13 Dec
1960s eye flicks addict Lauren Oakey lived and breathed Babydoll black. Now it’s gone, whatever will replace it? The thing about discontinued products is that I’m usually the one nodding along to someone else’s tale of woe, the disappointment dripping from their voice as they complain that their face won’t look right again without the blusher they’ve used since they were 17, or they have a good mind to boycott a brand for daring to get rid of the lipstick...
28 Apr
Comedy writer Sarah Morgan gets microbladed and finally sees what all the fuss is about I’m sort of obsessed with eyebrows. Eyebrows can do so much heavy lifting on a face (see: Elizabeth Taylor, Brooke Shields, John Belushi-when-he-takes-off-his-sunglasses-in-Blues-Brothers, oh god oh god) whereas mine have never been much to write home about, unless you like letters about the patchy moustache favoured by Private Walker in Dad’s Army. Blame genetics, blame ill-thought-out teenage pluckings. They’re sparse. Look: I’ve never really got...
05 Apr
Daniel Maier discovers if an intimate men’s range is goolie scrumptious – or just cobblers. Sometimes that empty seat is empty for a reason. A restricted view, a wobbly leg. Likewise, sometimes a gap in the market is there not because no-one thought to fill it but, Below The Belt male genital grooming specialists, because fewer men than you think are longing to apply unguent to their testicles. There are three products in the Below The Belt range. I’d’ve liked...