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Your skin has started to look a little dull, your cheeks have gone a bit flaky, and your forehead has well and truly lost its summer glow. All the warning signs are checked – like me, you’ve officially got “January skin”. Okay, it’s by no means a professional technical term, but “January skin” is something…
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The weekend might be uninterrupted by alarm clocks and emails, but not a Friday/Saturday/Sunday evening goes by without 50+ notifications tallying up in my besties’ WhatsApp group. 90% of the time it’s standard girl chat – outfit advice, dating advice, foodie recommendations, “Is it safe to microwave this??”. But if there’s one thing that really…
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Skin is constantly bombarded (from both inside and out) with pore-clogging debris – dead skin cells, oil, makeup, bacteria, sweat, and pollution, which congest pores and cause blockages. The result is breakouts and blackheads (a clogged pore becomes a blackhead when the build-up breaks through at the skin’s surface, oxidises and turns black) – neither…
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Being able to maintain perfect lips from dusk ‘till dawn can be a major struggle (which is really annoying when you have at least 438658 lipsticks rolling around the bottom of your handbag, just dying to be used). From smudging, bleeding, fading, and everything in between, there are so many factors that can put us…
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Some beauty products – think Anastasia Beverly Hills’ Brow Wiz and Alpha-H Liquid Gold – are so good, they practically have celebrity status, with devoted, loyal followings. Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentre is up there in the hall of fame – before it was sold in the UK, beauty editors would trek to Calais simply to stock…
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Unless you’ve been on a remote island with no wi-fi for the past few years, you’ve definitely heard of Jouer Cosmetics, an LA-based beauty company who have beauty editors, influencers, and YouTubers alike raving about the brand’s every product launch – each of which seems to be more 4684853 times more exciting than the last.…
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Recently we’ve noticed a decline in the traditional when it comes to eyeshadow, with monochromatic smokey eyes and subtle bronze sparkle being replaced with bold, bright pops of colour. Spotted backstage at fashion shows, on our favourite red carpet celebrities, and on Insta-famous beauty pros, colour-block eye looks are officially having a moment. But how…
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Every time I recommend people add acids to their skincare routine, they look at me like I’m actually on acid. But the thing about acids is that they sound a lot scarier than they are – essentially, any product with a pH balance of less than 7 is an acid (skin actually sits at 5.5…
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We speak with Ofra Gaito, founder of Ofra Cosmetics, about makeup, her career, and the ever-changing beauty industry. Have you always been interested in makeup and cosmetics growing up? Yes. When I was a teenager, I loved visiting the cosmetic counters in department stores. I specifically loved looking at the makeup and perfumes. I also…
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The EDITed by Beauty Bay team talk with Brandon Truaxe, the man behind DECIEM and sell-out brands such as The Ordinary and NIOD who’s shaking up the beauty industry with his no-nonsense approach to skincare. Can you summarise The Ordinary products in one word? Unordinary. What are the main differences between The Ordinary, NIOD and Hylamide…