When it comes to natural hair, Vernon Francois is in a unique position. Having had dreadlocks and braids and spent Sunday afternoons as a kid getting his hair pulled by his mother, he comes to the job understanding a lot of the challenges that black women have fought with when it comes to their hair.… Continue reading 12 natural hair hacks from Lupita Nyong’o’s hair stylist Vernon Francois
Backstage at Christian Dior’s fall 2017 couture show today, lead makeup artist Peter Philips was tasked with making the models look how you might feel after a long-haul flight–”kind of weathered,” he explained, citing Amelia Earhart and women going into Inca temples as inspiration. In keeping with designer Maria Grazia Chiuri’s world-traveling vision, hair stylist… Continue reading 5 beauty secrets to nail the effortless French-girl look
Ask any expert and they’ll tell you: The best way to prevent suffering from a vicious hangover is to forego booze entirely. That’s because there’s no hard-and-fast, research-backed way to sidestep alcohol’s side effects. But the truth is sometimes, even experts who know better, drink just as much as you do. To fend off the… Continue reading 18 expert-tested ways to prevent a hangover
We love lipstick (obviously), so when our friends over at Google HQ told us the UK’s top five most-searched questions around lipstick, we couldn’t help but answer them all in one place. And yes, we had to Google one of them. How do I make lipstick? Our advice is not to attempt this at home (unless… Continue reading Google’s 5 most asked questions about lipstick, answered
You have to give flight attendants mad props, not just because they handle our twice-a-minute requests for more water with a smile, nor because they travel the turbulent skies without tripping or throwing up or both. No—it’s because they do all that and more under the heavy, perhaps unfair, expectation that they must be impeccably… Continue reading 5 best-kept beauty secrets of flight attendants
Hitting the town on the weekend may do wonders for your Instagram follower count, but dealing with the fallout the next morning? Not so much. And while you may still make it in time for that early morning meeting by some mercy of the traffic gods, your fancy party wear will need more than paracetamol… Continue reading How to take care of your expensive party wear
In your 40s, the appearance of ageing is more pronounced as skin experiences a breakdown of cells and loses the ability to build collagen. Besides the inevitable wrinkles, large pores and loss of evenness in texture, Indian skin types especially are prone to pigmentation because of constant sun exposure. While you should continue following a… Continue reading The best anti-ageing skincare for your 40s
The early 30s are the time when the usual signs of ageing start to form. Spots, pigmentation, uneven skin tone, very fine lines and a loss of firmness are signs to look out for. You can try retinoid, a powerful antioxidant that interrupts free-radical damage, arrests formation of lines and increases the skin’s collagen and… Continue reading Here’s how to get flawless skin in your 30s
The body’s ageing process begins right at minute one, when we’re born. As time goes by and you add daily stress and negligence to the mix, the skin begins to lose its ability to heal and repair. Around the age of 25, natural production of collagen slows down. Collagen is a structural protein, which makes… Continue reading How to take care of your skin in your 20s
While we’re all for matte lipsticks, they’re hardly made for dropping temperatures. Take to your faithful red lipgloss (or invest in a new one) for megawatt shine—cherry hues are ideal for end-of-the-year celebrations. High shine formulas have been Kareena Kapoor’s and Jennifer Lopez’ all-time favourite (celebrity seal of approval, too!) and with the new not-so-sticky… Continue reading How to rock a glossy red pout like a star
If you’re one of those people who hates waking up early and going through the motions of washing and conditioning your hair in the morning, then we’ve got some bad news. Your current habit of washing your hair at night is causing irreparable damage to your gorgeous locks. While it’s not the actual time that… Continue reading Here’s why you should never wash your hair at night
A TV journalist turned yogi and author, Ambika Behal learned to listen to the grown-ups the hard way. After finding a cure to her out-of-control skin allergies in her grandmother’s homemade potions, she went (almost entirely) natural and revealed her findings in Honest Beauty: One Good Idea Every Day for a Happier, Healthier You. The… Continue reading 4 beauty lifesavers you can find in your kitchen
Pooja Hegde posing against the background of Aspendos’ ancient amphitheatre in Turkey deserves its own moment in fashion history. But apart from her exquisite Indian couture wardrobe, Pooja’s cheekbones — a marvel of genetics and a make-up artist’s brush — had us staring at this photo longer than we’d like to admit. Like any good Samaritan,… Continue reading How to get cheekbones like Pooja Hegde
On the list of things that can go wrong during your wedding, 73% of women listed ‘mehndi not being dark enough’ as one of their top three worries. OK, maybe we made that statistic up, but that doesn’t mean that the problem isn’t real. Follow the steps correctly and you’ll be the proud owner of… Continue reading How to make your mehndi darker
The actual day of your wedding may pass by in what seems the blink of an eye, but the memories are going to be eternalized forever in your album. Make sure that you and your grandchildren have a worthy memento to look back on by following these simple tips: Find your good side Discover what… Continue reading 10 ways to look glamorous in your wedding photographs
