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Beauty news, stories & reviews.
Sleep: The blessed oblivion we all need.
One of the worlds most famous insomniacs. If Marilyn Monroe were alive today, she’d be the first to tell you, beauty sleep is important. She knew better than anyone the restorative power of sleep even though, sadly, it eluded her for a great deal of her adult life. When I was much younger, burning the […]
A skin analysis machine illuminating your skins true nature.
We’ve come a long way since the fluffy pillows and frilly curtains of the 80s. Back in the day circa 1985, when I first became a beauty therapist, I dreamed there would come a time when beauty therapy would differentiate, a bit like your skin cells, divide and conquer. In 1985, other skin professionals, like […]
Skin as dry as the Sahara Desert?
Emergency solutions for tight, dry skin. Tight, dry skin so uncomfortable it was cracking, literally! That was me a few years back. You see, I found myself in a situation that I was, to be honest, uncharacteristically ill-prepared. Hence, my skin, suddenly as dry as the desert in springtime, which, funnily enough, is exactly where […]
Winter Skin: Crimes and misdemeanours
Suddenly, you have winter skin. Almost overnight, your skin goes from seemingly fine to sensitive, dry, parched, and well, just terrible and it’s a result of seasonal weather changes leaving you with stressed winter skin. Your makeup exacerbates the problem. Your skin feels tight and looks red and blotchy. Okay, you expect this to happen. […]
Niacinamide: The not so ordinary skincare ingredient
The not so new, but very Hot-Right-Now skincare ingredient! A few years back, I wrote an article about niacinamide—an ingredient on the cusp of widespread fame and fortune. At the time, my article went viral. It may have been how you first found The Beauty Issue and me. It was 2015, which doesn’t seem so […]
Carey Mulligan: A Promising Young Woman
Carrie Mulligan burst on to the scene in the role of Jenny in the 2009 film, An Education. A coming of age film set in 1960s London where she falls for a man twice her age. Carrie received an Oscar nomination for this role, her first until this year when she was nominated again for […]
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Ah yes, collagen. I’ve got you under my skin, so deep in my heart, you’re really a part of me… I’d tried so, not to give in, I said to myself this affair never will go so well… Thank you, Cole Porter; I’ll take the affair from here. And, what a love affair it’s been, […]
Skincare mistakes making your acne worse.
We’ve all had them: acne, breakouts and blemished skin. At least once in our lives, most of us have experienced an acne breakout that crushed our confidence. And although there are countless claims and myths surrounding acne, every case is different. For instance, some studies claim chocolate is a culprit for acne. And while that might […]
Sleep: The blessed oblivion we all need.
One of the worlds most famous insomniacs. If Marilyn Monroe were alive today, she’d be the first to tell you, beauty sleep is important. She knew better than anyone the restorative power of sleep even though, sadly, it eluded her for a great deal of her adult life. When I was much younger, burning the […]
A skin analysis machine illuminating your skins true nature.
We’ve come a long way since the fluffy pillows and frilly curtains of the 80s. Back in the day circa 1985, when I first became a beauty therapist, I dreamed there would come a time when beauty therapy would differentiate, a bit like your skin cells, divide and conquer. In 1985, other skin professionals, like […]
Skin as dry as the Sahara Desert?
Emergency solutions for tight, dry skin. Tight, dry skin so uncomfortable it was cracking, literally! That was me a few years back. You see, I found myself in a situation that I was, to be honest, uncharacteristically ill-prepared. Hence, my skin, suddenly as dry as the desert in springtime, which, funnily enough, is exactly where […]