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Olay asked me to try their new Skin Advisor app (available on their website here via mobile or tablet), designed to de-jargon skin type diagnosis and simplify your skincare regime. And being a sucker for sexy new technology, I immediately downloaded for a play. Using a makeup free selfie (no cheating) to identify areas of possible ageing concern (discolouration or wrinkles, for example), as well as areas where skin is ageing well, Skin Advisor mimics how the human brain works...
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...
A buildup-busting haircare regime – no frizz, no fry, no flop This photo is not a set up. It’s a legitimate picture of my bath at home. Admittedly, I’ve removed a razor past its best, a flannel in need of a wash and some shower creams and shave foams with peeling labels unfit for photography and reader consumption. But this shampoo and conditioner genuinely have lived in my bathroom for the past few months and used throughout the week. What’s...