Washing your hair with mineral water or champagne – what lengths would you go to?

Star hairdresser Sam McKnight has suggested that people should wash their hair with bottled water – welcome to beauty’s new battleground

Beauty boom or bust: does the UK have too many salons?

With 12 new salons opening each week, competition in the beauty industry is hotting up, but is there still enough business to go around?

A history of the beehive – the hairdo that rises above trends

The creator of the 1960s updo has died aged 98, but her hairstyle, apopted by everyone from Dusty Springfield to Marge Simpson, has enduring appeal