looking bare and slightly bruised. There's a drawer somewhere in your flat with four or five 'long-wear'…