We don’t need to warn you about the importance of wearing suncream. From skin damage to wrinkles and even skin cancer, nowadays anyone who’s even remotely skin conscious will know that layering up with SPF as the weather gets hotter is key if you want to protect your face from the many dangers of sun exposure. So where to begin? Suncreams come a dime a dozen at any local … [Read more...] about 5 of the best facialist approved summer SPFs
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Ask our editor: how to get a handle on your holiday hair
As much as we all crave ‘beach hair’ (you’re saying you’ve never taken a photo of Candice, Miranda or Doutzen a la plage into the hairdressers?), all that sea, sun and surf isn’t so great for your locks. Beachy texture often means salt and chlorine giving your hair that undone, messy-wavy feel – which is all fun and games for a day or two, but when you get home and … [Read more...] about Ask our editor: how to get a handle on your holiday hair
A first timer’s guide to festival beauty
Off to a festival for the first time this summer? Sorted your tent, your transport and what to pack for insta versus real life? That just leaves the tricky situation of beauty essentials. In a dream world you’ll be operating a strict regime of different festival braids worthy of Kate Bosworth and intricate glitter designs you’ve watched tutorials of on Youtube. Now we hate to … [Read more...] about A first timer’s guide to festival beauty
Is combination hair a thing?
We all know what combination skin is. In fact, we’d hazard a guess that most of us fall into the ‘combination’ category, at least during some seasons of the year. Even if your skin is drier than the Sahara desert, you’re still bound to get the odd breakout come summer. Likewise, if you’re usually reaching for the blotting papers every few minutes, when the mercury drops, you … [Read more...] about Is combination hair a thing?
Ask the editor: how to wash your hair like a pro
We all love that post-salon-blow-dry feeling. The infinitely swishier hair, the smoothness that somehow survives sweaty gym sessions, the gravity defying-bounce…Plus, have you noticed that a salon style always seems to last a longer than anything you do at home? It’s not just industrial amounts of hairspray (though that helps) – it’s because they get your hair … [Read more...] about Ask the editor: how to wash your hair like a pro