
16 Aug
Make-up artist Lauren Oakey knows her beauty trademark. She explains why she’ll never stray from the thick black line. Someone once told me that “your face doesn’t look right without eyeliner”. They weren’t being mean, it just doesn’t. Since I first shelled out £1.99 of my carefully budgeted £5 Saturday shopping fund on a Boots Natural Collection black liquid eyeliner and sat cross legged in front of the mirror, drawing a wobbly line across my lid with my tongue...
12 Aug
My name is Kirsty Roarty and I am a serial spot squeezer After each dirty, shameful encounter leaves me sore and exhausted I tell myself that’ll be the last time. But I know I’ll be back for more. I’ll squeeze my spots and pick my face until it’s red, bleeding. Lots of us do it, I know, but like adulterers engaged in an illicit, sadomasochistic affair, we can’t stop. I wasn’t always this way. I was very lucky when...
01 Aug
Redhead Lauren Oakey has thought of every ginge joke already, so don’t bother. She explains why she remains a proud member of the Red Army. “The future’s bright, the future’s orange…” THANK YOU late 90s advertising for almost ruining my life. Despite having that shouted at me almost hourly when I was a teenager, I managed to continue to love having hair that’s brighter than a bonfire. It’s bold and quite rare and has always made me stand out,...