Beauty
Impulse control disorder
Woman who uncontrollably ripped her hair out becomes internet sensation
JENNA CLARKE A video of women pulling out her hair has attracted more than 5 million views on YouTube in just over a month.
Old Spice 'mandroid' is the new height of masculinity
LUCY CORMACK Old Spice has replaced their resident, all-American hunk with a robot in their latest ad campaign.
Worrying trend
One in five women are interested in having 'designer vagina' surgery
LIVIA GAMBLE A recent study suggests a worrying trend among women to change the appearance of their vagina with surgery.
Too far
Woman spends $35,000 to look exactly like Kim Kardashian
Surely one Kim Kardashian is plenty?
Belgian World Cup beauty Axelle Despiegelaere loses modelling contract
LUCY CORMACK The collaboration between the infamous World Cup Belgian beauty and L'Oreal is no more.
Is Axelle Despiegelaere the new Pamela Anderson?
JENNA CLARKE For Axelle Despiegelaere the internet giveth, and the internet taketh away.
How the 'honey shot' became a moneymaker
LUCY CORMACK If the FIFA World Cup has shown us one thing, it’s that it is the perfect hunting ground for up and coming models.
New research
Do men actually prefer the 'no make-up' look or is it a big lie?
NEDAHL STELIO For as long as I can remember, men have declared they prefer ''the natural look'' on women. But that could all be complete hogwash, according to a new study.
Aspiring model won't be controlled by her colostomy bags
LIVIA GAMBLE After three and half years of hiding her body Bethany Townsend decided she is no longer controlled by her colostomy bags.
Super foods and beauty
Super foods in skincare - what's all the hype?
JULIA TEEN Is what’s good for the body really good for the skin? That’s the question dermatologists are asking with the rise of trendy super foods turning up in our beauty products.
Weird Japanese beauty
Freaky and frightening Japanese beauty trends
MJ Angel Are the women of Japan being forced to take the idea of beauty too far?
Strange Japanese beauty products
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Just a handful of the bizarre beauty products on the market in Japan.
Photoshopped beauty
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What happens when the same image is sent to Photoshop designers all around the world with the brief "Make me look beautiful".
Purple lips and dirty hair
Purple-lipped, dirty haired Lorde becomes a beauty queen
JENNA CLARKE Once upon a time purple-tinged lips were a sign of hypothermia, now they are a symptom of the “Lorde effect”.
Belinda Seper joins Myer to revamp its fashion offering
Georgina Safe, National fashion editor Retail giant recruits fashion maven Belinda Seper.
World Cup: A guide to the high-profile WAGS of 2014
Meet the first ladies of football, from a Russian beauty to a famous pop star and a Lebanese divorcee.
On the rise
On the rise: Lunch hour facelift treatments
ELEANOR PENDLETON Forget going under the knife in the quest for younger looking skin. Now, the bulk of non-surgical procedures available are designed to restore a youthful appearance to the skin on an outpatient basis.
World Cup fever
World Cup: A guide to the high-profile WAGS
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Meet the first ladies of football, from a Russian beauty to a famous pop star and a Lebanese divorcee.
New internet star
Miss Indiana praised for 'normal' body
Nyree McFarlane Nia Sanchez, aka Miss Nevada, may have won Miss USA this week, but it was Mekayla Diehl, 25-year-old Miss Indiana, that grabbed Twitter's attention. Why? Because she appears to actually possess a very small amount of body fat on her stomach.
Both sides of ourselves
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Juxtaposed images of the left and right sides of the face challenge ideas that symmetry is better. True beauty, perhaps, lies somewhere in between harmony and imperfection. Images from Alex John Beck's 'Both Sides Of' series.
Both sides of beauty
Both sides of beauty: symmetry isn't always more seductive
SARAH BERRY Do you have a best side? Is symmetry tantamount to sexiness?
Miss Universe Thailand quits after barrage of criticism on social media
Bangkok: Miss Universe Thailand has resigned less than a month into her reign after being harshly criticised on social media over her political comments and looks.
The finger trap test
The finger trap test: the internet's new measure of 'beauty'
MJ Angel Over the past few years we’ve seen some pretty ridiculous and some downright dumb beauty trends that have caused controversy as well as a distorted and often unhealthy view of beauty. The latest is the "finger trap test", a simple test using one’s finger that determines if you’re a hottie or nottie.
Beauty boon
Sephora to sell make-up at US prices in Sydney
JENNA CLARKE Sephora plans to match US prices of cosmetics when the multinational beauty chain opens its first Australian store in December.
Operation blow-dry
Beauty salons are helping Syrian women cope with life in a refugee camp. By Claire Stewart.
Restricted ad
Rihanna's ad isn't just 'sexual' - it's 'unattainable sexual '
Radhika Sanghani Rihanna's latest perfume advert has been restricted by the UK ad watchdog because it's so 'provocative', but that's not why Radhika Sanghani is so grateful for this ruling.
Why do we love to hate celebrities who've had plastic surgery?
RACHEL CLUN Why do we point and scoff at their attempts to halt time?
Fish, snails, beer and vampires
Fish, snails, beer and vampires: 10 bizarre beauty treatments
RACHEL CLUN People, it has been shown, will do the strangest things for beauty.
