Beauty Trends
Fashion Month
8 unexpected makeup trends that actually work IRL
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Thoroughly unique, subtly alluring, totally achievable makeup looks from Paris, Milan, London and New York.
Just Add Water
The hair trend every lazy girl can get behind
Kathleen Lee-Joe Wet ponytails have just been given the fist bump of approval by Stella McCartney.
Eighties Hair
Wait, is crimped hair cool again?
Kathleen Lee-Joe You read that right. The ‘80s and ‘90s mainstay, beloved by Lizzie McGuire and vintage Tyra Banks, is making a comeback.
Puffy Eyes
Why Korean women are playing up their under-eye bulges
Kathleen Lee-Joe They call it ‘aegyo-sal’, which roughly translates to ‘eye smiles’ or ‘cute, charming and winsome baby-eye fat’.
Global Beauty
Watch: This is what beauty looks like in 37 countries
Kathleen Lee-Joe Though the mainstream media tends to promote a fairly homogenous look, ‘pretty’ differs wildly depending on where you are in the world.
Watch: 100 years of Iranian beauty in one video
Kathleen Lee-Joe A visual tour through the changing roles and rights of women in Iran.
Unisex beauty
6 beauty products borrowed from the boys
They're simple, streamlined, do the job, and lack that cloyingly sweet scent so popular in women's. (Seriously, who wants their legs to smell like coconut and mango?)
Urine therapy
Should you be putting urine on your face?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE "It's urine therapy darling; it's not to be sniffed at."
Unicorn beards
2015 is year of the rainbow beard
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Wait until Jared Leto gets a load of this …
New in beauty
10 beauty products to try in 2015
KATHLEEN LEE JOE These products are to 2015 what organic coconut oil was to 2014. Clear space in your medicine cabinet ...
Unnatural makeup
There’s much to love about unnatural makeup
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Women are constantly told that the key to wearing makeup is to look like you’re not wearing any makeup at all – yet frankly, we think that’s a tad boring.
Gifting scents
How to buy fragrance for someone else
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Buying perfume is pretty intimate business, but you needn’t be intimidated.
Beyonce beauty
Beyonce dropped a line of nail wraps inspired by Beyonce
The queen of stealth does it again.
Pastel pits
Would you dye your pits bright blue?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Or is pink more your style? Dyeing your armpit hair could just be the next big thing in beauty.
Full frontal beauty
The pornification of beauty language
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Apparently, post-coital skin is now the end goal of our beauty routines.
Advanced nail art
This Advanced Style nail art is simply the best
KATHLEEN LEE JOE We spotted the fancy mani over on Instagram and thought it too good not to share.
Beauty match-maker
Get face-matched with a beauty blogger
KATHLEEN LEE JOE This online search tool allows users to find beauty bloggers and vloggers who share similar features to themselves.
60 the new 20?
A shout out to the women changing the beauty industry
Gone are the days when actress Isabella Rossellini was dropped by Lancome at age 40, reportedly for being too old.
TV nails
Nails inspired by OITNB, Broad City and more
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Combining our two favourite things.
Micro fringes
Can anyone pull off micro bangs?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE There was a phase in the ‘90s where everyone wanted bangs like Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice – choppy, slicked and super short. Of course, it took a face like Winona’s to pull them off. We didn’t realise this until the damage had already been done.
TV style icons
Which Twin Peaks character is your style match?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Beyond the cinematography and David Lynch’s trippy meta-narratives, the thing that had us spellbound was Twin Peak’s femme fatales and their retro-kitsch style.
Pigtail resurgence
Can grown women wear pigtails?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Like rompers and overalls, this particular look sits in that curious category of trends that are tricky to pull off past the age of 10.
Organic beauty
Why organic skincare may not be better for you
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Going organic certainly sounds more holistic and Goop-approved, but are the products as effective as their mainstream counterparts? And what exactly makes a product organic anyway?
Competitive beauty
What exactly goes on at the Nail Art Olympics?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE The Nail Olympics (‘Nailympia’) happened in London last week. And we think we just died and went to nail-art heaven.
French beauties
25 French beauty icons to make your muse
KATHLEEN LEE JOE We raise our Champers to the Gallic gals doing effortless Franco-sophistication in 2014. (And yes, the list goes beyond Jane Birkin’s daughters.)
Beauty nostalgia
Which beauty products make you feel nostalgic?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Return to a period when half-up, half-down hairstyles fixed with a thousand claw clips, cloyingly sweet vanilla-scented body spray and multiple shades of mascara were the height of sophistication.
Runway to reality
15 Fashion Week beauty trends that work IRL
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Sure, it’s exciting to see faux freckles, powder-blue brows and words spelt out with hair on the runway – but those looks probably aren’t going to work for Sunday brunch or that Monday morning meeting.
Botox warning
Botox may 'stunt emotional growth' in young people
CATHERINE RODIE Clinical practitioners in the UK have warned that Botox may 'stunt emotional growth' in young people.
Oh boy
Forget the man bun, your boyfriend needs a man bob now
RACHEL CLUN We've learned to love the man bun, thanks largely to Jared Leto and his ombre locks, but now it's time to accept the latest male hair trend: the man bob.
High brow
How to get your best brows ever
Lucy Corry Good brows are a game-changer. They frame the face, define the eyes and generally make you look more awake. Here are a few of our favourite brow shapers.
Gluten-free beauty
Are gluten-free beauty products only for the gullible?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE There may be more to a gluten-free lifestyle than just cutting bread out of your diet.
Cult classic
When scrunchies actually work
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Reconsidering our position on the much-maligned hair adornment.
Lupita's way
Lupita Nyong'o's beauty tips for dark skin and natural hair
KATHLEEN LEE JOE And despite looking stunningly, shiningly, well-put-together on the regular, her approach to beauty is refreshingly low-maintenance.
Futuristic beauty
Could electronic make-up be the future of beauty?
RACHEL CLUN Virtual makeup and 3D printed eye-shadow. It has to be seen to be believed.
Must-watch beauty
The only beauty tutorials you need to watch on YouTube
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Anyone with a laptop, internet connection and face can make a YouTube beauty tutorial, but these keen vloggers have well and truly earned their clicks.
Beauty secrets
How to master this Korean beauty secret
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Watch Korean dramas or tune into SBS PopAsia on any given Sunday morning and you’ll know the look I’m talking about.
Shampoo-free
Would you ditch shampoo for good?
Cathy Bussey Welcome to the 'no poo' movement, you guys.
Trend alert
Japan's delicious new beauty trend: sushi nail art
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Try not to eat your fingers while wearing these yummy-looking nail art designs.
Beauty horrors
When contouring goes horribly wrong
KATHLEEN LEE JOE The art of contouring is some complicated beauty business.
Get shorty
20 awesome hairstyles for short hair
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Who says Rapunzel should have all the fun? We asked the internet for cool styling tricks for the short-haired set and, as always, the internet delivered.
Brow weary
Have we reached 'peak brow'?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE After spending the last year meticulously crafting hairy caterpillars onto our face, the trend is about to do a 180.
90s throwback
Are you ready for the return of this beauty trend?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE It's about to hit the runway, red carpet, and your local supermarket aisle.
Trend alert
Visible bobby pins are happening
KATHLEEN LEE JOE The accessory no one used to notice is having a beauty moment right now.
Beard gardens
Are flowers in beards a trend now?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE This isn’t some skit we pulled from an episode of Portlandia – beard gardens are actually a thing.
Beauty nostalgia
Would you try 80s beauty again?
Leoni Barlow While the decade did include the odd beauty blunder (perms, for one) there are a few key looks that are making a stylish comeback.
Style a la French
10 French fashion bloggers worth bookmarking
KATHLEEN LEE JOE What’s the secret to achieving that certain je ne sais quoi? Click forth, take notes, right-click and Save As to your desktop …
Beauty hacks
25 amazing beauty hacks for lazy-broke gals
KATHLEEN LEE JOE There are plenty of beauty tips that we care not to listen to. Who actually throws out their mascara after six months? We ain’t got time for that.
Hair inspiration
Seven hair-obsessed Instagram accounts to follow
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Abound in beauty inspo, you’ll find accounts by social-media-savvy salons, bloggers and brands, guaranteed to capture your attention and get you calling your colourist.
Body hair for credit
Professor offers extra credit for female students who don't shave their armpits
ANNIE STEVENS Well now, this is something.
A braiding party
Watch as Lupita Nyong'o braids her best friends' hair
Effie Mann The Oscar-winning actress hosts a 'braiding party' for her closest friends.
Lupita for Lancome
First look at Lupita Nyong-o for Lancome
ANNIE STEVENS It's as breathtakingly beautiful as you imagined it would be.
Best hair tips
How to achieve the season's hottest hair styles
Schwarzkopf National Technical Educator, Grant Withnell, shares his tips.
Easy nail art
Finally, a nail art design you can actually achieve
Melissa Williams-King Here's a nail design you don't need three hands and an Archibald to create.
Beautiful bacteria
Have you ever tried not washing?
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Could the secret to healthy skin be a friendly coating of bacteria?
Fish, snails & beer
10 totally bizarre beauty treatments
RACHEL CLUN Try them at your own risk/sense of adventure.
Beauty muse
Five times Lupita styled her three-inch hair like a boss
Effie Mann Don't ever let the fact you have short hair stand in the way of a truly head-turning 'do.
Size diversity
This Australian start-up wants to make clothes shopping less hellish
KATHLEEN LEE JOE Sizable, an online shopping site, lets you choose the model that best matches your body type.
Beauty beat
Monday ready means a clean face, tidy feet and striking hair colour
Stephanie Darling Stephanie Darling visits her favourite podiatrist, catches up with a Parisian hair colourist and comes clean on wipes.
Bright eyed
Don't be scared of a bright eye shadow
Bee Shapiro A wardrobe update can start at the beauty counter, where this season both candied brights and matte pastels are sprinkled like sundae toppings.
Futuristic
5 Korean beauty trends to try
KATHLEEN LEE JOE South Korea, the home of eyelash extensions, blotting tissues, super-concentrated serums and BB and CC cream, is said to be 12 years ahead of the rest of the world in terms of beauty.
