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Beauty

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    How can I reduce my beauty budget?

    Got a beauty dilemma? Our expert is here to offer advice. This week, Marguerite wants to know if she’s spending too much on her routine
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    The new liquid blushers make beauty into art

  • Skincare products

    Ablution pollution: minimise your hygiene carbon footprint with some simple regime tweaks

  • Sali Hughes on Exfoliating creams

    Bumpy arms begone! My favourite exfoliating lotions for all skin types

  • a woman looking in the mirror

    My brain surgery has affected my face – and my self-esteem

  • Gracie Abrams performs on NBC's Today show at Rockefeller Plaza on Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

    Chic, sexy, elegant: the classic bob is back as the haircut of the summer

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Sali Hughes on beauty

  • Montage of sunbed melting

    Sunbeds increase the risk of skin cancer, whatever TikTok tells you

  • Sali Hughes greenhouse fragrance column

    Vegetal scents make for the perfect summer fragrance, whatever the weather

    Never mind the coconuts, go for something with more of a tomato plant and damp lawn vibe at this time of year
  • Sali Hughes column on travel size carry on

    Flying abroad? These are the last travel-size minis you’ll ever need to buy

    I enjoy the challenge of squeezing my essentials into a polythene bag at security. Here’s how I do it
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The beauty spot

  • Woman having makeup applied to her face

    On the lash: mascaras that create volume and length

  • skincare. close up view of woman hand moisturising them with cream. skincare.

    Hand creams: 10 of the best

  • ‘I find reddish orange endlessly flattering’: backstage with Ulla Johnson for SS24.

    Nothing says summer like an orange lipstick

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    Travel minis: 10 of the best

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Skincare

  • a person shaves their face with blue razor and white shaving cream

    Don’t leave your razor in the shower – and eight other rules for shaving

    Shaving can sometimes leave us covered in angry red bumps – experts share dos and don’ts for smooth gliding
  • Visible pores

    Now I’ve hit my 40s, makeup settles into my pores. Why?

  • A wasp in a glass of red liquid and ice, against blue sky and sea

    59 summer problems solved – from sunburn and sweating to wasps and wedgies

  • How do I find the right products for my sensitive skin?

Make up

  • cartoon of woman with black rings round her eyes

    Which mascara won’t give me ‘panda eyes’?

  • A beautiful cheerful black woman is applying sunscreen on her face, she is enjoying a vacation and a little luxury in her life.

    The 11 best sunscreens for every need – from solid to mineral, body to face

  • Portrait of Hannah Fletcher.

    Is there asbestos in your makeup? Why women with cancer are suing big beauty brands

  • Emma Forrest for The Observer Magazine

    ‘It was my gateway drug to self-harm’: a writer’s journey to finding the joy in makeup

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Hair

  • Diana Spechler

    I spent decades straightening my ‘Jewish hair’ – until I realised I was hiding my true self

    Diana Spechler
  • Woman getting her hair washed at a salon

    Readers reply: should I be taking longer to wash my hair? My hairdresser seems to think so

  • Young woman having her hair washed in a salon

    Should I be taking longer to wash my hair? My hairdresser seems to think so

  • Picture of woman with grey roots

    My once-dyed hair is greying naturally, but my roots look awful

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Fragrance

  • A brown bichon frisé sits on a chair next to the green bottle of dog scent

    ‘Delicate, authentic, charismatic’: Dolce & Gabbana launches €99 dog perfume

  • Lemon slices

    Seeing is smelling: how even a picture of a lemon can sell products

  • SALI COLUMN SAT MAG Perfume: Prop Stylist: Yvonne Achato @yvonneachoto_stylist Assistant: Declan Slattery @decslattery

    Hate perfume? Even sceptics won’t turn up their noses at these subtle scents

  • ‘Take a fraction of what you’d spend on Le Labo Rose 31 and buy yourself a bouquet; meditate on your own impermanence as it wilts.’

    Ask Ugly: signature scents are deeply appealing – but how else can I express ‘the self’?

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Road test

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