Beauty
Beauty beat
Organic beauty: essential or indulgent?
Cassy Small Is organic the secret ingredient to glowing skin and lustrous locks or is it an overpriced gimmick that taps into our desire to go green?
Beauty beat up
Effortless beauty? There's no such thing
Winnie Salamon Behind the scenes, in bedrooms, bathrooms and salons across the globe, women and men work tirelessly to look as though they just happened to be born this way.
2013: a year of bizarre beauty
CAROLINE ZIELINSKI Thai face slapping massages, vampire facials and toe-besity plastic surgery. The wacky beauty treatments people were getting this year.
Lulu app
Brazilian sues over female rating app that gave him a 7.7
Donna Bowater An online app that allows women to rate men anonymously has caused an outcry in Brazil, leaving one man so offended that he is suing the creators.
Beauty beat
Celebrities and their must-have beauty products
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Katy Perry, Beyonce, Hilary Swank and co name their favourite things.
Body beautiful
Are men becoming too metrosexual?
Beverly Parungao In the US, cosmetic procedures for men increased by 22 per cent from 2002 to the end of 2012, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons says.
Pubic hair is back
Is this the beginning of the end for the Brazilian?
Luke Malone It looks like pubic hair is making a comeback.
Beauty backlash
Australians paying up to 200 per cent more for cosmetics
Caroline Zielinski A Choice study of the prices of popular makeup brands such as Revlon, MAC and Clinique revealed that the same products bought in the United Kingdom and the US were costing Australian customers as much as $20 extra.
How to avoid a horror haircut
Libby Hakim Where did it all go wrong? A bad hairdresser? Your own follicular misfortune? Perhaps. But, often the problem comes down to communication.
Think before you ink
Laser tattoo removal: not for the faint-hearted
Jessica Martin 34 per cent of tattooed Australians wish they hadn't been permanently stamped.
The future of beauty
Cassy Small While our desire to defy age and improve our appearance will not change, the methods in which we do this will.
How to 'squinch'
Not very photogenic? Then give squinching a go
SARAH BERRY "If you're a human being who wants to look hot or better or more confident in front of the camera, this is going to do it for you."
Watch and learn
YouTube's beauty queens
Cassy Small Among the cat videos and clips of kids falling over on YouTube there is a goldmine of beauty advice.
Going too far
'Clone-faced' celebs slammed by surgeon
There is now a new cosmetic surgery trend in Hollywood, which is being dubbed the Clone Face.
Laying it on thick
Mascara brands under fire for false (lash) advertising
Andrew Adam Newman When it comes to advertising, mascara marketers have been laying it on a bit thick.
Hair horror
Most questionable celebrity hairstyles
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Jennifer Lawrence is getting some criticism for her new pixie cut. But that hair decision pales in comparison to some of these.
More than a pretty face: how make-up can make us more trustworthy
SARAH BERRY They might have been a bit of a rough looking bunch, but Neanderthals were smarter than they seemed.
Interview
Zooey Deschanel: the chameleon
Erin O'Dwyer Zooey Deschanel may be fed up with the "adorkable" and "quirky" tags she's often labelled with, but this talented actor and singer (with the impeccable bangs) still guards her image closely.
Rio Fashion Week
Models go topless to protest catwalk racism
Some 40 models, most of them women, have staged a topless protest in Rio de Janeiro against the low presence of Afro-Brazilians on fashion catwalks.
Miss International Queen
Brazilian wins transgender beauty pageant
Marcelo Ohio won cash, a crown with real gemstones and free surgery 'for anything' at a famed plastic surgery clinic in Bangkok.
Luxe beauty
Skincare habit is all about the feel of things
Winnie Salamon In computers they call it "waving a dead chicken", a ritual that makes a person feel better even though they know it's not going to lead to any tangible results.
Snake massage
Snake massage
The lastest beauty trend in Bali involves having pythons slide over your back.
Stress massage
Snakes give massage a whole new twist
SHELLY HORTON There are plenty of weird and wonderful beauty treatments out there - nightingale poo facials, tiny fish that eat the dead skin off your feet, but this latest craze is fang-tastic.
Global good looks
Beauty secrets from around the world
Cassy Small Take inspiration from some of the world's most beautiful women and learn some unique beauty secrets to add to your own tool kit.
Tell-all interview
Cosmetic surgery was life changing, says Kudrow
SIMONE MITCHELL Former Friends star Lisa Kudrow has revealed how having a nose job at the age of 16 was "life altering".
Hair-brained critics offer stars free advice
JACQUELINE MALEY The face matters, as does the decolletage, although the critic will generally deploy a far less polite term when referring to it. Body weight is obviously crucial, as is the choice of the presenter's clothes. But for women on television, it seems, it's mostly about the hair.
Celebrity bad skin
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They might be amongst the most beautiful people alive, but that doesn't prevent problem skin. These stars have all battled acne and bad breakouts.
YouTube tutorial
Incredible acne transformation video
An 18-year-old, who suffers from cystic acne, starts by revealing her bare scarred skin. She then takes viewers through a step-by-step guide to disguising the marks.
Eyebrow tattoos
Eyebrow tattoos
Here are some before and after photos of women who have had their eyebrows tattooed.
Permanent make-up
The day I got a face tattoo
Shelly Horton ‘‘You should get your eyebrows tattooed.’’ Wait. What?
