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Greying Hair: What Genuinely Helps, and What No Serum Can Promise — Hair

Greying Hair: What Genuinely Helps, and What No Serum Can Promise

The beauty aisle is full of products aimed at greys. Here is what is actually going on with your hair, and the care that makes silver look deliberate rather than tired.

Clara Ventura•
Skin Tint, Tinted Moisturiser or Foundation: How to Pick Your Base After 40 — Face

Skin Tint, Tinted Moisturiser or Foundation: How to Pick Your Base After 40

Every season brings another lightweight base promising skin that looks like skin. Here is what actually separates the categories — and how to work out which one your face wants this autumn.

Clara Ventura•
Before You Book the Tweakment: The Cheaper Steps Most of Us Skip — Face

Before You Book the Tweakment: The Cheaper Steps Most of Us Skip

Treatment stacking has quietly become normal — one appointment leading to the next, then the next. Here is how to work out what you actually want changed, and what you can do before you spend a thing.

Clara Ventura•
The Patches Summer Left Behind: A Calm Autumn Plan for Pigmentation — Face

The Patches Summer Left Behind: A Calm Autumn Plan for Pigmentation

Freckle clusters that joined up, a shadow across the cheekbones, dark marks where a spot used to be — autumn is the sensible season to work on all of it. Here's the order that actually helps.

Clara Ventura•
September Skin: Fading Summer's Marks Without Wrecking Your Barrier — Face

September Skin: Fading Summer's Marks Without Wrecking Your Barrier

Uneven tone, rough texture and freckles that joined forces — the annual end-of-summer inventory. Here's how to treat it in the right order, so you don't spend autumn with a stinging face.

Clara Ventura•
If Your Foundation Clings to Dry Patches, the Fix Starts Before the Base — Face

If Your Foundation Clings to Dry Patches, the Fix Starts Before the Base

Late-summer skin is quietly dehydrated, and every base you own suddenly finds the flaky bits. The solution is rarely a new foundation — it is what happens in the ten minutes beforehand.

Clara Ventura•
Where You Do Your Makeup Matters More Than What You Buy — Face

Where You Do Your Makeup Matters More Than What You Buy

Harsh overhead bathroom light and a magnifying mirror will make almost anyone over-apply. Here's how to set yourself up so your base looks right in real life, not just at the sink.

Clara Ventura•
You Don't Have to Scan Every Label: A Calmer Way to Read Skincare Ingredients — Face

You Don't Have to Scan Every Label: A Calmer Way to Read Skincare Ingredients

Scanning barcodes and grading ingredients was supposed to make us confident shoppers. For a lot of women it has done the opposite. Here is what a label can genuinely tell you — and what it can't.

Clara Ventura•