The best buys from Pat McGrath’s first UK store
She’s the world’s most influential makeup artist, and these are the products to get your hands on
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How green is your lipstick: beauty brands and the fight against plastic waste
Makeup and personal care companies produce a huge amount of packaging – much of which cannot be recycled. But companies such as Lush and Garnier are trying to do better
The best hydrating foundations
If you find foundations look a little flat, dull or cakey, two new products are a godsend
‘It’s genuine, you know?’: why the online influencer industry is going ‘authentic’
Calamities such as Fyre Festival have tarnished the booming business of YouTube and Instagram stars. Now the industry’s top tastemakers have a new plan: keeping it real. By Sophie Elmhirst
Guerlain L’Essentiel masters the subtle art of balance between makeup and skincare
Guerlain , the French perfume, cosmetics and skincare house, which is among the oldest in the world, reinvents foundation with L’Essentiel, an ingenious alliance of skincare and makeup. The bottle of this new beauty ally is also re-imagined. This new reinvented foundation diffuses its active skincare ingredients to the heart of the epidermis, making pores … Read more
Is clean beauty a skincare revolution – or a pointless indulgence?
More and more companies are offering skincare products free from ‘toxic’, ‘nasty’ and ‘suspicious’ chemicals. But are these ingredients really dangerous?