Beauty, Fashion Tips, Features, Opinion, Opinion peice, ShinyStyle Investigates, Skin
Can a skincare slattern change her ways? Lauren Bravo tries her first fancy facial I have had only two facials in my life before, both of them as a teenager and both in the spa at Center Parcs. For a beauty enthusiast this might be surprising (I once applied mascara during a 3am fire drill), [...]...More
Behind the bag, Behind the bag, Designer Fashions, Features, Handbags, Nostalgia, Uncategorized
Annie might work in fashion, but her most treasured handbag is navy, not neon. Annie learned early that fashion PRs are like successful drug dealers. They pedal the stuff, but they can’t touch it. Realistically, on 24 grand a year, she can’t. When she got her first assistant job (after three years of art history, [...]...More
Beauty, Fashion Tips, Features, Hair, Opinion
For a ritual that’s supposed to count as pampering, having your hair done sure is a stressful business. Lauren Bravo rounds up the worst bits. 1) Trying to establish whether or not your hairdresser is A Talker. “They probably don’t want to chat,” you tell yourself. “They’ve had a long day, perhaps they’d li...More
Beauty, Fashion Tips, Features, Get the look, Opinion, Opinion peice, Trend Alert
Let she who is without selfies cast the first moan! But if selfies could speak… what would they say? Classic pout “I’m a traditional gal. I don’t deviate. like mild peri-peri on my Nando’s, and Paul McCartney is my favourite Beatle.” Extreme pout “By playing with the proportions of the conventional photographic pout, I am [...]...More
Affordable Fashions, Health, Opinion, Reviews, Skin, Uncategorized
What would you say if I promised you all the dreamy, fragrant properties of a perfect holiday for less than twenty quid? Unless you’re three or under, or Tamara Ecclestone, and have no real concept of ‘what things cost’, you’ll laugh, remember the time your Mum and Dad paid fifty quid for a Teletext coach [...]...More
denim, dresses, Fashion Tips, Features, Nostalgia, Opinion, Sleeves of the week, Trend Alert
It’s floral, it’s denim, it’s studded, it’s a shirtdress, it’s a bit 90s, it’s a bit 70s, it has sleeves. We call this one ‘the box-ticker’. Denim shirtdresses are having a bit of a moment. At least in our hearts, if not in da clubz quite yet. They’re cousin of the giant denim shirt, in [...]...More
Accessories, Behind the bag, Designer Fashions, Designers, Fashion Crush, Fashion Tips, Features, Handbags, Nostalgia, Opinion, Style spotlight
Lucy plotted this purchase carefully online. She wasn’t thinking ‘mummy bag’. She wanted something classy, classic, summer in the Hamptons, old school power bitch with a Filofax. But now the cream exterior is smudged with biro and stained with mustard, and the interior is a different, even more distressing horror story. She imagines an offici...More
Affordable Fashions, denim, Fashion Crush, Fashion Tips, Features, Gallery, Get the look, Trend Alert
So you suddenly want to wear dungarees? Us too, don’t worry – here are eight of the best pairs on the high street. Buckle up. It’s snuck up on us, the dungaree thing. A few months ago they were an outside contender, an unlikely style triumph compared to everything else summer 2013 had to offer. [...]...More
Beauty, Features, Opinion, Opinion peice, Reviews, ShinyStyle Investigates, Skin
When almost every other bodily problem is up for public discussion, why does adult acne get left in the dark? Writer Laura Jane Williams brings her breakout battle into the open So the thing is, I’ve always had pretty amazing skin. And that’s a really shitty thing for me to say, because nice girls don’t [...]...More
Affordable Fashions, dresses, Fashion Tips, Features, Get the look, Opinion, Sleeves of the week, Trend Alert, Weddings
How many kinds of sweet flowers grow… on this lovely ASOS shift dress? Botanical and be-sleeved, it’s our pick of the week. Botanical things are usually good things. Botanical gardens, botanical extracts, that odd botanical cola you occasionally get served in hipster pubs. Surprisingly for a word that sounds so much like “botty...More
Accessories, Fashion Tips, Features, Opinion, Opinion peice, Sunglasses
Nobody likes the knob in dark glasses on the tube – but it’s not always as simple as ‘inside’ and ‘outside’. Here’s a handy checklist to help you know when to put them on and take them off In a small shop: acceptable In a big shop or department store: unacceptable In the pub: [...]...More
Accessories, Fashion Tips, Features, Gallery, How to Wear, Opinion, plus size, Weddings
Never mind what to wear on your own wedding day – what the hell do you wear on everybody else’s? Luckily, we’ve rounded up more than a few ideas. Weddings! WEDDINGS! ALL THE WEDDINGS! Wait, aren’t you meant to be at one RIGHT NOW? The sun is out and with it, thousands of twenty and [...]...More
Beauty, Features, Nails, Opinion, Reviews
I grew up religious, and as such, enjoy preparation, fasts, feasts and ritual anointment. And nearly all of these practices can be observed, should you wish, during holiday preparation. Holiday prep is the ultimate Lent. Forget Jesus, in the desert, having a crappy old time of it – this is you, having a fabulous time [...]...More
guess where this is from, How to Wear, Nostalgia, Opinion, Uncategorized, vintage
Writer Janina Mathewson explains the rules of wearing something that has been loved before, and how a girl on a budget can avoid growing weary of the nearly new… Sometimes in our lives we find it hard to stretch to a new pair of jeans. Sometimes we find it hard to stretch to a replacement [...]...More
Beauty, Fashion Tips, Features, guess where this is from, Opinion, Opinion peice, Perfume, ShinyStyle Investigates, Uncategorized
Rumour has it Lidl do a perfume that smells exactly like Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle. Lauren Bravo sniffs out an unlikely bargain. I have plenty of good associations with Lidl. I like their enormous cartons of orange juice and wide range of ambiguously-labelled continental meat products. I even have good smell associations with Lidl, as the [....More
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