Beauty
Anti-airbrushing
It's 'real' women, really this time
Rachel Clun American lingerie company Aerie is the latest brand to vow to only show real and unairbrushed women, stating that “the real you is sexy”.
Snail mucus, anyone?
The latest bizarre beauty ingredients
ELEANOR PENDLETON From bee venom to snail mucus, we look at some of the weird and wonderful ingredients appearing in beauty products.
Take the quiz
Can you tell a smoker by their skin?
SARAH BERRY A new study suggests you can you pick a smoker by the condition of their skin.
Surgery to look like a star
Plastic surgery celebrity makeover
Abby Ellin That nose, that chin, those lips. The people who go under the knife to pay homage to a star.
Nip and tuck
Medical tourism on the rise despite warnings
Cassy Small A new breed of tourist is taking the post-holiday glow to a new level and booking in for cosmetic surgery abroad.
Body insecurity
The Bikini Bridge emerges as the latest 'thinspiration' craze
Cassy Small It seems it's a case of New Year, new body insecurity with the Bikini Bridge emerging as the latest thinspiration craze after the Thigh Gap and Hot Dog Legs of 2013.
Busted
It seems Kim Kardashian Photoshops her selfies
Either curved doors are the latest architectural addition to the Kimye household, or Kim Kardashian's post-baby body has received a digital helping hand.
Going viral
Move over Mustafa: New Old Spice ad gets 1.3 million hits in three days
Adam Tschorn Old Spice appears to have created another viral hit, with a new (somewhat creepy) YouTube ad.
Better beauty
New year beauty resolutions
Cassy Small Make 2014 your most beautiful year yet. Here are our suggestions for some beauty resolutions you're going to want to keep.
Ear tattoos: When ink lovers get a buzz in their ear
Gabrielle Lipton There's a joke among tattoo artists that whenever Rihanna gets a new tattoo, droves of 20-something women will soon come asking for the same.
A body of resolution: why I don't want to get skinnier or be better in the new year
SARAH BERRY Why I don't want to get skinnier or be better in the new year and why this could be the best resolution I've ever made.
Beards are back in fashion: razor companies' profits face a shave
Neil McMahon, Georgie Stone Once upon a time you either had a beard or you didn't, and anything in between could suggest not a man of style but a man in strife.
Summer beauty essentials
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The must-have items that will keep you looking the goods throughout the summer months.
Must-have items
Summer beauty essentials
SIMONE MITCHELL The must-have items that will get you through the summer holidays.
'Humiliated and mocked'
Waxing salon demands apology from Red Symons
MEX COOPER A Melbourne waxing salon owner is demanding an apology from ABC breakfast radio host Red Symons after she said he humiliated and mocked her staff and clients.
New technology
Teens to be offered DNA test in bid to prevent hair loss
CAROLINE ZIELINSKI Teenage boys will be able to take measures to prevent hair loss using a new genetic test that predicts if a person will lose their hair, a hair treatment group says.
Pretty as a picture: we can all be perfect with Photoshop
SARAH BERRY The movement against manipulated beauty images continues to gain momentum.
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.
